Elgin Symphony Orchestra bass audition

Audition information
Position
Section bass (2 openings)
Application deadline
August 25, 2016
Audition date
September 8, 2016
Payment
$128.50 per service
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(Posted on July 6, 2016; last updated almost 9 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One movement of your choice from a Bach cello suite—any key or transcription
Orchestra excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. III: 1 to 5 after A
  • Mvt. III: beginning of Trio to 23 after B
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. IV: Recitative
  • Mvt. IV: Ode (24 measures)
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. IV: 1 to 15 after A
Mozart—Symphony No. 40
  • Mvt. I: 38 after B to 5 after C
  • Mvt. IV: 22 before A to A
  • Mvt. IV: 8 after E to F
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 22 to 4 after 26
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 9–11
  • 40–41
  • 2 before 61 to 63
  • 77–78
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