Houston Symphony Orchestra flute audition

Audition information
Position
Associate principal flute
Application deadline
August 26, 2013
Audition date
September 30 through October 2, 2013
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(Posted on August 26, 2013; last updated over 8 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solo
Schumann—3 Romances, Op. 94
  • Mvt. I: Nicht Schnell
First Flute Excerpts
Beethoven—Leonore Overture No. 3
  • 17–36
  • 328–361
Bizet—Carmen
  • Entr’acte (Intermezzo): beginning–23
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: 89–105
Debussy—Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun)
  • 2–3
Dvořák—Symphony No. 8
  • Mvt. IV: D–E
Gluck—Orfeo ed Euridice
  • Act II: Menuet and Dance of the Blessed Spirits
Hindemith—Symphonic Metamorphosis
  • Mvt. II: 2 before A to B
  • Mvt. III: 5 before C to the end
Mozart—Piano Concerto No. 22, K.482
  • Mvt. I: Allegro
  • Mvt. II: Andante
Prokofiev—Peter and the Wolf
  • 2–4
  • 8
  • “Poco più mosso” 10 before 52 to 52
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. II: Q–R
  • Mvt. III: 5 before B to B
Rossini—William Tell Overture
  • Andante
Tchaikovsky—Piano Concerto No. 1
  • Mvt. II
  • Mvt. III
Piccolo Excerpts
Berlioz—The Damnation of Faust
  • Dance of the Sprites (Menuet de Follets): beginning–2
  • Dance of the Sprites (Menuet de Follets): 8 after 9 to 14 after 10
Ravel—Ma mère l’oye (Mother Goose) Suite
  • Mvt. III: 1 to 5 after 3
Rossini—Semiramide
  • Overture: 5 after G to H
  • Overture: 17 after K to L
  • Overture: 14 after T to U
Alto Flute (for final round, Oct 21 only)
Ravel—Daphnis and Chloé, Suite No. 2
Stravinsky—The Rite of Spring
Sight-reading
Discussion

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