Oregon Symphony bassoon audition

Audition information
Position
Assistant principal/second bassoon
Application deadline
January 28, 2022
Audition date
March 7–9, 2022
Weeks in season
40
Payment
$68,904.93 per year
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(Posted on January 7, 2022; last updated over 2 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solo repertoire
Bach—Partita in A minor for flute
  • Sarabande
Mozart—Bassoon Concerto, K. 191
  • Mvt. I: exposition
  • Mvt. II: exposition
First bassoon orchestral excerpts
Mozart—Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”, K. 551
  • Mvt. IV: 65–172
  • Mvt. IV: 303–353
Ravel—Boléro
  • 2–3
Second bassoon orchestral excerpts
Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra
  • Mvt. II: 8–25
  • Mvt. II: 165–181
  • Mvt. V: 59–73
  • Mvt. V: 148–162
  • Mvt. V: 356–373
Berlioz—Symphonie fantastique
  • Mvt. IV: 25–63
  • Mvt. V: 28–46
Brahms—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. I: 52–84
  • Mvt. I: 112–116
  • Mvt. II: 1–33
  • Mvt. IV: 1–18
Brahms—Violin Concerto
  • Mvt. II: 1–32
Brahms—Piano Concerto No. 1
  • Mvt. II: 1–14
Mozart—The Marriage of Figaro
  • Overture: 139–171
Ravel—Piano Concerto in G
  • Mvt. III: 5 after 14 to 16, both parts
Ravel—Rapsodie Espagnole
  • Mvt. I: 8–9
Sibelius—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. II: 40–56
  • Mvt. II: 101–117
Strauss—Don Quixote
  • Variation IX
Stravinsky—Symphony in Three Movements
  • Mvt. III: 148–155
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 6
  • Mvt. IV: 1–36
Wagner—Tannhäuser
  • Overture: 1–16
Possible sight-reading
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