Grant Park Symphony Orchestra tuba audition

Audition information
Position
Principal tuba
Application deadline
February 9, 2018
Audition date
February 26–28, 2018
Weeks in season
10
Payment
$1,533.79 per week
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(Posted on December 19, 2017; last updated about 7 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Preliminary round
Berlioz—Hungarian March
  • 4–5
Mahler—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. III: 4 before 3 to 4
Prokofiev—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. I: 3–6
Strauss—Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
  • 13–14
  • 3 after 37 to 4 before 38
Wagner—Ride of the Valkyries
  • 126–142
Wagner—Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
  • Prelude: J–L
Semi-final and final rounds
Berlioz—Le Corsaire
  • Overture: 5 for 9 bars
  • Overture: 12–13
Berlioz—Symphonie fantastique
  • Mvt. V, first tuba: 6 after 56 to 21 after 68
  • Mvt. V, first tuba: 8 before 85 to 85
  • Mvt. V, first tuba: 4 before 86 to the end
Bruckner—Symphony No. 7
  • Mvt. IV: F to 4 before I
Gershwin—An American in Paris
  • 4 after 67 to 68
Hindemith—Symphonic Metamorphosis
  • Mvt. II: L–N
Holst—The Planets
  • Jupiter: XVII “Lento Maestoso” for 5 bars
Respighi—Fountains of Rome
  • 11–14
Revueltas—Sensemayá
  • 2–8
Stravinsky—Petrushka (1947 version)
  • 189–191
Wagner—Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
  • Prelude: 1–A
Section round
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. IV: O–end
Bruckner—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I: I–K
  • Mvt. IV: 167–F
Verdi—Nabucco
  • Overture: 1–16
Wagner—Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
  • Prelude: 1–A
Possible sight-reading
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