Audition information

Position
Principal bassoon
Application deadline
March 29, 2016
Audition date
April 12, 2016
Weeks in season
36
Payment
$27,235.52 per year
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(Posted on February 3, 2016; last updated about 8 years ago)


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Audition Repertoire
Solo repertoire
MozartBassoon Concerto, K. 191
  • Mvt. I: exposition
  • Mvt. II: exposition
Orchestral excerpts
BeethovenSymphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: 15–25
  • Mvt. IV: 177–190
  • Mvt. IV: 298–302
  • Mvt. IV: 348–end
BerliozSymphonie fantastique
  • Mvt. IV: 25–F
  • Mvt. V: 47–65
BizetCarmen
  • Entr’acte to Act II
BrahmsSymphony No. 3
  • Mvt. I: 36–first ending
  • Mvt. I: 89–119
  • Mvt. I: 149–178
FallaThe Three-Cornered Hat
  • Part 1: 2930
  • Part 1: 3940
  • Part 2: 3840
  • Part 2: 4748
MozartThe Marriage of Figaro
  • Overture: 1–A
  • Overture: 101–D
  • Overture: 229–244
RavelPiano Concerto in G
  • Mvt. I: 9 to 3 before 10
  • Mvt. III: 5 after 14 to 3 after 16
RavelBoléro
  • 23
ShostakovichSymphony No. 9, Op. 70
  • Mvt. IV
  • Mvt. V: beginning to 1 before A
StravinskyPulcinella Suite
  • Toccata: 1 before 69 to 71
  • Mvt. VI: 81 to 85 (with repeats)
StravinskyThe Rite of Spring
  • Beginning to 6 before 13
TchaikovskySymphony No. 4
  • Mvt. II: 274–end
Possible sight-reading
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