Portland Symphony Orchestra trombone audition

Audition information
Position
Principal trombone
Application deadline
October 10, 2022
Audition date
October 24, 2022
Payment
$137.51 per service
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(Posted on July 16, 2022; last updated almost 2 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
The first movement of a concerto by David or Grøndahl
First trombone excerpts
Berlioz—The Damnation of Faust
  • Hungarian March: 6 before 4 to 2 after 5
Berlioz—Symphonie fantastique
  • Mvt. IV: 56 to 6 after 57
Brahms—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. IV: C for 15 bars
Mahler—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. I: 3 after 13 to 17
  • Mvt. I: 1 before 33 to 2 after 34
Ravel—Boléro
  • 2 after 10 to 11
Ravel—L’enfant et les sortilèges
  • 33 to 1 after 35
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. IV: 4 after K to 8 before M
Rossini—William Tell Overture
  • C to 9 after D
Saint-Saëns—Symphony No. 3, “Organ”
  • Mvt. I: Q to 2 after S
Schumann—Symphony No. 3, “Rhenish”
  • Mvt. IV: 1 to 3 after A
Strauss—Also Sprach Zarathustra
  • 5 after 15 to 16
  • 50 to 1 after 51
Stravinsky—Firebird Suite
  • Infernal Dance
Wagner—Lohengrin
  • Prelude to Act III: B to 3 before C
Wagner—Die Walküre
  • Ride of the Valkyries: 6 to 2 after 7
Second trombone excerpts
Mozart—Requiem
  • Tuba Mirum
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