Nashville Symphony Orchestra bass audition

Audition information
Position
Section bass
Application deadline
August 15, 2016
Audition date
October 23–24, 2016
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(Posted on July 8, 2016; last updated over 8 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One movement from a Bach cello suite
The first movement—with cadenza—of a standard double bass concerto
Orchestral excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II
  • Mvt. III
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. IV: 1–594
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. IV
Mahler—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I: 1–2
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. IV
Prokofiev—Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 2
  • Mvt. V: 3 after 49 to 51
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
Verdi—Otello
  • Act IV: 1–26
Possible sight-reading
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