New Jersey Symphony Orchestra trombone audition

Audition information
Position
Principal trombone
Application deadline
November 8, 2022
Audition date
December 6–8, 2022
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(Posted on November 1, 2022; last updated over 2 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solo
Grøndahl—Trombone Concerto
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. II
Orchestral excerpts
Berlioz—Hungarian March
  • Second trombone part
Berlioz—Symphonie fantastique
  • Mvt. IV: 56 to 6 after 57
Bernstein—Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
  • 664–701
Borodin—Polovtsian Dances
  • 9 after V to W
Brahms—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. IV
Bruckner—Symphony No. 8
  • Mvt. IV: 3–28
Holst—The Planets
  • Uranus: 7–8
Mahler—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. I: 3 after 13 to 17
  • Mvt. I: 4 before 32 to 34
Mozart—Requiem
  • Kyrie
  • Tuba Mirum, second trombone
Ravel—Boléro
  • 2 after 10 to 11
Rossini—William Tell Overture
  • C to 9 after D
Saint-Saëns—Symphony No. 3, “Organ”
  • Mvt. I: Q–S
Schumann—Symphony No. 3, “Rhenish”
  • Mvt. IV (on alto)
Strauss—Also Sprach Zarathustra
  • 4 before 16 to 16
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 45 to 4 after 49
  • 62–74
Strauss—Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
  • 4 before 36 to 4 before 38
Stravinsky—The Firebird
  • Infernal Dance: 2 after 10 to 13
  • Infernal Dance: 38–end
Wagner—Lohengrin
  • Prelude to Act III: 1 after 5 to 6
Wagner—Die Walküre
  • Ride of the Valkyries: 9 before 11 to 12
Wagner—Tannhäuser
  • Overture: 1 before M to the end
Williams—Star Wars Suite
  • Main Title: 1–20
Super final (to be played with orchestra)
Ravel—Boléro
  • 2 after 10 to 11
Super final (to be played with low brass section)
Bruckner—Symphony No. 8
  • Mvt. IV: 3–28
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 6
  • Mvt. IV: L–M
Wagner—Tannhäuser
  • Overture: 1 before M to the end
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