Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra trombone audition


Audition information

Position
Principal bass trombone
Application deadline
January 7, 2016
Audition date
February 15–16, 2016
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(Posted on December 2, 2015; last updated over 8 years ago)


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Audition Repertoire
Orchestral excerpts to be played alone and/or with low brass section
BeethovenSymphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
BerliozHungarian March
BernsteinSymphonic Dances from West Side Story
  • 661–694
BrahmsSymphony No. 1
BrahmsSymphony No. 2
BrahmsSymphony No. 4
BrucknerSymphony No. 7
  • Finale
FranckSymphony in D minor
  • Finale
HaydnThe Creation
  • 26
HindemithSymphonic Metamorphosis
  • March: G–end
KodályHáry János Suite
  • The Battle and Defeat of Napoleon
MahlerSymphony No. 2
  • Mvt. V
MahlerSymphony No. 5
  • Scherzo
MozartRequiem
  • Kyrie
RespighiFountains of Rome
RespighiPines of Rome
  • Catacombs
Rimsky-KorsakovRussian Easter Overture
  • BC
RossiniWilliam Tell Overture
SchubertSymphony No. 9, D. 944, “The Great”
  • Mvt. I
SchumannSymphony No. 3, “Rhenish”
  • Mvt. IV
StraussEin Heldenleben, Op. 40
TchaikovskySymphony No. 6
  • Mvt. IV
VerdiNabucco
  • Overture: 1–3
WagnerLohengrin
  • Prelude to Act III
WagnerDas Rheingold
  • Entrance of the Gods
WagnerDie Walküre
  • Ride of the Valkyries
Orchestral excerpts to be played alone and/or with tuba
HolstThe Planets
  • Jupiter
MussorgskyPictures at an Exhibition
  • Gnomus
  • B Major Promenade
  • Great Gate of Kiev
ProkofievLieutenant Kijé Suite
  • Kijé’s Wedding: 2627
ProkofievSymphony No. 5
  • Mvt. IV
ShostakovichSymphony No. 5, Op. 47
Solo
BachSuite No. 5 for cello
  • Sarabande
Sight-reading
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