Grand Rapids Symphony bassoon audition

Audition information
Position
Assistant principal bassoon
Application deadline
March 1, 2018
Audition date
April 12–16, 2018
Payment
$46,758.40 per year
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(Posted on February 2, 2018; last updated about 6 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solo
Mozart—Bassoon Concerto, K. 191
  • Mvt. I: exposition
  • Mvt. II: exposition
First bassoon orchestral excerpts
Beethoven—Violin Concerto
  • Mvt. II: 20–30
Mozart—The Marriage of Figaro
  • Overture: 101–123
  • Overture: 139–171
Mozart—Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”, K. 551
  • Mvt. I: 62–71
  • Mvt. I: 105–123
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. IV: 147–181
Ravel—Boléro
  • Solo
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. II: opening solo
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. II: closing solo
Second bassoon orchestral excerpts
Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra
  • Mvt. II
Berlioz—Symphonie fantastique
  • Mvt. IV: 52–53
  • Mvt. V: 63 to 4 after 64
Brahms—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. I: 112–115
  • Mvt. IV: 1–17
Brahms—Violin Concerto
  • Mvt. II: 1–32
Dvořák—Symphony No. 8
  • A–B
Ravel—Piano Concerto in G
  • Mvt. III: 14 to 1 after 16
Sibelius—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. II: 40–55
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 6
  • Mvt. IV: 1–36
Wagner—Tannhäuser
  • Overture: 1–16
Possible sight-reading
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