Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra bassoon audition

Audition information
Position
Contra/section bassoon
Application deadline
November 17, 2021
Audition date
January 3–4, 2022
Weeks in season
46
Payment
$57,455.84 per year
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(Posted on November 6, 2021; last updated over 2 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solo bassoon
Mozart—Bassoon Concerto, K. 191
  • Mvt. I: exposition
Solo contrabassoon
Bach—Suite No. 1 for cello
  • Minuets 1 and 2
First bassoon excerpts
Mozart—The Marriage of Figaro
  • Overture: 133–171
Ravel—Boléro
  • 2–3
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. II: 274–end
Second bassoon excerpts
Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra
  • Mvt. II: 8–24
Berlioz—Symphonie fantastique
  • Mvt. IV: 25–33
  • Mvt. IV: 49–63
Brahms—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. IV: 1–17
Dvořák—Symphony No. 8
  • Mvt. IV: A–B
Sibelius—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. II: 40–55
Wagner—Tannhäuser
  • Overture: 1–16
Third bassoon excerpts
Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra
  • Mvt. II: 165–181
Contrabassoon excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. IV: 374–436
Brahms—Variations on a Theme by Haydn
  • Variation VI: 264–292
Brahms—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. I: 161–189
Brahms—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. IV: 223–247
Mahler—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. III: 37–40
Mozart—Serenade No. 10 in B♭, K. 361
  • Mvt. VI, theme and variations: variation 3
Ravel—Ma mère l’oye (Mother Goose) Suite
  • Mvt IV: 2 to 9 after 5
Ravel—Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
  • Beginning to 2 after 2
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt II: 65 to 8 after 68
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