Utah Symphony Orchestra trombone audition

Audition information
Position
Principal trombone
Application deadline
August 1, 2015
Audition date
November 15–16, 2015
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(Posted on July 21, 2015; last updated over 8 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solos
Bach—Suite No. 3 for cello
  • Bourée I
David—Concertino
  • First page
First trombone orchestral excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. IV: 580–end
Berg—Three Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 6
  • Mvt. I: 9–14
  • Mvt. III: 105–131
  • Mvt. III: 148–156
Berlioz—Hungarian March
  • 1 before 4 to the end
Berlioz—Roméo et Juliette
  • Mvt. I: 14 before 4 to 6 before 6
Berlioz—Symphonie fantastique
  • Mvt. IV: 114–136
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. IV: P–end
Holst—The Planets
  • Mvt. VI: 7–8
Mahler—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. I: 3 after 13 to 17
  • Mvt. I: 1 before 33 to 3 after 34
  • Mvt. I: 1 before 58 to 5 before 62
Mozart—Requiem
  • Kyrie
Ravel—Boléro
  • 3 after 10 to 11
  • 3 after 17 to the end
Rossini—La Gazza Ladra
  • Overture: 3–4
  • Overture: 7–8
  • Overture: 9–end
Rossini—William Tell Overture
  • C to 10 after D
Saint-Saëns—Symphony No. 3, “Organ”
  • Mvt. I: Q to 3 after S
Schumann—Symphony No. 3, “Rhenish”
  • Mvt. IV: 1–23
Strauss—Also Sprach Zarathustra
  • 5 after 15 to 16
  • 50 to 5 before 51
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 62–74
Strauss—Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
  • 2 before 3 to 4 before 4
  • 4 before 36 to 6 after 37
Wagner—Lohengrin
  • Prelude to Act III: B to 2 before C
Wagner—Die Walküre
  • Ride of the Valkyries: 1 to 4 after 7
Wagner—Tannhäuser
  • Overture: A to 17 after A
  • Overture: 1 before M to the end
Second trombone orchestral excerpts
Mozart—Requiem
  • Tuba Mirum: 1–18
Possible sight-reading
Discussion

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