Charlotte Symphony Orchestra trumpet audition

Audition information
Position
Associate principal trumpet
Application deadline
April 1, 2019
Audition date
July 1–3, 2019
Weeks in season
37
Payment
$1,275.98 per week
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(Posted on March 18, 2019; last updated about 6 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Required solo
Charlier—Etude No. 6
  • 1–35
First trumpet excerpts
Bach—Christmas Oratorio
  • No. 64: 1–12
Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra
  • Mvt. II: 90–147
  • Mvt. V: 549–573
Beethoven—Leonore Overture No. 3
  • Offstage solo, 6 before E to E
Bizet—Carmen Suite No. 1
  • Mvt. I
Brahms—Academic Festival Overture
  • 63–93
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. IV: 11 after P to the end
Gershwin—An American in Paris
  • 4 before 46 to 47
  • 1 after 58 to 59
Mahler—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. I: 1 to 5 after 1
Mussorgsky—Pictures at an Exhibition
  • Promenade: 1–2
Ravel—Piano Concerto in G
  • Mvt. I: 5 before 2 to 3
Respighi—Pines of Rome
  • Mvt. I: 11 after 2 to 8 before 3
  • Mvt. II: offstage solo
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. III: G to 2 after H
  • Mvt. IV: 1 before C to D
  • Mvt. IV: 6 before Q to R
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 7 after 49 to 55, first E♭ trumpet
  • First E♭ Trumpet: 81–83
Stravinsky—Petrushka (1947 version)
  • 1 before 134 to 139
Tchaikovsky—The Nutcracker
  • No. 12: 1 to 1 before 22
Tchaikovsky—Swan Lake
  • “Danse napolitaine”: 1–2
Third trumpet excerpts
Britten—Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes
  • Mvt. II, “Sunday Morning”: 3–5
Strauss—Don Quixote
  • 3 before 67 to 69
Strauss—Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
  • 3 after 35 to 4 before 38
Possible sight-reading
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