Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra oboe audition

Audition information
Position
Principal english horn / utility oboe
Application deadline
January 22, 2019
Audition date
March 18–23, 2019
Payment
$1,907.63 per week
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(Posted on December 18, 2018; last updated about 6 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
First oboe orchestral excerpts
Ravel—Le Tombeau de Couperin
  • Prelude: 1–2
  • Prelude: 5 after 8 to 9
  • Forlane: 5 after 11 to 13
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. II: A–D
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—Rob Roy Overture
  • 19 before 11 to 8 after 13
Berlioz—Roman Carnival Overture
  • 14 before 1 to 3 after 1
Debussy—Three Nocturnes
  • No. II, “Fêtes”: 3–8
  • No. II, “Fêtes”: 2 to 6 after 3
  • No. II, “Fêtes”: 14–15
Debussy—La Mer
  • Mvt. I: 4 after 13 to 14
  • Mvt. II: 16–17
Dvořák—Symphony No. 9, “New World”
  • Mvt. II: solo
Falla—The Three-Cornered Hat
  • Miller’s Dance: 1–2
Franck—Symphony in D minor
Mahler—Symphony No. 1
Ravel—Rapsodie Espagnole
  • Mvt. II: 12 to 3 after 13
Ravel—Ma mère l’oye (Mother Goose) Suite
Ravel—Piano Concerto in G
  • Mvt. II: 6–9
Rodrigo—Concierto do Aranjuez
  • Mvt. II: 1–3
Rossini—William Tell Overture
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 8
  • Mvt. I: 301–350
  • Mvt. II: 170–188
  • Mvt. II: 204–214
Sibelius—The Swan of Tuonela, Op. 22, No. 2
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 3 before 14 to 8 after 15
  • 98–101
Possible sight-reading
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