Omaha Symphony Orchestra bassoon audition

Audition information
Position
Assistant principal bassoon
Application deadline
August 8, 2016
Audition date
September 19, 2016
Weeks in season
38
Payment
$36,599.46 per year
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(Posted on July 8, 2016; last updated over 7 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solo
Mozart—Bassoon Concerto, K. 191
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. II
First bassoon orchestral excerpts
Bill Whelan—Music from Riverdance
  • 226–242
Mozart—The Marriage of Figaro
  • Overture
Prokofiev—Peter and the Wolf
  • 15–17
  • 6 after 41 to 43
  • 48–49
Ravel—Piano Concerto in G
  • Mvt. I: 9–10
  • Mvt. I: 25 to 4 after 25
  • Mvt. III: 5 after 14 to 16, both parts
Williams—Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
  • Hedwig’s Theme: 42–74
Second bassoon orchestral excerpts
Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra
  • Mvt. II: 8–24
  • Mvt. II: 164–180
  • Mvt. V: 59–72
  • Mvt. V: 114–134
  • Mvt. V: 148–161
  • Mvt. V: 356–367
Berlioz—Symphonie fantastique
  • Mvt. IV: 25–69
  • Mvt. V: 47–116
  • Mvt. V: 333–357
Brahms—Violin Concerto
  • Mvt. II: 1–32
Sibelius—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. II: 40–55
Stravinsky—Octet
  • Tema con Variazioni: 31 to 3 after 44
  • Tema con Variazioni: 51–55
Possible sight-reading
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