Audition Excerpts

Boulder Symphony Audition Excerpts 2011-2012

1st Violin

Brahms, Symphony 4, movement 4: Measure 33-D (81)

Beethoven Symphony 3, Movement 1: measure 55-C (84)

Brahms Serenade no. 1, movement 1: Measure 263-321

Beethoven Symphony 3, movement 3: 76-119

Brahms Requiem, movt 2: 3-21, H – L, O – end;  movt 3, m. 174 – end, movt. 6: m.75 – F; movt. 7: beginning – B

Brahms Haydn Variations: Variation 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or Finale

Second Violin

Brahms, Symphony 4, movt 4: Piu Allegro (256) to M (268)

Brahms Serenade no. 1, movement 5 (Scherzo): trio (73-90)

Beethoven symphony 3, movt 1: 99-123

Beethoven Symphony 3, movt 3 (Scherz): 76-127

Brahms Requiem, movt 2: 42-65, 200-253; movt. 3: m. 173-end; movt. 6: m. 75-108

Brahms Haydn Variations: Variations 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 or Finale

Viola

Brahms Symphony no. 4: Letter C in Andante moderato

Beethoven: Symphony no. 3: Scherzo

Brahms Requiem: movt. 1: m. 5 – 15; movt. 2: beginning – C; movt. 3: m.167 – end: movt. 6 m. 75 – F

Cello

Brahms Symphony no. 4, 1st movt 169-213, 2nd movt: m. 76-end; 4th movt, Letter B to D

Brahms Haydn Variations: Variations 3-6

Brahms Requiem, no. 3: m. 173 – end, no. 6: m. 76-207

Beethoven Symphony no. 3, 1st movt: m. 103 until 1st ending, 2nd movt: m. 121-G; 4th movt. 433-end

(Please also take a look at the Brahms Serenade no. 1)

Bass

Brahms Haydn Variations: Variations 3-6

Brahms Symphony no. 4, 1st movt, Letter O until end, 2nd movt, m. 76 to F, 4th movt. 168 to Letter I

Brahms Requiem, no. 6: m. 81-207

Beethoven Symphony no. 3, 1st movt: m. 103 until 1st ending; 2nd movt: m. 121-G; 4th movt. 433-end

Flute

Mendelssohn Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scherzo, begin at 2 bars before “P”

Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72, solos

Strauss Till Eulenspiegel, rehearsal 5 to 15 and 27 to 36

Brahms Symphony no. 4, 4th movt, solo

Oboe/Eh

Beethoven– Symphony No. 3, Mvt. 2: beginning to A; 20 bars after A to 6 bars after B

R. Strauss – Don Juan, Beginning to B; L to 2 bars after N

Brahms Violin Concerto: 2nd movt. solo

Clarinet

Brahms: Symphony No. 3 Clarinet in B-flat, Mvmt. II mm. 1-13

Schubert Unfinished Symphony, 2nd mvt. solo

Beethoven Symphony No. 6, 1st mvt. mm. 474-492, 2nd mvt. mm. 68-77

Bassoon

Beethoven Symphony No. 4, last mvt. solos

Stravinsky The Rite of Spring, opening solo

Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherezade, solo & cadenzas

Horn

Beethoven Symphony No. 7, 1st mvt. (horn I)

Beethoven Symphony No. 9, 3rd mvt. (horn IV)

Brahms Symphony No. 2, 1st & 2nd movts. (horn. I)

Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 (low tutti passage)

Trumpet

Beethoven: Leonore Overture Trumpet in C or B-flat  (offstage excerpts)

Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition, 1st & 6th mvts., Promenade & Schmuyle

Mahler Symphony No. 5, 1st mvt.

Tenor Trombone

Mozart – Requiem, Tuba Mirum – Solo

Saint-Saëns – Symphony No. 3 – Mvt I, Q to R

Rossini – La Gazza Ladra – Rehearsal 3 to 4, 7 to 8, 9 to end

Bass Trombone

Wagner The Ride of the Walküre

Hadyn The Creation (reh #26)

Berlioz Hungarian March

Tuba

Wagner: Die Meistersinger Overture J-L

Wagner: Die Walkure (B major)

Prokofiev Symphony no. 5: 1st movt: 2 to 3 after 4

Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique: V: four before 86-end (tu 1)

Mahler Symphony no. 2, movt. V: 10-11

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Openings

The Boulder Symphony currently has the following opportunities for musicians for the 2011-2012 Season

(all positions are volunteer unless otherwise noted):

  • Concertmaster (Effective summer 2012): Contracted, paid position
  • All String Players (Associate Principal positions available)
  • Horn
  • Timpani/Percussion
  • Harp
  • Subs in other instruments: the Boulder Symphony maintains a highly active substitute list

Please email director@bouldersymphony.org if you are interested in any positions or to set up an audition.  To audition please prepare 2-3 orchestral excerpts of your choice and 2-3 minutes of a solo.

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