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Audition information |
Audition Positions
2009-2010 Season
SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
St. Joseph, Michigan
Robin P. Fountain, Music Director
Announces auditions for the following positions:
Associate Concertmaster
Assistant Principal Second Violin
Section Violin
Principal Viola
Assistant Principal Viola
Section Viola
Section Cello
Assistant Principal Bass
Contrabassoon
Second Horn
Auditions to be held:
September12
Beginning at 1pm / Horn II and Contrabassoon
September 13, 2009
Beginning at 10am / String Auditions
The SMSO is a quality per service
orchestra.
Resume deadline: September 1, 2009
Email, send or fax resume to
Betsy Bogner Wong, Personnel Manager
SMSO, 513 Ship Street, St. Joseph, MI 49085
Email: betsy@smso.org | Fax: 269-982-4181
SMSO is a per-service orchestra with approximately 36 services for the 2009-10 season. Current compensation rates (subject to wage re-opener) are: $77 Principal; $66 Assistant; and $55 Section. Travel and per diem allowance in Master Agreement. |
Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra
Robin Fountain, Music Director
2009-2010 Season
Audition List
General:
Excerpts will be chosen from the following list for your instrument.
All auditionees are expected to play a solo of their choice (unaccompanied). .
Sight-reading may be requested.
Winning candidates will be required to show proof of US citizenship or
eligibility to work at time of audition.
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Violin-all positions play first parts |
Schumann |
Symphony No.2 |
Scherzo |
Brahms |
Symphony No.1 |
Mvt. I, first page |
Mozart |
Symphony No. 39 |
Mvt. IV, mm.1-41 |
Strauss |
Don Juan |
Beginning to letter D |
For Associate Concertmaster add the following: |
Rimsky-Korsakov |
Scheherazade |
Last Mvt. Solo |
Brahms |
Symphony No.1 |
Mvt.II, all solos |
Beethoven |
Symphony No. 7 |
Mvt. I, mm. 84-116 |
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VIOLA |
Beethoven |
Symphony No. 5 |
Mvt II, beginning to m. 10 m. 98 to m. 106
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Berlioz |
Roman Carnival Overture |
3 m. after 1 to 6 m. before 4 |
Tchaikovsky |
Symphony No. 6 |
Mvt. I, 6 m. before Allegro non troppo to 5 m. after Allegro non troppo |
Wagner |
Die Meistersinger Overture |
Letter E to letter G (E Major, sehr zarf),
Letter J to K (C Major Marcato) |
Brahms |
Symphony No. 4 |
Mvt. IV |
| Mendelssohn |
Midsummer Night's Dream |
Scherzo |
For Principal, add the following: |
Bach |
Bradenburg Concerto No. 6 |
Mvt. V, mm. 1-40 |
Berlioz |
Symphony Fantastique |
Mvt. V, mm 71- 75 |
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SECTION CELLO: |
Beethoven |
Symphony No. 8 |
Mvt. III, trio |
Beethoven |
Symphony No. 5 |
Mvt. II, beginning to fermata after letter C, Mvt. III, beginning to 15 mm. after letter A, Mvt. III, double bar to 16 mm. after letter B |
Tchaikovsky |
Symphony No. 4 |
Mvt. I, mm. 27-36, 17 after E to F, H to I,
Mvt. II, mm. 21-42 |
Mozart |
Symphony No. 35 |
Mvt. IV, 135-end |
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BASSOON |
Tchaikovsky |
Symphony No. 4 (bsn 1) |
2sn Mvt - m. 274 to the end |
Brahms |
Violin Concerto (bsn 2) |
2nd Mvt - m. 1-32 |
Mozart |
Marriaage of Figaro Overture (bsn 2) |
m. 139-171 |
Berlioz |
Symphonie Fantastique (bsn 3) |
4th Mvt - 15 before #51 through 2 after #52
5th Mvt - #63 through 4 after #64 |
Bartok |
Concerto for Orchestra (bsn 3) |
2nd Mvt |
Tchaikovsky |
Symphony No. 6 (bsn 2) |
3rd Mvt |
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Contrabassoon excerpts: |
Gliere |
Symphony #3 |
2nd mvt - opening solo to #4; #71 to end
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Ravel |
Mother Goose Suite |
4th mvt |
Ravel |
Concerto for Left Hand |
Opening solo through bar 2 of #2; #49-#50
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Beethoven |
Symphony #5 |
4th mvt - m. 28-54; m. 78-91 (no 1st ending) |
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HORN |
Shostakovich |
Symphony No. 5 |
Mvt I, Low Tutti section (1st Horn part) |
Brahms |
Piano Concert No. 2 |
Mvt. I, 3rd Horn Solo mm #188-200) |
Saint-Saens |
Symphony No. 3 |
Mvt. 1, 3rd horn slow solo Poco adagio, letter Q-R |
Beethoven |
Symphony No. 3 |
Mvt. III Trio - mm #171-111 (2nd horn part) |
Strauss |
Till Eulenspiegel |
3rd Horn Solo and the following tutti w/1st horn ending on high C – 13
measures before 29 -30 (3rd horn part only)
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| Ravel |
Pavane for a Dead Princess |
Opening Solo |
| Wagner |
Gotterdammerung/Siegfried's Rhine Journey |
"Short Call" 8 bars after rehearsal #30 through beat 1 of Allegro 1st horn
part |
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BASS
Solo of choice selected from the following:
Standard concerto movement
OR
Bach Cello Suite movement
OR
Baroque sonata movement
Orchestral Excerpts: |
| Tchaikovsky |
Symphony #4 |
Mvt I, 4 mm after letter B to Letter C |
| Beethoven |
Symphony #5 |
Mvt III, mm. 141-177 |
| Beethoven |
Symphony #9 |
Mvt. IV, recitative |
| Mozart |
Symphony #40 |
Mvt. I, mm 114-135 |
| Mozart |
Symphony #41 |
Mvt. II |
| Britten |
Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra |
Var. H |
| For Asst. Principal, add the following: |
| Mahler |
Symphony #1 |
Mvt. III, bass solo |
| Prokofiev |
Lieutenant Kije |
bass solo |
| Stravinsky |
Pulcinella |
Duetto |
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