San Antonio Symphony trombone audition

Audition information
Position
Principal trombone
Application deadline
April 8, 2014
Audition date
June 2–3, 2014
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(Posted on March 9, 2014; last updated over 8 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solos
Bach—Suite No. 3 for cello
  • Bourée I and II
David—Concertino
  • Mvt. I
First trombone excerpts
Berlioz—Grande symphonie funèbre et triomphale
  • Mvt. II: 6 before 16 to the end (solo trombone part)
Berlioz—Symphonie fantastique
  • Mvt. IV: 56 to 6 after 57
Bernstein—Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
  • 435–472
Brahms—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. IV: C through “Allegro non troppo”
Mahler—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. I: 13 to 6 after 17
  • Mvt. I: 5 after 32 to 2 after 34
  • Mvt. I: 1 before 58 to 62
Mozart—Requiem
  • Kyrie
Ravel—Boléro
  • 3 after 10 to 11
Rossini—La Gazza Ladra
  • Overture: 9–end
  • Overture: 3–4
  • Overture: 4 before 7 to 8
Saint-Saëns—Symphony No. 3, “Organ”
  • Mvt. I: Q to 2 after S
Schumann—Symphony No. 3, “Rhenish”
  • Mvt. IV: 1–8
Strauss—Also Sprach Zarathustra
  • 5 after 15 to 16
  • 7 after 50 to 51
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 62 to 3 before 66
Wagner—Ride of the Valkyries
  • Pickup to 4 to 3 after 7
Wagner—Lohengrin
  • Prelude to Act III: B to 2 before C
Second trombone excerpts
Berlioz—The Damnation of Faust
  • Hungarian March: 89–114
Mozart—Requiem
  • Tuba Mirum
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 3 after 60 to 66
Possible sight-reading
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