San Antonio Symphony horn audition

Audition information
Position
Associate principal horn
Application deadline
November 8, 2015
Audition date
January 25–26, 2016
Payment
$39,782.40 per year
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(Posted on October 5, 2015; last updated over 8 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
The exposition of a Mozart concerto of the candidate’s choice
First horn excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral,” Op. 68
  • Mvt. III: 132–161
Beethoven—Symphony No. 7, Op. 92
  • Mvt. I: 86–105
Beethoven—Symphony No. 8
  • Mvt. III, trio
Brahms—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. III: 98–110
Ravel—Piano Concerto in G
  • Mvt. I: 25–26
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 9–28
Third horn excerpts
Berlioz—Roméo et Juliette
  • Queen Mab Scherzo: 58 to 15 after 59
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I: 73–79
  • Mvt. II: 1–5
Brahms—Piano Concerto No. 1
  • Mvt. I: 199–215
Brahms—Piano Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. I: 189–199
  • Mvt. II: 163–215
Dvořák—Symphony No. 9, “New World”
  • Mvt. III: 117–140
Mahler—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. I: 1 before 29 to 9 after 32
Mendelssohn—Symphony No. 3, “Scottish”
  • Mvt. II: 48–67
  • Mvt. II: 189–223
  • Mvt. III: 74–95
Saint-Saëns—Symphony No. 3, “Organ”
  • Mvt. I: 239–269
  • Mvt. I: 366–377
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 10 before 18 to 1 after 21
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 1 before 78 to 2 before 80
Strauss—Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
  • 13 before 29 to 16 after 31
Stravinsky—The Rite of Spring
  • Part I: Danse de la Terre
Possible sight-reading
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