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AUDITON POSTING 2010-2011

PLEASE POST

 

YOUNGSTOWN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

RANDALL CRAIG FLEISCHER, MUSIC DIRECTOR

ANNONCES THE FOLLOWING OPENINGS FOR THE 2010 – 2011 SEASON

 

AUDITION DATES:

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2010 

Section Violin  .  4:30 PM

Section Double Bass  .  6:30 PM

 

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2010 

*TIME CHANGES*

*PLEASE NOTE NEW AUDITION TIMES* 

Second and Third Trombone  .  2:30 PM

Principal Tuba  .  6:30 PM

 

All Auditions Held at the Ford Family Recital Hall, Youngstown Ohio

 

APPLICATION DEADLINE:  FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 2010

 

COMPENSATION

Contract compensation for 2010 – 2011 under negotiation with Local 86-242

 

All applicants are required to demonstrate either U.S. citizenship or a legal eligibility to accept employment with the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra.

 

For information regarding the orchestra and to schedule an audition , write to

Auditions

Youngstown Symphony Society

260 W. Federal Street

Youngstown, Ohio 44503 

 

Or

 Phone:  330-744-4269 (Monday-Friday 9 AM to 5 PM)

 

Or

E-mail:  symphony@youngstownsymphony.com

 

All applicants must schedule an audition appointment in advance.

Audition repertoire lists on requests.  No repertoire will be given over the phone.

Music for auditions is not available through the orchestra library.

 

The Youngstown Symphony Society is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

 

YOUNGSTOWN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Randall Craig Fleischer, Music Director

 

AUDITION REPERTOIRE

2010-2011

SECTION VIOLIN  THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 2, 2010 @ 4:30 PM

 

 

Solo:                    Mozart, Concerto 3,4 or 5, 1st mvt. exposition only or

                            Standard Romantic concerto, 1st mvt (2 ½ minutes max.)

 

Excerpts:           Mozart, Symphony No. 39, 2nd mvt, beginning to measure 19 (no repeats)

                            Mozart, Symphony No. 39,last mvt, beginning to measure 41

                            Brahms, Symphony No. 1, 1st mvt. beginning to downbeat of 9 (Allegro)

                                          measure 41 - 70 letter B

                            Mendelssohn, Scherzo from Midsummer Night’s Dream, measure 17 - 99

                            Prokofiev, Classical Symphony, 1st mvt, beginning to measure 61

                                          (5 before F or 9)

                            Strauss, Don Juan (first page)

SECTION DOUBLE BASS – THURSDAY , SEPTEMBER 2, 2010 @ 6:30 PM

 

 

Solo:                    Standard solo work of applicant’s choice

 

Excerpts:           Beethoven, Symphony No. 5, 3rd mvt, mm. 140 - 181

                            Mozart, Symphony No. 39, 1st mvt., 14 before A to C

                            Strauss, Ein Heldenleben, No. 9 to 11

                            Brahms, Symphony No. 2, 4th mvt, beginning to 2 after A

                            Britten, A Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Variation H

 

 

SECOND TROMBONE – FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2010 @ 2:30 PM

 

 

 Solo:                 Standard solo work of applicant’s choice

 Excerpts:         Mozart, Requiem, Tuba mirum (all)

                           Rossini, William Tell Overture, C to bar after D

                           Brahms, Symphony No. 1, 4th mvt, Chorale

                          Wagner, Ride of the Valkyries, 3 to 4 bars after 4 (First B major section)

                           Strauss, Ein Heldenleben, 3 bars before 60 to 6 bars after 65

                           Dvorak, Symphony No. 9, 1st mvt, mm 213 - 258, mm 436 - end

 

THIRD TROMBONE – FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2010 @ 2:30 PM

 

 

Solo:                    Standard solo work of applicant’s choice

 

Excerpts:          Berlioz, The Damnation of Faust, Rakoczy March, 6 before 4 to 2 after 5

                            Brahms, Symphony No. 1, 4th mvt, Chorale

                            Brahms, Symphony No. 4, 4th mvt, E to 9 before F

                            Wagner, Ride of the Valkyries, mm 58 - 77

                            Strauss, Ein Heldenleben, Battle Scene 51 to 53; 55 to 2 after 56; 3 before

                                          64 to 65

                            Respighi, Fontane di Roma, 12 to 5 before 16

                            Kodaly, Hary Janos Suite, 4th mvt (Napoleon), 5 after 5 to 10 after 6

                            Mahler, Symphony No. 2, 5th mvt, 1 bar before 25 through 8 bars after 26

 

PRINCIPAL TUBA – FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2010 @ 6:30 PM

 

 

Solo:                       Vaughan Williams

 

Tuba Excerpts: Wagner, Die Meistersinger Prelude, m 158 to end

                               Wagner, Ride of the Valkyries, B major section

                               Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 4, Finale

                               Mahler, Symphony No. 1, mvt 3, solo          

                               Hindemith, Symphonic Metamorphosis

                               Prokofiev, Symphony No. 5