Alabama Symphony Orchestra cello audition

Audition information
Position
One-year assistant principal cello
Application deadline
August 15, 2019
Audition date
September 15, 2019
Payment
$47,392.80 per year
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(Posted on July 2, 2019; last updated almost 6 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
The first movement of a concerto from the standard repertory (exposition, limited to three minutes playing time in the audition)
Tutti excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 1–10
  • Mvt. II: 49–59
  • Mvt. II: 98–106
Beethoven—Symphony No. 8
  • Mvt. III: 45–78 (with repeat)
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. IV: 8–16
  • Mvt. IV: 24–29
  • Mvt. IV: 39–47
  • Mvt. IV: 56–62
  • Mvt. IV: 65–75
  • Mvt. IV: 80–90
Brahms—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. I: pickup to 77 to 100
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. II: 1–15
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: 3 before B to D
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • Beginning to 5 after 2
  • 9 to 6 after 13
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. II: 21–43
Verdi—Requiem
  • Offertorio: 1–27
Solo excerpts
Brahms—Piano Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. III: 1–9
  • Mvt. III: 71–94
Haydn—Symphony No. 31, “Horn Signal”
  • Mvt. II: solo
Strauss—Don Quixote
  • Variation 1: 1–19
Tchaikovsky—Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a
  • No. 4 Scene: 3 before 6 to the end
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