Detroit Symphony Orchestra bass audition

Audition information
Position
Section bass
Application deadline
March 6, 2020
Audition date
April 20 through May 19, 2020
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(Posted on January 10, 2020; last updated about 5 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
The first movement of a standard bass concerto (without cadenza)
One movement from a Bach cello suite
Orchestral repertoire
Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra
  • Mvt. I: 1–76
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. IV: 8–115
  • Mvt. IV: 431–525
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. III: 1–100
Berlioz—Symphonie fantastique
  • Mvt. IV: 50–53
  • Mvt. V: 3 after 70 to 6 after 73
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I: 54–66
  • Mvt. I: 118–156
  • Mvt. IV: 244–279
Britten—The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
  • Variation H
Mendelssohn—Symphony No. 4, “Italian”
  • Mvt. I: 41–90
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. I: 13–48
  • Mvt. I: 59–66
  • Mvt. IV: 134–197
Mozart—Symphony No. 39, K. 543
  • Mvt. I: 40–97
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—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • F to 4 before G
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 9 to 6 after 12
Orchestral solos
Haydn—Symphony No. 31, “Horn Signal”
  • Mvt. IV: variation 7
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