Houston Symphony Orchestra trumpet audition

Audition information
Position
Second trumpet
Application deadline
January 12, 2015
Audition date
February 23 through March 17, 2015
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(Posted on November 6, 2014; last updated over 8 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solos
Blazhevich—Russian Study No. 5
  • 30–49
Charlier—Etude No. 6
  • 1–35
Second trumet orchestral excerpts
Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra
  • Mvt. I: 39–50
  • Mvt. I: 328–396
  • Mvt. II: 90–147
  • Mvt. V: 201–254
  • Mvt. V: 549–572
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: A to 9 after A
  • Mvt. IV: 1–A
Beethoven—Leonore Overture No. 3
  • Offstage call
Bizet—Carmen
  • Prelude to Act I
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I: 282–298
  • Mvt. I: 513–end
  • Mvt. IV: 397–end
Bruckner—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: E–F
Debussy—Three Nocturnes
  • Fêtes: muted passage
Dvořák—Symphony No. 8
  • Mvt. I: 219–237
  • Mvt. II: 7 before E to F
  • Mvt. IV: 1–18
Gershwin—An American in Paris
  • 18–23
Mahler—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I: 17 to 12 after 17
Mahler—Symphony No. 7
  • Mvt. V: 7–15
  • Mvt. V: 38–51
Prokofiev—Symphony No. 5
  • 48 to 9 after 49
Rachmaninoff—Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
  • Variation 14: 36 to 5 after 38
Ravel—Rapsodie Espagnole
  • Mvt. IV: 4 to 3 after 4
  • Mvt. IV: 7–8
  • Mvt. IV: 24 to 1 after 26
Respighi—Pines of Rome
  • Mvt. I
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. II: 16 after E to F
  • Mvt. III: G–H
  • Mvt. IV: 6 before Q to R
Schumann—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I: opening
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 18–20
  • Mvt. I: 27–32
First cornet orchestral excerpt
Gounod—Faust
First E♭ trumpet orchestral excerpts
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 65–66
  • 81–83
Possible sight-reading
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