Vancouver Symphony Orchestra clarinet audition

Audition information
Position
Assistant principal clarinet
Application deadline
May 4, 2020
Audition date
June 8–9, 2020
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(Posted on March 14, 2020; last updated about 4 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solo
Mozart—Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622
  • Mvt. I: exposition
First clarinet excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral,” Op. 68
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. II
  • Mvt. III
Beethoven—Symphony No. 8
  • Mvt. III: Trio
Brahms—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. II
Kodály—Dances of Galánta
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo
Prokofiev—Peter and the Wolf
Rachmaninoff—Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27
Rimsky-Korsakov—Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. III
  • Mvt. IV
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 9, Op. 70
  • Mvt. II
  • Mvt. III
Bass clarinet excerpts
Dukas—The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
  • 12 before 50 to 52
Grofé—Grand Canyon Suite
  • Mvt. III: 8 before 13 to 13
Mahler—Symphony No. 1
  • 4 to 6 after 4
Mahler—Symphony No. 6
  • Mvt. I: 24 to 12 after 24
Ravel—Daphnis and Chloé, Suite No. 2
  • 6 before 157 to 3 after 157
  • 3 before 170 to 2 before 170
  • 1 before 208 to 5 after 210
  • 3 after 212 to 218
Schuman—Symphony No. 3
  • Fugue: 328–351
  • Toccata: 157–170
Shostakovich—Violin Concerto No. 1
  • Mvt. II: solo at 23
  • Mvt. II: solo at 57
Strauss—Don Quixote
  • 14 to 2 before 19
  • 8 after 26 to 10 after 26
  • 72–74
Stravinsky—The Rite of Spring
  • 5 to 4 after 6
  • 11–12
  • 48–49
  • 1 before 141 to 142
Possible sight-reading
Discussion
  • Hedgehog thumb Tyler Hsieh about 4 years ago

    canceled