Kansas City Symphony bass audition

Audition information
Position
Section bass (2 openings)
Application deadline
April 15, 2022
Audition date
May 22–24, 2022
Weeks in season
42
Payment
$65,825 per year
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(Posted on March 11, 2022; last updated almost 3 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One movement from any of the unaccompanied solo Bach suites for cello
The first movement from a standard bass concerto
Excerpts
Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra
  • Mvt. I: 1–76
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. III: beginning–100 (4 after A)
  • Mvt. III: 140–218 (23 after B), no repeat
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. IV: beginning–90
  • Mvt. IV: 431–525
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I: E–F
  • Mvt. II: 2 before C to 7 after C
  • Mvt. IV: 8 before L to 1 before M
Britten—The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
  • Variation H
Haydn—Symphony No. 88
  • Mvt. I: 23 after A to 42 after A
  • Mvt. IV: B to 34 after B
Mahler—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I: 2–40
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. I: 13–48
  • Mvt. IV: 10 after D to E (134–181)
Mozart—Symphony No. 39, K. 543
  • Mvt. I: 14 before A to C
  • Mvt. IV: 105–138
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • F to 3 before G
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 9–11
  • 40–41
  • 51–63
Verdi—Otello
  • Act IV, Scene III soli: U to 7 after X
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