Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra oboe audition

Audition information
Position
English horn/utility oboe
Application deadline
August 3, 2018
Audition date
September 11, 2018
Payment
$1,907.63 per week
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(Posted on July 10, 2018; last updated almost 6 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
First oboe orchestral excerpts
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. II: A–D
Rossini—La Scala di Seta
  • Overture: 2–3
Second oboe orchestral excerpts
Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra
  • Mvt. II: 25–44
Brahms—Variations on a Theme by Haydn
  • 1–30 with repeats
Dvořák—Cello Concerto
  • Mvt. II: 1–9
English horn orchestral excerpts
Berlioz—Roman Carnival Overture
  • “Andante sostenuto” to 3 after 1
  • 3–4
Dvořák—Symphony No. 9, “New World”
  • Mvt. II: 1 to 2 before 1
Ravel—Piano Concerto in G
  • Mvt. II: 6–9
Respighi—Pines of Rome
  • Mvt. IV: 4 before 19 to 20
Rossini—William Tell Overture
  • “Andante” after E to “Allegro vivace”
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 3 before 14 to 7 after 15
  • 3 after 86 to 1 after 87
  • 98–101
Possible sight-reading
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