Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra timpani audition

Audition information
Position
Principal timpani
Application deadline
August 22, 2016
Audition date
August 28, 2016
Payment
$85.15 per service
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(Posted on July 11, 2016; last updated almost 8 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solo of your choice
Excerpts
Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra
  • Mvt. IV: 42–50
  • Mvt. V: 549–573
Beethoven—Symphony No. 7, Op. 92
  • Mvt. I: 89–110
  • Mvt. I: 409–end
  • Mvt. IV: 94–126
  • Mvt. IV: 389–end
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. I: 16–35
  • Mvt. II: F–H
Brahms—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. I: 1 to 9 after A
  • Mvt. IV: 8 after Q to the end
Britten—The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
  • Variation M
Elgar—Enigma Variations
  • Variation VII
Mozart—Symphony No. 39, K. 543
  • Mvt. I: 1–21
Sibelius—Finlandia
  • 4 before F to I
Strauss—Der Rosenkavalier
  • Quick waltz after 62 to 8 before 72
Stravinsky—The Rite of Spring
  • 189–end
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I: 4 before T to 1 before V
Possible sight-reading
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