Baltimore Symphony Orchestra trombone audition

Audition information
Position
Second trombone
Application deadline
December 10, 2021
Audition date
February 6–11, 2022
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(Posted on November 5, 2021; last updated about 3 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Preliminary and tape round
Berlioz—Hungarian March
  • 6 before 4 to 11 after 5, second trombone
Mozart—Requiem
  • Tuba Mirum: second trombone solo
Ravel—Boléro
  • 16 before 11, first trombone
Rossini—La Gazza Ladra
  • Overture: 115–139, second trombone
  • Overture: 275–291, second trombone
  • Overture: 432–442, second trombone
Wagner—Ride of the Valkyries
  • Pickup to 6 to 3 after 7, second trombone
Second and third rounds
Mahler—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. I: 13–17, first trombone
  • Mvt. I: 33 to 2 after 34, first trombone
Mozart—Requiem
  • Kyrie, second trombone
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. II: second trombone solos
  • Mvt. IV: “Allegro non troppo” after W to X, second trombone
Rimsky-Korsakov—Russian Easter Overture
  • Second trombone, solo at M
Saint-Saëns—Symphony No. 3, “Organ”
  • Mvt. I: Q to 1 after S, first trombone
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 2 before 61 to 74, second trombone
Strauss—An Alpine Symphony
  • 21–22, second trombone
Strauss—Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
  • 1 before 36 to 4 before 38, second trombone
Fourth round
Bozza—Ballade
  • Solo, with piano
Section-playing round
Berlioz—Roman Carnival Overture
  • 15–17, second trombone
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: E to 8 before F, second trombone
Bruckner—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: E–F, second trombone
Copland—Symphony No. 3
  • Pickup to 7 to 3 after 10, second trombone
Mahler—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. I: 17–end, second trombone
  • Mvt. II: 9 before 25 to 25, second trombone
Verdi—Nabucco
  • Overture: opening to “Allegro”, second trombone
Possible sight-reading
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