San Antonio Symphony trombone audition

Audition information
Position
Bass trombone
Application deadline
July 7, 2017
Audition date
September 11–12, 2017
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(Posted on June 7, 2017; last updated almost 7 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solo
Bach—Suite No. 5 for cello
  • Sarabande
Orchestral excerpts
Berlioz—Hungarian March
  • 6 before 4 to 2 after 5
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: E to 16 after E
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I: 24 after G to I
  • Mvt. IV: O–end
Bruckner—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. IV
Haydn—The Creation
  • No. 26: 1–C
Kodály—Háry János Suite
  • Mvt. IV: 75–99
Mozart—Requiem
  • Kyrie
Respighi—Fountains of Rome
  • 11 before 12 to 2 after 14
Rossini—La Gazza Ladra
  • Overture: C to 25 after C
  • Overture: F to 17 after F
  • Overture: I to 11 after I
Rossini—William Tell Overture
  • C to 9 after D
Schubert—Symphony No. 9, D. 944, “The Great”
  • Mvt. I: 199–240
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 4 after 29 to 35
  • Mvt. IV: 6 after 109 to 1 before 112
Strauss—Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
  • 3 after 18 to 17 after 19
  • 36 to 4 before 38
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 1 after 61 to 65
  • 1 after 71 to 74
  • 5 before 76 to 1 after 77
Wagner—Lohengrin
  • Prelude to Act III: 33–49
  • Prelude to Act III: 96–116
Wagner—Ride of the Valkyries
  • Pickup to 4 to 5
  • Pickup to 6 to 3 after 7
Fourth trombone excerpts
Wagner—Das Rheingold
  • Scene 4: final 15 measures
  • Scene 2: Valhalla motive
  • Scene 2: Vertragsmotiv
Possible sight-reading
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