San Diego Symphony trumpet audition

Audition information
Position
Principal trumpet
Application deadline
September 6, 2014
Audition date
October 6–7, 2014
Weeks in season
37
Payment
$85,450.68 per year
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(Posted on May 28, 2014; last updated over 10 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One movement of a concerto of your choice, including the cadenza
Orchestral repertoire
Bach—B minor Mass
  • Credo: 29–end
Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra
  • Mvt. II: 90–147
  • Mvt. V: 211–256
Gershwin—An American in Paris
  • 4 before 46 to 47
  • Pickup to 57 to 59
Mahler—Symphony No. 3
  • Posthorn solo, Mvt. III: 1 before 14 to 16
  • Mvt. VI Chorale: pickup to 26 to 28
Mahler—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. I: 1 to 17 after 19
Mussorgsky—Pictures at an Exhibition
  • Beginning to 3 after 5
  • Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuÿle: 58 to 4 after 62
Ravel—Piano Concerto in G
  • Mvt. I: beginning to 11 after 36
Ravel—Alborada del Grazioso
  • 1 to 6 after 35
Respighi—Pines of Rome
  • Mvt. I: 1 to 16 after 9
  • Mvt. II, tromba interna part: 8 after 10 for 10 measures
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 27–32
  • Mvt. IV: 97 to 11 after 134
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 42–43
  • 58–64
  • 80–83
Stravinsky—Petrushka (1947 version)
  • 1 before 134 to 167
  • 265–267
Orchestral repertoire, to be played on rotary trumpet
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I: 13 after H to I
  • Mvt. I: 513–end
  • Mvt. IV: 11 after P to the end
Bruckner—Symphony No. 7
  • Mvt. I: 91–98
  • Mvt. IV: Q–S
Schumann—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I: 1–14
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