Knoxville Symphony Orchestra bassoon audition

Audition information
Position
Principal bassoon
Application deadline
August 12, 2021
Audition date
August 25–26, 2021
Weeks in season
35
Payment
$37,826.39 per year
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(Posted on June 8, 2021; last updated almost 3 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solo
Mozart—Bassoon Concerto, K. 191
  • Mvt. I: exposition
First bassoon orchestral excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt II: 65–72
  • Mvt. IV: 15–25
  • Mvt. IV: 184–190
  • Mvt. IV: 348–end
Berlioz—Symphonie fantastique
  • Mvt. IV: 2 before 52 to 2 after 53
  • Mvt. V: 8 after 63 to 5 after 64
  • Mvt. V: 5 after 83 to 7 before 84
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. IV: 9–37
  • Mvt. IV: 96–99
  • Mvt. IV: 201–231
Mozart—The Marriage of Figaro
  • Overture: 139–171
  • Overture: 214–236
Ravel—Boléro
  • 2–3
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. II: 5–A
  • Mvt. II: L–M
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 9, Op. 70
  • Mvt. IV, m. 10 to Mvt. V, m. 27 (attacca)
Stravinsky—The Rite of Spring
  • Beginning to 1 before 4
  • 12 to 4 after 12
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. II: 274–end
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. III: 2 after D to 9 before E
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 6
  • Mvt. I: 1–12
Possible sight-reading
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