United States Air Force Band horn audition

Audition information
Position
Horn
Application deadline
March 1, 2016
Audition date
April 25–26, 2016
Payment
$58,955 per year
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(Posted on February 8, 2016; last updated about 9 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solos
Bach—Suite No. 5 for cello
  • Sarabande (in C)
Mozart—Horn Concerto No. 4, K. 495
  • Mvt. I: exposition without cadenza
Excerpts
Barnes—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. IV: 85–86
  • Mvt. IV: 101–102
  • Mvt. IV: 110 to 5 after 110
Beethoven—Symphony No. 7, Op. 92
  • Mvt. I, first horn part: 84–110
Beethoven—Symphony No. 8
  • Mvt. III, horn 2 part: trio
Brahms—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. III: F to 12 before G
Grainger—Children’s March, “Over the Hills and Far Away”
  • 213–236
Jenkins—American Overture
  • 1–11
  • 93–99
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Nocturne: solo
  • Scherzo, second horn part
Prokofiev—Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 2
  • Mvt. V: 46 to 6 after 48
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I, first horn part: 17–21
  • Mvt. I, first horn part: 39 to 2 after 41
Smith—Festival Variations
  • 251–272
Strauss—Don Quixote
  • Variation 7, 4th horn
  • Variation 8, 4th horn
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • Beginning to 2
Williams—The American Journey
  • Mvt. I, first horn: 33–49
Section playing
Dvořák—Cello Concerto
  • Mvt. II
Marching portion of audition (memorized)
Sousa—The Washington Post
Sight-reading
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