Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra bass audition

Audition information
Position
Section bass
Application deadline
February 1, 2020
Audition date
March 1–2, 2020
Weeks in season
38
Payment
$46,092.48 per year
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(Posted on December 21, 2019; last updated over 4 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
The exposition of the first movement of a standard bass concerto
Orchestral excerpts
Bach—Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067
  • Double
  • Badinerie
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. IV: 1–116
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. III: 1–100
  • Mvt. III: 141–218
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I: 118–156
  • Mvt. IV: 1–37
  • Mvt. IV: 244–279
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. I: 13–48
  • Mvt. I: 59–66
  • Mvt. IV: 134–181
Schubert—Symphony No. 9, D. 944, “The Great”
  • Mvt. III: B to 7 after C
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 22 to 4 after 26
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 9 to 6 after 12
  • 40–41
  • 77–78
Verdi—Otello
  • Act IV: U to 7 after X
Possible sight-reading
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