Kansas City Symphony horn audition

Audition information
Position
Substitute horn
Application deadline
September 19, 2016
Audition date
September 26, 2016
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(Posted on August 5, 2016; last updated over 8 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Choose one excerpt from each of the following five “Categories”
Category one
Prokofiev—Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 2
  • Mvt. V, second horn part: 46 to 2 before 49
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • first horn part: 17 before O to 7 after O
Category two
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I, first horn part: 3 after 17 to 21
  • Mvt. I, fourth horn part: 3 after 17 to 21
Category three
Beethoven—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. III, second horn: 171–205
Mendelssohn—Symphony No. 3, “Scottish”
  • Mvt. II, third horn: 189–223
  • Mvt. II, fourth horn: 189–223
Strauss—Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
  • first horn: 35 to 4 before 38
Category four
Brahms—Piano Concerto No. 1
  • Mvt. I, third horn: 199–215
Strauss—Don Quixote
  • Second horn: 6 before 59 to 8 after 62
Category five
Mahler—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. I, first horn: 1 before 29 to 1 before 31
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. IV, second horn: 9 after A to 10 after B
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