Phoenix Symphony trumpet audition

Audition information
Position
Principal trumpet
Application deadline
March 23, 2020
Audition date
April 27–28, 2020
Payment
$56,620 per year
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(Posted on February 15, 2020; last updated about 5 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solo
Haydn—Trumpet Concerto in E♭ Major
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. II
First trumpet orchestral excerpts
Bach—Magnificat, BWV 243
  • 1–32
Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra
  • Mvt. I: 39–50
  • Mvt. I: 334–396
  • Mvt. II: 90–146
  • Mvt. V: 211–254
  • Mvt. V: 550–572
Bernstein—Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
  • 60–77
  • 178–212
  • 233–257
  • 508–541
  • 665–700
Bizet—Carmen Suite No. 1
  • Prelude
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I: 282–298
  • Mvt. I: 513–end
  • Mvt. IV: 397–end
Gershwin—Piano Concerto in F
  • Mvt. II: 5–19
Handel—Messiah
  • “The Trumpet Shall Sound”
Mahler—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. III, posthorn solo: 1 before 14 to 3 after 15
  • Mvt. III, posthorn solo: 8 after 15 to 16
  • Mvt. VI: 1 before 26 to 27
Mahler—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. I: 1 to 5 after 1
  • Mvt. I: 9 to 14 before 11
  • Mvt. I: 1 before 13 to 1 before 14
  • Mvt. III: 13 to 21 before 14
Mussorgsky—Pictures at an Exhibition
  • Promenade: 1–2
  • Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuÿle: 58–62
Ravel—Piano Concerto in G
  • Mvt. I: 2–3
  • Mvt. I: 34–end
Respighi—Pines of Rome
  • Mvt. I: 1 to 8 before 3
  • Mvt. I: 5–6
  • Mvt. I: 7–8
  • Mvt. II: offstage solo
Stravinsky—Petrushka (1947 version)
  • 1 before 134 to 139
  • 140–143
  • 149–158
  • 265–267
First cornet excerpt
Prokofiev—Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 1
  • Folk Dance: 15–16
First E♭ trumpet excerpts
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 7 after 49 to 55
  • 65–66
  • 81–83
  • 95–97
Possible sight-reading
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