Seattle Symphony Orchestra trombone audition

Audition information
Position
Second trombone
Application deadline
August 17, 2023
Audition date
October 26–30, 2023
Weeks in season
47
Payment
$121,816.13 per year
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(Posted on July 19, 2023; last updated about 1 year ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solo
Bach—Suite No. 5 for cello
  • Sarabande
Second trombone excerpts
Bartók—The Miraculous Mandarin
  • 71–74
Berlioz—The Damnation of Faust
  • Hungarian March: 89–end
Berlioz—Roméo et Juliette
  • Mvt. I: 14 before 4 to 15 after 5
Bernstein—Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
  • 664–701
Copland—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. I: 6–10
  • Mvt. II: 1 before 33 to 35
Hindemith—Symphonic Metamorphosis
  • Mvt. II: H–T
Mahler—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. I: 8 after 11 to 12
  • Mvt. III: 13 after 15 to 17
Mascagni—Cavalleria Rusticana
  • No. 5: 4 before 43 to 1 after 43
Mozart—Requiem (Süssmayr edition)
  • Kyrie
  • Tuba mirum: 1–18
Rimsky-Korsakov—Russian Easter Overture
  • M–N
Strauss—Also Sprach Zarathustra
  • 50–53
Strauss—An Alpine Symphony
  • 21–22, second trombone
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 3 after 60 to 74
Strauss—Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
  • 1 before 36 to 5 after 38
  • 2 before 40 to 4 after 40
Wagner—Götterdämmerung
  • Act II, Scene II: 25 to 26 after 27
Wagner—Lohengrin
  • Act I, Scene III: 46 to 12 after 46
  • Act III, Prelude: 2 to 1 after 3
Wagner—Tannhäuser
  • Overture: A to 17 after A
Wagner—Die Walküre
  • Act III, Scene I: 36–44
  • Act III, Scene I: 58–77
  • Act III, Scene III: 669–694
First trombone excerpts
Mahler—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. I: 3 after 13 to 17
Rossini—La Gazza Ladra
  • Overture: 3–4
  • Overture: 7–8
  • Overture: 9–end
Saint-Saëns—Symphony No. 3, “Organ”
  • Mvt. I: Q to 3 before R
Third trombone excerpts
Strauss—An Alpine Symphony
  • 93 to 9 before 94
Sectional round excerpts
Bartók—The Miraculous Mandarin
  • 2 before 34 to 10 after 36
  • 4 before 60 to 5 after 61
Berlioz—The Damnation of Faust
  • Hungarian March: 89–end
Berlioz—Roméo et Juliette
  • Mvt. I: 14 before 4 to 14 after 5
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: E to 8 before F
Hindemith—Mathis der Maler
  • Mvt. III: 12 after 34 to the end
Mahler—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. I: 6 before 9 to 9
  • Mvt. II: 24–25
Mascagni—Cavalleria Rusticana
  • No. 5: 4 before 43 to 1 after 43
Verdi—Nabucco
  • Overture: 1–17
Wagner—Lohengrin
  • Act III, Scene III: 45–48
  • Act III, Scene III: 62 to 13 after 62
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