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 almost 2 years ago)


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Audition Repertoire
Preliminary solo
MozartOboe Concerto in C Major, K. 314
  • Mvt. I: 1–76
Preliminary first oboe excerpts
BrahmsViolin Concerto
  • Mvt. II: 1–32
DebussyLa Mer
  • Mvt. III: 54 to 9 after 55
RossiniLa Scala di Seta
  • Overture: allegro solo
Preliminary second oboe excerpts
DvořákSymphony No. 7
  • Mvt. II: 1–8
MendelssohnSymphony No. 3, “Scottish”
  • Mvt. II: 32–100
ProkofievSymphony No. 1, “Classical”, Op. 25
  • Mvt. II: 3 after H to the end
Preliminary English horn excerpt (optional)
BerliozRoman Carnival Overture
Final round solo
MozartOboe Concerto in C Major, K. 314
  • Mvt. I: Exposition
Final round first oboe excerpts
BrahmsViolin Concerto
  • Mvt. II: 1–32
DebussyLa Mer
  • Mvt. III: 54 to 9 after 55
MahlerSymphony No. 3
  • Mvt. II: opening
RavelLe Tombeau de Couperin
  • Mvt. I: opening solo
  • Mvt. II: 68
  • Mvt. III: 1–4
RossiniLa Scala di Seta
  • Overture: 6–3
StravinskyPulcinella Suite
  • Mvt. II: 810
  • Gavotta: theme and variation 1a
Final round second oboe excerpts
BrahmsVariations on a Theme by Haydn
  • Theme
BrahmsSymphony No. 2
  • Mvt. II: 17–26
DvořákSymphony No. 7
  • Mvt. II: 1–8
MendelssohnSymphony No. 3, “Scottish”
  • Mvt. II: 32–100
ProkofievSymphony No. 1, “Classical”, Op. 25
  • Mvt. II
  • Mvt. III: BD
Final round English horn excerpts (optional)
BerliozRoman Carnival Overture
DvořákSymphony No. 9, “New World”
  • Mvt. II
ShostakovichSymphony No. 8
WagnerTristan and Isolde
  • Solo
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