Atlanta Symphony Orchestra bass trombone audition

Audition information
Position
Bass trombone
Application deadline
November 8, 2013
Audition date
January 13–15, 2014
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(Posted on October 1, 2013; last updated about 9 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solo Work
Bach—Suite No. 5 for cello
  • Sarabande
Orchestral Excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. IV: 595–626
Berlioz—Hungarian March
  • 6 before 4 to 2 after 5
Haydn—The Creation
  • No. 26, Chor und Terzett: beginning–C
Kodály—Háry János Suite
  • Mvt. IV, “The Battle and Defeat of Napoleon”: 5 to lunga pausa
Respighi—Fountains of Rome
  • 4 after 11 to 2 after 14
Rossini—William Tell Overture
  • C to 9 after D
Schumann—Symphony No. 3, “Rhenish”
  • Mvt. IV: beginning to 13 after A
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 55–56
  • 61–65
Verdi—Falstaff
  • Act III, Scene I: 7 to 5 after 7
  • Act III, Scene I: 14 to 20 after 14
Wagner—Ride of the Valkyries
  • Pickup to 37 to 77
Wagner—Lohengrin
  • Act III, Prelude: B to 3 before C
  • Act III, Prelude: 1 before D to 5 after E
Wagner—Das Rheingold
  • Act I, Scene II: 395–401
  • Act I, Scene IV: Last 15 bars
Possible section playing in final round
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: E to 8 before F
Bruckner—Symphony No. 8
  • Mvt. IV: beginning–40
Kodály—Háry János Suite
  • Mvt. IV: 5 to lunga pausa
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 6
  • Mvt. IV: L–M
Verdi—Nabucco
  • Overture: 1–16
Possible sight-reading
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