West Michigan Symphony oboe audition

Audition information
Position
Second oboe
Application deadline
April 16, 2023
Audition date
May 16, 2023
Payment
$90 per service
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(Posted on February 8, 2023; last updated about 1 year ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Preliminary solo
Mozart—Oboe Concerto in C Major, K. 314
  • Mvt. I: 1–76
Preliminary first oboe excerpts
Brahms—Violin Concerto
  • Mvt. II: 1–32
Debussy—La Mer
  • Mvt. III: 54 to 9 after 55
Rossini—La Scala di Seta
  • Overture: allegro solo
Preliminary second oboe excerpts
Dvořák—Symphony No. 7
  • Mvt. II: 1–8
Mendelssohn—Symphony No. 3, “Scottish”
  • Mvt. II: 32–100
Prokofiev—Symphony No. 1, “Classical”, Op. 25
  • Mvt. II: 3 after H to the end
Preliminary English horn excerpt (optional)
Berlioz—Roman Carnival Overture
Final round solo
Mozart—Oboe Concerto in C Major, K. 314
  • Mvt. I: Exposition
Final round first oboe excerpts
Brahms—Violin Concerto
  • Mvt. II: 1–32
Debussy—La Mer
  • Mvt. III: 54 to 9 after 55
Mahler—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. II: opening
Ravel—Le Tombeau de Couperin
  • Mvt. I: opening solo
  • Mvt. II: 6–8
  • Mvt. III: 1–4
Rossini—La Scala di Seta
  • Overture: 6–3
Stravinsky—Pulcinella Suite
  • Mvt. II: 8–10
  • Gavotta: theme and variation 1a
Final round second oboe excerpts
Brahms—Variations on a Theme by Haydn
  • Theme
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. II: 17–26
Dvořák—Symphony No. 7
  • Mvt. II: 1–8
Mendelssohn—Symphony No. 3, “Scottish”
  • Mvt. II: 32–100
Prokofiev—Symphony No. 1, “Classical”, Op. 25
  • Mvt. II
  • Mvt. III: B–D
Final round English horn excerpts (optional)
Berlioz—Roman Carnival Overture
Dvořák—Symphony No. 9, “New World”
  • Mvt. II
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 8
Wagner—Tristan and Isolde
  • Solo
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