Grand Rapids Symphony trombone audition

Audition information
Position
Principal trombone
Application deadline
March 4, 2019
Audition date
April 11–14, 2019
Payment
$50,822.40 per year
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(Posted on February 24, 2019; last updated almost 6 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solo
Grøndahl—Trombone Concerto
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. II
First trombone orchestral excerpts
Bartók—The Miraculous Mandarin Suite
  • 2 before 34 to 10 after 36
  • 1 before 60 to 4 before 62
  • 71 to 3 after 74
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. IV: 580–601
Berlioz—Symphonie fantastique
  • Mvt. IV: 114–135
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I: 246–266
  • Mvt. I: 282–302
  • Mvt. IV: 353–end
Hindemith—Symphonic Metamorphosis
  • Mvt. IV: G–end
Mahler—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. I: 3 after 13 to 17
  • Mvt. I: pickup to 33 to 2 after 34
  • Mvt. I: 1 before 58 to 5 before 62
Mozart—Great Mass in C Minor, Op. 427
  • No. 8, “Cum sancto spiritu”: 13 before D to 1 after D
  • No. 8, “Cum sancto spiritu”: 14 after G to the end
Ravel—Boléro
  • 3 after 10 to 11
Rossini—La Gazza Ladra
  • Overture: 115–149
  • Overture: 275–291
  • Overture: 432–446
Saint-Saëns—Symphony No. 3, “Organ”
  • Mvt. I: Q to 3 after S
Schumann—Symphony No. 3, “Rhenish”
  • Mvt. IV: 1–23
  • Mvt. IV: 42–54
Strauss—Also Sprach Zarathustra
  • 5 after 15 to 17
  • 7 after 50 to 5 after 51
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 62–74
Wagner—Die Walküre
  • Ride of the Valkyries: 4 to 3 after 7
Wagner—Lohengrin
  • Prelude to Act III: B to 2 before C
Second trombone excerpts
Mozart—Requiem
  • Tuba Mirum: 1–34
Possible sight-reading
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