Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra flute audition

Audition information
Position
Associate principal flute
Application deadline
March 11, 2019
Audition date
May 6 through June 10, 2019
Payment
$1,945.63 per week
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(Posted on February 26, 2019; last updated about 5 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solos
Bach—Partita in A minor for flute
  • Sarabande
Mozart—Flute Concerto No. 1 in G, K. 313
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. II
First flute orchestral excerpts
Beethoven—Leonore Overture No. 3
  • 1–36
  • 328–360
Beethoven—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. II: E to 9 before F
Beethoven—Symphony No. 7, Op. 92
  • Mvt. I: 54–88
Bizet—Carmen Suite No. 1
  • No. 2, Intermezzo: 3–23
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: 89–105
Brahms—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. IV: 8 after B to C
Debussy—Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun)
  • Beginning–3
Hindemith—Symphonic Metamorphosis
  • Mvt. III: 5 before C to the end
Mahler—Das Lied von der Erde
  • Mvt. IV: 1 before 2 to 7 after 3
  • Mvt. IV: 22 to 4 after 24
  • Mvt. IV: 3 after 9 to 1 before 11
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: 6 after O to the end
Prokofiev—Symphony No. 1, “Classical”, Op. 25
  • Mvt. II: 31–32 (13–21)
  • Mvt. IV: 61 to 3 after 65
Ravel—Daphnis and Chloé, Suite No. 2
  • 155–156
  • 3 after 176 to 1 after 187
Ravel—Boléro
  • Opening solo
Saint-Saëns—Carnival of the Animals
  • Mvt. X, Volière
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 8 before 40 to 1 after 41
  • Mvt. II: 59 to 1 before 61
  • Mvt. III: 79–81
  • Mvt. III: 8 before 87 to 87
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 6
  • Mvt. I: 23–26
Piccolo excerpts
Ravel—Boléro
  • 3 after 8 to 9
Rossini—Semiramide
  • Overture: 5 after G to H
  • Overture: 5 before L to L
  • Overture: 8 before U to U
Possible ensemble playing in the final round
Possible sight-reading
Discussion

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