Illinois Symphony Orchestra bass audition

Audition information
Position
Section bass
Application deadline
July 31, 2020
Audition date
September 4, 2020
Payment
$80 per service
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(Posted on June 16, 2020; last updated almost 4 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
The first movement (exposition only, without cadenza) of a standard concerto
Any movement of a Bach cello suite
Orchestral excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 114–123
  • Mvt. III: 1–18
  • Mvt. III: 44–100
  • Mvt. III: 140–218 (23 after B)
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. IV: 8–16
  • Mvt. IV: 24–29
  • Mvt. IV: 56–62
  • Mvt. IV: 65–75
  • Mvt. IV: 80–90
  • Mvt. IV: 38–47
Brahms—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. I: 161–185
Mozart—Symphony No. 40
  • Mvt. I: 114–138
  • Mvt. I: 191–225
  • Mvt. IV: 49–70
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 24 to 4 after 26
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 9 to 1 after 11
  • 9 after 15 to 1 after 17
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