San Francisco Symphony trumpet audition

Audition information
Position
Associate principal trumpet
Application deadline
January 18, 2016
Audition date
May 9–16, 2016
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(Posted on July 18, 2015; last updated about 8 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solo
Hindemith—Trumpet Sonata
  • Mvt. I
First trumpet orchestral repertoire
Bach—B minor Mass
  • Credo
Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra
  • Mvt. II: 90–147
  • Mvt. V: 211–256
Berg—Symphonische Stücke aus der Oper “Lulu”
  • 34–38
  • 128–136
Brahms—Academic Festival Overture
  • Chorale
Bruckner—Symphony No. 7
  • Mvt. I: 139–148
  • Mvt. IV: Q–S
Copland—An Outdoor Overture
  • Lyrical solo
Debussy—Three Nocturnes
  • Fêtes: 10–11
Gershwin—An American in Paris
  • 4 before 46 to 47
  • 57–58
Mahler—Symphony No. 3
  • Posthorn solo
Mahler—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. I
Mussorgsky—Pictures at an Exhibition
  • Opening
  • Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuÿle
Ravel—Piano Concerto in G
  • Mvt. I
Respighi—Pines of Rome
  • Mvt. I
  • Off-stage solo trumpet
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. IV
Schumann—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I: opening
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 18–20
Shostakovich—Concerto No. 1 for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 35
  • Mvt. II: 34–35
Strauss—Don Quixote
  • 3–4
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 7 after 49 to 55, first E♭ trumpet
  • 81–82
Stravinsky—Le chant du rossignol
  • 22–23
  • 96 to 2 after 98
Stravinsky—Petrushka (1947 version)
  • Ballerina’s Dance
  • Waltz
Varèse—Amériques
  • 25 to 5 after 26
Second trumpet orchestral repertoire
Dvořák—Symphony No. 9, “New World”
  • Mvt. II
Third trumpet orchestral repertoire
Strauss—Don Quixote
  • 3–4
Strauss—Symphonia Domestica, Op. 53
  • 89–90
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