Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra trombone audition

Audition information
Position
Assistant principal trombone
Application deadline
October 4, 2013
Audition date
November 4–11, 2013
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(Posted on August 15, 2013; last updated over 11 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solo
David—Concertino
  • Mvt. I
Orchestral excerpts
Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra
  • Mvt. II: 123–147
Bartók—The Miraculous Mandarin
  • 34 to 2 before 36
  • 4 before 60 to 5 after 61
Berlioz—Hungarian March
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: E for 12 bars
Bruckner—Symphony No. 8
  • Mvt. I: 81–85
  • Mvt. IV: 159–167
Hindemith—Symphonic Metamorphosis
  • Turandot: H–J
  • Turandot: Q to 1 after T
  • Marsch: G–end
Holst—The Planets
  • Uranus: 7–8
Mahler—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. I: 247–258
  • Mvt. II: 340–350
  • Mvt. II: 427–435
  • Mvt. III: 460–490
  • Mvt. III: 614–618
Mozart—Requiem
  • Tuba Mirum
  • Kyrie
Ravel—Boléro
  • First trombone solo
Rimsky-Korsakov—Russian Easter Overture
  • Second trombone, M–N
Rossini—William Tell Overture
  • C to 8 after D
Rossini—La Gazza Ladra
  • Overture: C to 25 after C
  • Overture: F to 17 after F
  • Overture: I to 11 after I
Saint-Saëns—Symphony No. 3, “Organ”
  • Mvt. I, first trombone part: Q to 2 before R
  • Mvt. I, first trombone part: 9 before S to 2 after S
Strauss—Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
  • 1 before 36 to 3 before 38
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 3 after 60 to 74
Strauss—Also Sprach Zarathustra
  • 7 after 50 to 51
Wagner—Tannhäuser
  • 1 before M to the end
Section playing and Sight-reading
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