Detroit Symphony Orchestra oboe audition

Audition information
Position
Principal oboe
Application deadline
October 20, 2014
Audition date
December 8, 2014 through January 5, 2015
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(Posted on August 10, 2014; last updated over 8 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solo
Mozart—Oboe Concerto in C Major, K. 314
  • Mvt. I
Orchestral Excerpts
Bach—Cantata BWV 82, “Ich habe genug”
  • Bass aria, 1–34
Beethoven—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. II: 8–16
  • Mvt. III: 7–28
  • Mvt. II: 36–47
Berlioz—Benvenuto Cellini
  • Overture: 5 after 7 to 3 after 8
  • Overture: 11–12
Brahms—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. I: 29–33
  • Mvt. II: 17–43
Brahms—Violin Concerto
  • Mvt. II: 3–32
Debussy—La Mer
  • Mvt. II: 17–18
  • Mvt. II: 25 (full 6 measures)
Mendelssohn—Symphony No. 3, “Scottish”
  • Mvt. II: 32–67
  • Mvt. II: 83–100
Ravel—Le Tombeau de Couperin
  • Prélude: beginning–2
  • Prelude: 6 after 8 to 9
  • Menuet: Beginning to 4 (all repeats)
  • Forlane: 6–8
Rossini—La Scala di Seta
  • Overture: beginning–3
Schumann—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. III: 8–19
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • 1–36
  • 235–297
Stravinsky—Pulcinella
  • Mvt. II
  • Mvt. VI: theme and variation I
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. II: 1–21
  • Mvt. III: First 12 measures of “Meno Mosso” after D
Possible sight-reading
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