Charlotte Symphony Orchestra horn audition

Audition information
Position
Assistant/utility horn
Application deadline
February 12, 2023
Audition date
March 12–14, 2023
Weeks in season
38
Payment
$1,206.88 per week
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(Posted on January 18, 2023; last updated over 2 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
The exposition from the first movement of one of the following concertos
Mozart—Horn Concerto No. 2, K. 417
Mozart—Horn Concerto No. 4, K. 495
First horn excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral,” Op. 68
  • Mvt. III: 132–161
  • Mvt. V: 5–9
Beethoven—Symphony No. 7, Op. 92
  • Mvt. I: 84–102
Mahler—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. I: 4 before 2 to 1 after 3
Mahler—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. I: 1 before 26 to 11 after 27
Mozart—Symphony No. 25
  • Mvt. IV: 28–73
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. IV: 12 before O to P
Schubert—Symphony No. 9, D. 944, “The Great”
  • Mvt. I: 1–8
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 3 after 17 to 21
  • Mvt. I: 36 to 4 after 38
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 4 after 44 to 3 after 47
  • 1 before 78 to 1 after 79
Stravinsky—The Firebird (1919 version)
  • Infernal Dance: 19 to 1 after 21
  • Finale: 11–12
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I: 1–20
Second horn excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. III: 158–201
Beethoven—Symphony No. 7, Op. 92
  • Mvt. I: 84–102
  • Mvt. III: 165–234
Brahms—Variations on a Theme by Haydn
  • Variation 6
Mahler—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. I: 4 before 2 to 1 after 3
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: 3 before N to 1 after O
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I: 1–20
Third horn excerpts
Berlioz—Roméo et Juliette
  • Queen Mab Scherzo: 3 after 58 to 62
Brahms—Piano Concerto No. 1
  • Mvt. I: 199–215
Dvořák—Symphony No. 9, “New World”
  • Mvt. III: 6 before 3 to 8 after 3
Strauss—Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
  • 13 after 29 to 31
Fourth horn excerpt
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. IV: 82–100
Possible sight-reading
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