Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra trombone audition

Audition information
Position
Assistant principal trombone
Application deadline
May 16, 2020
Audition date
May 30, 2020
Weeks in season
40
Payment
$57,945.60 per year
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(Posted on March 13, 2020; last updated about 4 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solos
Bach/Marsteller—Cello Suite No. 4 in E♭ Major
  • Sarabande
David—Concertino
  • A–C
Second trombone excerpts
Bruckner—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: E–F
Mahler—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. I: 9 after 11 to 5 before 12
  • Mvt. II: 8 after 24 to 25
  • Mvt. III: 13 after 15 to 17
Mozart—Requiem
  • Tuba Mirum: 1–18
  • Kyrie: 5–33
Rimsky-Korsakov—Russian Easter Overture
  • M–N
Rossini—William Tell Overture
  • C to 8 after D
Strauss—Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
  • 7 before 37 to 4 before 38
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 2 after 60 to 3 before 66
  • 3 before 69 to 74
Wagner—Lohengrin
  • Prelude to Act III: B to 3 before C
Wagner—Die Walküre
  • Ride of the Valkyries: pickup to 59 to 77
First trombone excerpts
Ravel—Boléro
  • 10–11
Saint-Saëns—Symphony No. 3, “Organ”
  • Mvt. I: Q to 2 before R
Section playing
Brahms—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. IV: I–K
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: E for 16 bars
Mahler—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. I: 17–18
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