Houston Grand Opera oboe audition

Audition information
Position
English horn/second oboe
Application deadline
April 10, 2018
Audition date
May 17, 2018
Payment
$257.75 per service
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(Posted on March 3, 2018; last updated about 7 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solo
Mozart—Oboe Concerto in C Major, K. 314
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. II
First oboe orchestral excerpts
Beethoven—Fidelio
  • Act II
Rossini—La Scala di Seta
  • Overture
Tchaikovsky—The Nutcracker
  • Act I
Tchaikovsky—Swan Lake
  • No. 10
Verdi—Otello
  • Act I
Second oboe orchestral excerpts
Brahms—Variations on a Theme by Haydn
  • Opening
Dvořák—Symphony No. 7
  • Mvt. II
Mendelssohn—Symphony No. 3, “Scottish”
  • Mvt. I
Prokofiev—Romeo and Juliet
  • No. 18, Gavotte
Tchaikovsky—The Nutcracker
  • Act I
Verdi—La Traviata
  • Act III
Wagner—Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
  • Vorspiel
English horn orchestral excerpts
Dvořák—Symphony No. 9, “New World”
  • Mvt. II: English horn solo
Wagner—Tristan and Isolde
  • Act III: long English horn solo
Wagner—The Flying Dutchman
  • Vorspiel: English horn solo
Possible sight-reading
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