Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra bassoon audition

Audition information
Position
Principal bassoon
Application deadline
February 14, 2015
Audition date
April 6–7, 2015
Weeks in season
35
Payment
$1,274.48 per week
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(Posted on November 6, 2014; last updated about 9 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solo
Mozart—Bassoon Concerto, K. 191
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. II
Orchestral excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt II: 65–72
  • Mvt. IV
Brahms—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. I: 61–69
  • Mvt. I: 149–178
  • Mvt. IV: 1–17
Haydn—Symphony No. 88
  • Mvt. I: “Allegro” to the repeat sign after A
  • Mvt. IV: opening to the first ending
Mozart—Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”, K. 551
  • Mvt. I: 62–71
  • Mvt. I: 105–123
  • Mvt. IV: 65–94
  • Mvt. IV: 154–172
  • Mvt. IV: 305–354
Mozart—The Marriage of Figaro
  • Overture
Ravel—Boléro
  • 2–3
Ravel—Piano Concerto in G
  • Mvt. I: 9–10
  • Mvt. III: 5 after 14 to 16, both parts
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. II: 5–A
  • Mvt. II: 2 after L to M
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 9, Op. 70
  • Mvt. IV, m. 10 to Mvt. V, m. 27 (attacca)
Strauss—Don Quixote
  • Variation IX: 5 after 64 to 1 after 66
Stravinsky—Pulcinella Suite
  • Mvt. VI: 81 to 85 (with repeats)
Stravinsky—The Rite of Spring
  • Beginning to 2 before 4
  • 4 after 7 to 9
  • 12 to 4 after 12
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I: 104–114
  • Mvt. I: 294–299
  • Mvt. II: 274–end
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 71–86
  • Mvt. III: 18–27
  • Mvt. III: 57–72
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 6
  • Mvt. I: 1–12
  • Mvt. IV: 2–36
Playing with the Jacksonville Symphony woodwind quintet
Possible sight-reading
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