Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra oboe audition

Audition information
Position
Associate principal oboe
Application deadline
March 3, 2017
Audition date
April 17 through May 22, 2017
Weeks in season
43
Payment
$89,495.84 per year
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(Posted on February 4, 2017; last updated almost 7 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solo (first movement only from either of the following options)
Mozart—Oboe Concerto in C Major, K. 314
First oboe orchestral excerpts
Bach—Cantata BWV 82, “Ich habe genug”
  • 1–33
Barber—Violin Concerto
  • Mvt. II: 3–1
Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra
  • Mvt. II: 25–45
Beethoven—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. II: 8–47
  • Mvt. III: 7–28
Berlioz—Roméo et Juliette
  • “Romeo Alone”: 13 before 19 to 14 after 19
Bizet—Symphony No. 1 in C major
  • Mvt. II, Adagio: 1–2
Brahms—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. I: 25–33
  • Mvt. II: 17–23
  • Mvt. II: 38–43
Brahms—Violin Concerto
  • Mvt. II: 3–32
Debussy—La Mer
  • Mvt. II: 17–18
  • Mvt. III: 7 after 54 to 9 after 55
Mahler—Das Lied von der Erde
  • Mvt. II: 3 to 1 after 3
  • Mvt. VI: 3 to 3 after 2
  • Mvt. VI: 3 after 7 to 1 before 9
Mendelssohn—Symphony No. 3, “Scottish”
  • Mvt. II: A–B
Ravel—Le Tombeau de Couperin
  • Prélude: beginning–2
Rossini—La Scala di Seta
  • Overture: pickup to 6 to 1
  • Overture: pickups to 2 to 3
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • 2 before A to B
  • 4 after L to 2 after N
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. II: 1–21
Additional repertoire for the semi-final or final rounds
Adams—Doctor Atomic Symphony
  • O1–P1
Messiaen—Des canyons aux étoiles…
  • Mvt. XI: 13–14
Nielsen—Wind Quintet, Op. 43
  • Mvt. I
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