Auditions will be held on Tuesday, August 16th in Jensen Grand Concert Hall at the Stephens Performing Arts Center. Woodwinds, brass and percussion will audition during the afternoon/early evening and strings will audition in the evening. Please contact Michael Helman via email at ISCSpersonnel@gmail.com for information regarding auditions, including repertoire requirements, and to set up an audition time.
Open Positions
Strings
Concertmaster
Concertmaster Audition Rep list:
I) SOLO REPERTOIRE
Mozart Violin Concerto #4, or 5 - first movement w/ Cadenza AND Violin Concerto from the 19th or 20th century - first movement exposition
II) ORCHESTRAL EXCERPTS (Concermaster solos only)
Bach: Mass in B minor
Aria-“Laudamus Te”-complete***
(begins on page 8 ends on page 11)
Brahms:Symphony No. 1
Movement 2, pickup to Letter E - end***
(begins and ends on page 7)
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade-Solos from Movements 1,2,3.
Movement 1 begins on page 1
Movement 2 begins on page 4
Movement 3 begins on page 10
III) ORCHESTRAL EXCERPTS
Mendelssohn: Scherzo from the "Midsummer Night's Dream" (Beginning to Letter E)
begins and ends on page 8
Mozart: Symphony #39
2nd mvt., Beginning to 9 measures after Letter A
4th mvt., beginning to the double bar
2nd mvt. begins and ends on page 4 of the PDF
4th mvt. begins on page 7 of the PDF
R. Strauss: Don Juan: First Page
Majors/1st Violins (All String majors, Ed., BA and Perf)
R. Strauss: Don Juan: First Page
Elgar: Enigma Variations - Variations 2, Reh. 5 to end of Varition (Page 3 on PDF)
Mozart: Symphony No. 39 - Mvmt. 2, mm. 20 - 54, no repeat (Pages 5-6 on PDF)
Solo of Choice
non-majors/2nd Violins
1. Mozart: Sym. No. 40, Mvmt. 1, pickup to m.104- letter C
2. Mozart: Sym. No. 40, Mvmt. 2, Beginning to letter A and pickup to m. 53 - 69.
3. Mozart: Sym. No. 40, Mvmt. 4, pickup to m.153 - 205
Solo of Choice
Viola
Mozart: Sym. No. 40, Mvmt. 4, Pickup to Letter C - M. 189
Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream, Scherzo, Beginning to Letter D
Brahms: Symphony No. 4, Mvmt. 4, Letter B - m. 77
Solo of Choice
'Cello:
Mozart: Sym. No. 40, Mvmt. 1, Pickup to m. 115 - Letter C and mm. 190 - 220
Mozart: Sym. No. 40, Mvmt. 2, Beginning to Letter A and mm. 68 - 85
Mozart: Sym. No. 40, Mvmt. 4, mm. 33 - 49 and pickup to m. 138 - 189
Solo of choice.
Bass:
Mozart: Sym. No. 40, Mvmt. 1, Pickup to m. 115 - Letter C and mm. 190 - 220
Mozart: Sym. No. 40, Mvmt. 2, Beginning to Letter A and mm. 68 - 85
Mozart: Sym. No. 40, Mvmt. 4, mm. 33 - 49 and pickup to m. 138 - 189
Solo of choice.
Winds
Principal Tuba
Bass Trombone
Saxophone section
Bass Clarinet
Section and Sub list Auditions
Flute (limited openings)
Oboe (limited openings)
Clarinet (bass clarinet/section)
Bassoon (limited openings)
Trumpet (limited openings)
Horn (limited openings)
Trombone (limited openings)
Percussion
Violin (limited openings)
Viola (limited openings)
Cello
Bass
Audition Repertoire
Section Flute
Section Clarinet
Bass Clarinet
Saxophone
Section Horn
Bass Trombone
Bass trombone auditionees should use the following excerpts from Doug Yeo's website: http://www.yeodoug.com/publications/pdf/pdf.html
Berlioz: Hungarian March
Haydn: Creation
Rossini: Gazza Ladra Excerpt One
Schumann: Rhenish
Wagner: Rheingold Spear Motive
Wagner: Both Walkure Excerpts
