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Cello Bowings

Tyler — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 21:44:40 +0000

Beethoven 3

Brahms 4

Protected: 2011-2012 Master Schedule

dph — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 20:10:30 +0000

General Rehearsal Info

admin — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 08:30:12 +0000

-Regular rehearsals are generally held Thursday (and some Tuesday) evenings from 7:00-9:30PM

-Please bring Stands to rehearsals and performances (stand lights if necessary)

-It is important that you arrive a few minutes early to rehearsal to warm-up

-You are expected to have practiced and prepared parts thoroughly outside of normal rehearsal time

-All concerts and rehearsals are at the First Presbyterian Church unless otherwise noted

-To participate in any given concert, players may not miss more than one rehearsal for that concert cycle

-Dress rehearsals generally run for 3 hours instead of the normal 2.5 hours.

-Dress is Tuxedos for Men and Concert Black for Women

-Concert call is generally 30-45 minutes prior to downbeat

Audition Excerpts

Peter — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 08:29:23 +0000

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, 1^st movt 169-213, 2^nd movt: m. 76-end; 4^th 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, 1^st movt: m. 103 until 1^st ending, 2^nd movt: m. 121-G; 4^th 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, 1^st movt, Letter O until end, 2^nd movt, m. 76 to F, 4^th movt. 168 to Letter I

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

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

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

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

Violin I Bowings

Peter — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 08:27:49 +0000

Beethoven 3

Brahms 4

Violin II Bowings

admin — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 08:26:55 +0000

Beethoven 3

Brahms 4

Viola Bowings

Tyler — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 08:25:43 +0000

Beethoven 3

Brahms 4

Parking Map

tl — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:40:12 +0000

Click HERE for a map (PDF format) of parking lots available to orchestra members for parking without needing to use meters. The areas are: Wells Fargo Bank, Taggert Insurance, the dentist in the building with Taggert Insurance and in the west lot of First Presbyterian Church. Wells Fargo Bank, Taggert Insurance and the dentist offices are diagonally (kitty corner) across Canyon from the church. There is also limited parking available in the lots for the church and the Annex if you arrive early enough.