Detroit Symphony Orchestra bass audition

Audition information
Position
Section bass
Application deadline
February 10, 2023
Audition date
March 20–22, 2023
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(Posted on December 28, 2022; last updated about 2 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
The exposition of the first movement from a standard bass concerto (without cadenza)
One movement from a Bach cello suite
Orchestral repertoire
Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra
  • Mvt. I: 1–76
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. III: 1–100
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. IV: 8–115
Berlioz—Symphonie fantastique
  • Mvt. IV: 50–53
  • Mvt. V: 3 after 70 to 6 after 73
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I: 54–66
  • Mvt. I: 118–156
  • Mvt. IV: 244–279
Bruckner—Symphony No. 7
  • Mvt. I: E–G
Mahler—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I: 1 to 3 before 2
Mendelssohn—Symphony No. 4, “Italian”
  • Mvt. I: 41–90
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. I: 13–48
  • Mvt. I: 59–66
  • Mvt. IV: 134–197
Mozart—Symphony No. 39, K. 543
  • Mvt. I: 40–97
Schubert—Symphony No. 9, D. 944, “The Great”
  • Mvt. III: B to 7 after C
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 9 to 6 after 12
  • 77–78
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • F to 4 before G
Verdi—Otello
  • Soli
Orchestral solos
Haydn—Symphony No. 31, “Horn Signal”
  • Mvt. IV: variation 7
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