Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra clarinet audition

Audition information
Position
Assistant principal clarinet
Application deadline
July 16, 2015
Audition date
October 12–14, 2014
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(Posted on June 3, 2014; last updated over 9 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solo
Mozart—Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622
  • Mvt. I: exposition
  • Mvt. II
Bass clarinet solos
Dukas—The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Franck—Symphony in D minor
Gershwin—An American in Paris
  • 3–9
  • 7 before 13 to 18
  • 53–55
  • 7 after 68 to the end
Grofé—Grand Canyon Suite
  • Mvt. III: solo at 2
  • Mvt. III: solo after 12
Khachaturian—Piano Concerto
  • Mvt. II: 220–235
Mahler—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I: 9–10
Mahler—Symphony No. 6
  • Mvt. I: 24 to 5 before 25
Ravel—La Valse
Ravel—Daphnis and Chloé, Suite No. 2
  • 167 to 1 before 170
  • 3 after 210 to 214
Shostakovich—Violin Concerto No. 1
  • Mvt. II: 23 to 13 after 24
  • Mvt. II: 57–58
Strauss—Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
Strauss—Don Quixote
Strauss—Der Rosenkavalier Suite
  • 1 to 1 after 8
Stravinsky—The Rite of Spring
  • 5–12
Tchaikovsky—The Nutcracker
  • No. 14, “Pas de deux”
First clarinet parts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral,” Op. 68
  • Mvt. I: major solos
  • Mvt. III: major solos
Berlioz—Symphonie fantastique
  • Mvt. III: solo
Borodin—Polovtsian Dances
  • No. 8: solo in the opening presto
  • No. 17: solo at “Allegro vivo”
Brahms—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. II: solo
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo
Rachmaninoff—Piano Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. II: solo
Ravel—Daphnis and Chloé, Suite No. 2
  • 212–214
  • 3 before 217 to the end
Rimsky-Korsakov—Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
Stravinsky—Firebird Suite (1919)
  • Variation de l’oiseau de feu
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
Second clarinet parts
Berlioz—Symphonie fantastique
  • Mvt. V
E♭ clarinet parts
Berlioz—Symphonie fantastique
Ravel—Boléro
  • 3 after 3 to 4
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. II: 49 to 5 after 54
  • Mvt. II: 63 to 6 after 63
  • Mvt. II: 69 to 8 after 70
Possible sight-reading
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