Kansas City Symphony clarinet audition

Audition information
Position
Third clarinet
Application deadline
April 8, 2016
Audition date
May 16–17, 2016
Payment
$58,516 per year
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(Posted on March 6, 2016; last updated almost 9 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solo, to be played on soprano clarinet
Mozart—Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622
  • Mvt. I: exposition
First clarinet excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral,” Op. 68
  • Mvt. II: 68–77
Brahms—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. I: 36–46
  • Mvt. II: 1–22
Kodály—Dances of Galánta
  • 31–65
Mendelssohn—Symphony No. 3, “Scottish”
  • Mvt. II: 8–103
  • Mvt. II: 3 before F to 4 after G
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: beginning–B
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. II: F–G
Rimsky-Korsakov—Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
  • Mvt. I: A–B
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 9, Op. 70
  • Mvt. II: 1–32
  • Mvt. III: 1–17
Bass clarinet excerpts
Grofé—Grand Canyon Suite
  • Mvt. III: 3 after 2 to 3
Khachaturian—Piano Concerto
  • Mvt. II: 220–235
Mahler—Symphony No. 6
  • Mvt. I: 24 to 5 before 25
Ravel—Daphnis and Chloé, Suite No. 2
  • 6 before 157 to 3 after 157
  • 3 after 212 to 214
Schuman—Symphony No. 3
  • Toccata: 157–170
Shostakovich—Violin Concerto
  • Mvt. II: 23 to 3 before 25
Strauss—Don Quixote
  • 14 to 5 after 16
  • 72–74
Stravinsky—The Rite of Spring
  • Mvt. I: 11–12
  • Mvt. II: 1 before 141 to 1 after 142
Second clarinet excerpts
Mendelssohn—The Hebrides
  • 25 after F to 41 after F
Mozart—Così fan tutte
  • Act II: no. 21 Duetto con Coro, 1–24
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 10
  • Mvt. I: 56–59
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. I: 1–37
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