North Carolina Symphony oboe audition

Audition information
Position
Associate principal oboe
Application deadline
October 30, 2015
Audition date
January 29–31, 2016
Weeks in season
39
Payment
$57,642 per year
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(Posted on October 5, 2015; last updated over 8 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
First oboe excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. II: 8–16
  • Mvt. III: 7–28
Beethoven—Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral,” Op. 68
  • Mvt. I: 311–328
  • Mvt. III: 91–122
Brahms—Violin Concerto
  • Mvt. II: 3–32
Dvořák—Symphony No. 7
  • Mvt. II: 1–8
Mahler—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. II: 1–9
Mendelssohn—Symphony No. 3, “Scottish”
  • Mvt. II: 83–100
  • Mvt. II: 205–229
Rossini—La Scala di Seta
  • Overture: 6–21
  • Overture: 38–53
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • 1–36
  • 235–297
Stravinsky—Pulcinella Suite
  • Serenata: First variation
English horn excerpts
Berlioz—Roman Carnival Overture
  • 21–37
  • 53–66
Debussy—La Mer
  • Mvt. II: 16–17
  • Mvt. II: 34–35
Debussy—Three Nocturnes
  • No. II, “Fêtes”: 3–8
  • No. II, “Fêtes”: 3 after 3 to 7 before 4
Falla—Three Dances from “The Three-Cornered Hat”
  • The Miller’s Dance: 1–2
Franck—Symphony in D minor
  • Mvt. II: A to 7 before B
  • Mvt. III: 4 after F to 3 after G
Ravel—Rapsodie Espagnole
  • Mvt. IV, “Feria”
Respighi—Pines of Rome
  • Mvt. IV: 11 after 18 to 20
Rossini—William Tell Overture
  • 176–226
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 1 after 33 to 35
  • 99–101
Possible sight-reading
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