Grant Park Symphony Orchestra trombone audition

Audition information
Position
Bass trombone
Application deadline
March 1, 2017
Audition date
March 20 through April 5, 2017
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(Posted on January 5, 2017; last updated about 8 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solo
Bach—Suite No. 5 for cello
  • Sarabande
Orchestral excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. IV: 595–626
Berlioz—The Damnation of Faust
  • Ráckóczi March: 6 before 4 to 2 after 5
Haydn—The Creation
  • No. 26: 1–37
Kodály—Háry János Suite
  • Mvt. IV: 5 after 5 to 10 after 6
Respighi—Fountains of Rome
  • 11 to 20 after 15
Rossini—La Gazza Ladra (ed. McAllister)
  • 115–139
  • 275–292
  • 326–end
Rossini—William Tell Overture
  • 92–131
Schumann—Symphony No. 3, “Rhenish”
  • Mvt. IV: 1 to 13 after A
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 51 to 4 after 52
  • 55 to 2 after 56
  • 61–65
  • 5 before 72 to 75
Strauss—Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
  • 18 to 17 after 19
  • 36 to 16 after 37
Wagner—Das Rheingold
  • Scene 2, trombone 4: 36–55
  • Scene 4: final 18 measures
Wagner—Lohengrin
  • Prelude to Act III: 2–3
  • Prelude to Act III: 5 to 5 after 6
Wagner—Ride of the Valkyries
  • 4–5
  • Pickup to 11 to 5 after 12
Possible ensemble pieces
Brahms—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. IV: 47–61
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: 113–177
  • Mvt. IV: 263–end
Bruckner—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I: 305–333
  • Mvt. II: 217–228
  • Mvt. IV: 295–338
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 6
  • Mvt. IV: 137–146
Sight-reading
Discussion

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