South Bend Symphony Orchestra bass audition

Audition information
Position
Section bass
Application deadline
August 7, 2015
Audition date
August 20–21, 2015
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(Posted on July 19, 2015; last updated almost 9 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solo of applicant’s choice
Orchestral excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. III: 1–18
  • Mvt. III: 27 to 4 after A
  • Mvt. III: 56 before B to 19 before B
  • Mvt. III: 4 before B to 18 after B
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. IV: 9–16
  • Mvt. IV: 24–29
  • Mvt. IV: 9 after “Allegro non troppo” to 1 measure before “Vivace”
  • Mvt. IV: 9 after “Vivace” to 1 before “Adagio Cantabile”
  • Mvt. IV: 3 after “Adagio Cantabile” to 2 before “Allegro assai”
  • Mvt. IV: 4 after “Allegro Assai” to 10 after “Tempo I”
Brahms—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. II: 9 after B to 3 before C
Mozart—Symphony No. 40
  • Mvt. I: 20 before C to 5 after C
Mozart—Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”, K. 551
  • Mvt. IV: 20 before C to 34 after C
  • Mvt. IV: 15 before D to 18 after D
  • Mvt. IV: 19 before F to 1 before F
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • 8 before E to 4 before G
  • 13 after W to 2 after Y
Stravinsky—Concerto in E♭, “Dumbarton Oaks, 8.v.38”
  • 18 from “Tempo giusto” to 1 before “Con moto”
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I: P to 1 after Q
Possible sight-reading
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