Kansas City Symphony harp audition

Audition information
Position
Principal harp
Application deadline
April 29, 2019
Audition date
June 17–19, 2019
Weeks in season
42
Payment
$77,038 per year
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(Posted on March 22, 2019; last updated almost 6 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solos
Debussy—Danses Sacrée et Profane
Mozart—Concerto for Flute and Harp, K. 299
  • Mvt. I
Ravel—Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet, and String Quartet
Principal harp excerpts
Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra
  • Mvt. I: 175–198
  • Mvt. IV: 42–58
  • Mvt. V: 96–112
  • Mvt. V: 345–356
Berlioz—Symphonie fantastique
  • Mvt. II: 1–23
  • Mvt. II: 19 after 35 to the end
Britten—The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
  • Variation I
  • Fugue: I–K
Mahler—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. IV: 3–end
Prokofiev—Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 1
  • Mvt. VI: 51–52
Prokofiev—Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 2
  • Mvt. V: 46–49
Ravel—Tzigane
  • Cadenza (4)
Rimsky-Korsakov—Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
  • Mvt. IV: cadenza
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • D to 6 before G
Strauss—Salome
  • Dance of the Seven Veils, Harp I part: H–S
Stravinsky—Firebird Suite (1919)
  • Berceuse
Stravinsky—Symphony in Three Movements
  • 112–120
  • Mvt. III: 1 before 172 to 177
Tchaikovsky—The Nutcracker
  • Waltz of the Flowers: cadenza
Tchaikovsky—Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a
  • Scene 4: cadenza, ending before 1
Verdi—La Forza del Destino
  • Overture: G–H
  • Overture: N–O
Wagner—Tristan and Isolde
  • “Liebestod”: 36 after C to F
Wagner—Die Walküre
  • Magic Fire Music, Act III, Scene III: 5 after 96 to 5 after 98
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