Oregon Symphony oboe audition

Audition information
Position
English horn/utility oboe
Application deadline
December 10, 2022
Audition date
January 23–25, 2023
Weeks in season
40
Payment
$60,856 per year
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(Posted on November 27, 2022; last updated about 2 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solo
Hindemith—Sonata for English Horn
  • J to 10 after P
English horn excerpts
Bach—Cantata BWV 1
  • “Wie schön leuchtet die Morgenstern”: beginning to the first fermata
Berlioz—Roman Carnival Overture
  • 1–4
Debussy—Three Nocturnes
  • No. II, “Fêtes”: 2 after 3 for 7 measures
Dvořák—Symphony No. 9, “New World”
  • Mvt. II: 1 to 3 before 1
Ravel—Ma mère l’oye (Mother Goose) Suite
  • Mvt. II: 1–2
Ravel—Rapsodie Espagnole
  • Mvt. II: 12 to 3 after 13
  • Mvt. IV, “Feria”: 1 after 5 to 4 after 6
Rossini—William Tell Overture
  • 176–326
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 8
  • Mvt. I: 301–350
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 99–101
Stravinsky—The Rite of Spring
  • 2–4
First oboe excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. II: 1–A
  • Mvt. III: 1–28
Second oboe excerpts
Dvořák—Symphony No. 7
  • Mvt. II: 1–8
Dvořák—Cello Concerto
  • Mvt. II: 1–9
  • Mvt. II: 35–38
Prokofiev—Symphony No. 1, “Classical”, Op. 25
  • Mvt. II: 1 before 39 to 2 after 40
  • Mvt. III: 44–45
Possible sight-reading
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