SECTION CELLO (revolving seating)
Position to begin August 30, 2009
Auditions February 28 – March 1, 2009
Resumes must be received by: January 10, 2009.
Please send or fax resumes to:
Cello Audition
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
1280 Peachtree Street, NE, Suite 4074
Atlanta, GA 30309-3502
Attn: Susanne Watts
Fax: 404-733-5252
The Audition Committee reserves the right to dismiss immediately any candidate not meeting professional standards at these auditions.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
REPERTOIRE
SOLO:
One movement of a Bach Suite and one movement of a concerto of your choice
EXCERPTS:
| Beethoven |
Symphony #5 – 2nd & 3rd mvmts
Symphony #8 - 3rd mvmt |
| Brahms |
Symphony No. 2 – 2nd mvmt: opening to A |
| Debussy |
La Mer - 2 bars before figure 9 to pizz., top part only |
| Mozart |
Symphony #35 - 1st mvmt: beginning to B
4th mvmt: beginning to A, 10 bars after D to E |
| Prokofiev |
Symphony #5 - 4th mvmt: 79 to 80 |
| Smetana |
Overture to Bartered Bride - beginning to A |
| Strauss |
Ein Heldenleben - beginning to 13 |
| Tchaikovsky |
Symphony #4
1st mvmt: 9 bars of first Moderato; 8 bars before F to F;
upbeat before H to O
2nd mvmt: bar 21 to 16 bars after A,
53 bars from end to 30 bars from end |
POSSIBLE SIGHT READING
SUBSTITUTE CLARINET (Local Audition)
Audition: January 11, 2009
Resumes must be received by: December 31, 2008
Please send or fax resumes to:
Clarinet Audition
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
1280 Peachtree Street, NE
Suite 4074
Atlanta, GA 30309
Attn: Susanne Watts
Fax: 404-733-5252
The Audition Committee reserves the right to dismiss immediately any candidate not meeting professional standards at these auditions.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
REPERTOIRE
Bb CLARINET
Mozart: Concerto, Movement I
-Exposition
Beethoven: 6th Symphony, Movement II
-bars 68 to 77
Brahms: 3rd Symphony, Movement II
-beginning to bar 22
Mendelssohn: 3rd Symphony, Movement II
-bars 8 to 56
-bars 84 to 102
-3 bars before F to 4 bars after G
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol, Movement I
-letter A to 1st bar of letter B
-letter C, play for 17 bars
Eb CLARINET (Optional)
*Ravel: Bolero
*Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Movement V
-No. 63 to 6 bars after No. 64
BASS CLARINET (Optional)
**Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite, 3. On the Trail
-3rd bar after No. 2 until the downbeat of No. 3
-8 bars before No. 13 until the 4th bar of No. 13
**Khachaturian: Piano Concerto, 2nd Movt.
-No. 220. play for 15 bars
* You may use excerpts from "Orchestral Studies for the Eb Clarinet" by Peter Hadcock, Roncorp Publications
** You may use excerpts from "Symphonic Repertoire for the Bass Clarinet" by Michael Drapkin, Roncorp Publications