Kansas City Symphony bassoon audition

Audition information
Position
Second bassoon
Application deadline
October 5, 2018
Audition date
November 12–14, 2018
Weeks in season
42
Payment
$61,908 per year
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(Posted on August 20, 2018; last updated over 5 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solo
Mozart—Bassoon Concerto, K. 191
  • Mvt. I: exposition
Second bassoon excerpts
Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra
  • Mvt. II: 165–181
  • Mvt. V: 148–161
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. IV: 115–164
Berlioz—Benvenuto Cellini
  • Overture: 3 after 3 to 4
Berlioz—Symphonie fantastique
  • Mvt. IV: 52–53
Brahms—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. I: 49–70
  • Mvt. IV: beginning–A
Brahms—Violin Concerto
  • Mvt. II: 1–32
Dukas—The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
  • 43–45
Mendelssohn—Symphony No. 3, “Scottish”
  • Mvt. II: 88–100
Mozart—The Marriage of Figaro
  • Overture: 139–171
Ravel—Piano Concerto in G
  • Mvt. III: 5 after 14 to 16, both parts
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 10
  • Mvt. I: 1 after 29 to 7 after 33
Smetana—The Bartered Bride
  • Overture: B to 24 before C
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 6
  • Mvt. IV: 1–36
Verdi—I Vespri Siciliani
  • Overture: 4–13
Wagner—Tannhäuser
  • Overture: 1–16
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