Kansas City Symphony trumpet audition

Audition information
Position
Second trumpet
Application deadline
April 22, 2019
Audition date
June 3–4, 2019
Weeks in season
42
Payment
$74,466 per year
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(Posted on March 22, 2019; last updated about 5 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solo
Haydn—Trumpet Concerto in E♭ Major
  • Mvt. I with cadenza
  • Mvt. II
First trumpet excerpts
Beethoven—Leonore Overture No. 2, Op. 72a
  • 392–411
Bizet—Carmen
  • Prelude to Act I
Brahms—Academic Festival Overture
  • 63–92
Bruckner—Symphony No. 7
  • Mvt. IV: P–S
Bruckner—Symphony No. 8
  • Mvt. IV: 4 after Vv to the end
Handel—Messiah
  • “The Trumpet Shall Sound”
Mussorgsky—Pictures at an Exhibition
  • First promenade: 1–2
Ravel—Piano Concerto in G
  • Mvt. I: 2–3
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 7 after 49 to 55, first E♭ trumpet
  • First E♭ Trumpet: 65–66
  • First B♭ trumpet: 80–83
Stravinsky—Petrushka (1947 version)
  • Pickup to 135 to 151
Tchaikovsky—The Nutcracker
  • “Divertissement Chocolate”: 1–20
Second trumpet excerpts
Barber—Violin Concerto
  • Mvt. III: 14 to 6 after 15
Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra
  • Mvt. I: 39–50
  • Mvt. I: 328–396
  • Mvt. II: 90–147
  • Mvt. V: 201–254
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. I: 513–end
Brahms—Academic Festival Overture
  • 63–92
Debussy—Three Nocturnes
  • Fêtes: 9 after 10 to 11
Dvořák—Symphony No. 8
  • Mvt. II: 7 before E to F
Mahler—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I: 17 to 12 after 17
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. IV: 6 before Q to R
Schumann—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I: 1–13
Webern—Passacaglia, Op. 1
  • 4 before 6 to 3 after 7
Section-playing round: candidate will play with KCS musicians (any of the above excerpts)
Possible sight-reading
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