Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra horn audition

Audition information
Position
Assistant principal horn
Application deadline
April 27, 2015
Audition date
May 11, 2015
Payment
$25,133.05 per year
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(Posted on February 3, 2015; last updated almost 10 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One of the following concerto movements
Mozart—Horn Concerto No. 2, K. 417
  • Mvt. I
Mozart—Horn Concerto No. 4, K. 495
  • Mvt. I
First horn orchestral excerpts
Bach—Brandenburg Concerto No. 1
  • Trio with repeats
Beethoven—Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral,” Op. 68
  • Mvt. V: 5–9
  • Mvt. III: 132–16
Beethoven—Symphony No. 7, Op. 92
  • Mvt. I: 84–110
  • Mvt. I: 421–end
Brahms—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. II: E–F
  • Mvt. IV: B to 13 after C
Brahms—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. III: 98–110
Mozart—Symphony No. 25
  • Mvt. IV: 31–37
  • Mvt. IV: 49–53
Mozart—Symphony No. 40
  • Menuetto: 26–36
Ravel—Pavane
  • 1–11
Ravel—Piano Concerto in G
  • Mvt. I: 25–26
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 17–21
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • 17 before O to 4 after P
  • 4 before Y to 4 after Z
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • beginning to 4 after 4
  • 44–48
  • 1 before 78 to 79
Strauss—Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
  • beginning–1
  • 28–38
Utility
Beethoven—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. III: Trio, 2nd horn
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Solo, 4th horn
Mahler—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. I, 2nd horn
Mahler—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. I: recap, 4th horn
Mendelssohn—Symphony No. 3, “Scottish”
  • Mvt. II, 3rd horn
Strauss—Don Quixote
  • Variation 7, 4th horn
  • Variation 8, 4th horn
Section playing
Beethoven—Symphony No. 3
Dvořák—Cello Concerto
Rossini—Semiramide
  • Overture
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
Weber—Der Freischütz
Possible sight-reading
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