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Spartanburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Maestra Sarah Ioannides,
Music Director and Conductor
Audition
requirements • Audition Application September 2008
Announces
the following vacancies:
Strings
Brass and Percussion
Audition
date: Thursday, September 4
Section Violin
Substitute Viola
Substitute Cello
Section Bass
Substitute Trombone
Substitute Harp
Principal Percussion
(See Repertoire list below)
Per
service rates:
Section Principal $66 per service
Section Member $56 per service
Mileage paid when applicable:
$10 per day if 25-65 miles one way
$15 per day if over 65-69 miles one way
$20 per day if over 100 miles one way
Send
to:
Audition Coordinator • PO Box 1274 • Spartanburg,
SC 29304
Phone: (864) 590-5382 • email: flutyatherton@yahoo.com
The
Spartanburg Philharmonic Orchestra (SPO) is a professional, per-service
orchestra performing approximately 30 services annually in the
Spartanburg, SC area. Duties will include full orchestra, chamber
orchestra, and educational opportunities. The Spartanburg Philharmonic
Orchestra is an equal opportunity employer.
P.O. Box 1274 • Spartanburg, SC 29304
(864)
948-9020 • Fax.: (864) 948-5353 • e-mail: music@spartanarts.org
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VIOLIN
I & II (playing violin I excerpts)
| Solo:
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A
concerto exposition |
Beethoven
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Symphony
No. 8, mvt. IV (1 - 29) |
| Brahms |
Symphony
No. 1, beginning (1 - 8) |
Mozart
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Symphony
No. 39, mvt. II and mvt. IV (1 - 41) |
Rossini
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Barber
of Seville Overture, Allegro vivace, 9 before figure 2 –
figure 6 |
Shostakovich
|
Symphony
#5, mvt. 1, (32-37) |
•••
Additional Excerpt for Assistant Concertmaster Audition •••
| Strauss |
Don
Juan (first page) |
VIOLA
Solo:
|
Schubert:
Arpeggione Sonata, 1st movement (preferred) OR solo of own
choice |
| Brahms |
Symphony
No. 2, mvt. 2 (C to D) |
| Mendelssohn |
Midsummer
Night’s Dream, Scherzo (opening section) |
| Mozart |
Overture
to Marriage of Figaro, (beginning 1 - 8) |
| Mozart |
Symphony
#35, mvt. 4 (49 before E to E) |
| Berlioz |
Roman
Carnival Overture |
CELLO
Solo:
|
A
concerto exposition or Bach Cello Suite movement |
| Beethoven |
Symphony
No. 5, mvt. II (opening – mm 10; mm 49 – 59;
mm 98 – 106; mm 114 – 124) |
| Mozart |
Sym.
#35, mvt. 4 (beginning to m. 30; m. 57 to m. 67; m. 134 to
m. 140) |
| Mendelssohn |
Midsummer
Night’s Dream, Scherzo (C – D, and N - O) |
| Debussy |
La
Mer, two before 9 to six after 9, top line |
•••
Additional Excerpts for
Assistant Principal Cello Audition
•••
| Strauss |
Don
Juan (beginning mm 9; three before G – H; R –
T) |
| Rossini |
William
Tell overtire (solo at beginning) |
| Brahms |
Piano
concerto No.2, mvt. 3 (m. 1-25 and m. 71 - end) |
DOUBLE
BASS
Solo:
|
A
solo of player’s choice |
| Mozart |
Symphony
No.39, mvt. 1 ( measure 13-21, 14 measures before A –
C) |
| Brahms |
Symphony
No.2, mvt. 1 (11 measures after A – 1 measure after
B)
(and letter E to F) |
| Beethoven |
Symphony
No. 9, mvt 4, Recitative to 16th measure of Allegro Assai
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| Tchaikovsky |
Symphony
No. 4, mvt. I (P to 2nd ms. of Q) |
| Shostakovich |
Symphony
No. 5, mvt. I (22 to four before 27) |
FLUTE
(Flute II/Picc and Flute III/Picc)
| Solo:
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Standard
concerto movement of own choice |
•••
Orchestral excerpts – playing Flute 1 parts •••
| Beethoven |
Leonore
Overture-mm. 1-38; solo mm. 328-360 |
| Debussy |
Prelude
to the Afternoon of a Faun-opening to circle 3 |
| Mendelssohn |
Midsummer
Night’s Dream, Scherzo (2 before P to end) |
| Ravel |
Daphnis
et Chloe, Suite II (176 – 179 and FluteII/Pic 214 to
end) |
| Hindemith |
Symphonic
Metamorphosis, Andantino, 7 solo after B |
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Piccolo
•••
| Rossini |
Semiramide,
5 before F to F; 5 after G to 1 after H |
| Ravel |
Piano
Concerto (Begin 14 bars before circle 3) |
| Britten |
Britten
Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Fugue, 7 before A to
B |
| Bartok |
Bartok
Concerto for Orchestra: Elegie 14-22, 107-112, 123-end |
| Ravel |
Ravel
Bolero – 17th bar, piccolo solo in E major (for final
round) |
OBOE
II
| Solo |
Standard
concerto or solo movement of own choice |
| Ravel |
Le
Tombeau de Couperin, mvt. I, first solo (Oboe I) |
| Rossini |
La
Scala di Seta (5 - 21 and 37 - 54) (Oboe I) |
| Beethoven |
Symphony
No. 6, mvt. III (solo after A) (Oboe I) |
| Tchaikovsky |
Symphony
No. 4, mvt. II, solo at beginning of mvt. (Oboe I) |
| Mahler |
Symphony
No. 3, mvt. II, measures 1-9 (Oboe I) |
ENGLISH
HORN
| Berlioz |
Roman
Carnival |
| DeFalla |
Three-Cornered
Hat, Suite 2, Miller's Dance |
| Respighi |
Pines
of Rome, mvt. V |
CLARINET
2 / BASS CLARINET/ possible E flat Clarinet
| Solo |
Mozart
Clarinet Concerto, mvt. |
•••
Orchestral
Excerpts playing Clarinet I parts •••
| Beethoven |
Symphony
No. 8, Trio |
| Borodin |
Polovetsian
Dances, No. 8 (solo from beginning of movement to rehearsal
letter A) |
| Kodaly |
Dances
of Galanta, opening clarinet cadenza and solo (m. 31 through
65) |
| Brahms |
Symphony
No. 3, mvt. II (beginning to ms. 23) |
| Mendelssohn |
Midsummer
Night’s Dream, Scherzo |
•••
Bass
Clarinet Parts
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| Stravinsky |
Rite
of Spring (rehearsal numbers 5-11, and 48 – 49) |
| Grofé |
Grand
Canyon Suite, No. 3 “On the Trail” (rehearsal
12 – end) |
| Strauss |
Till
Eulenspiegels Lustige Streiche bass clarinet 31-32 |
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Optional—E-flat
Clarinet Parts
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| Shostakovich |
Symphony
No. 5, mvt. II, (rehearsal number 49 through 5 measures after
rehearsal number 50) |
| Ravel |
Daphnis
and Chloe, Suite II, rehearsal number 200 to rehearsal number
202 |
| Berlioz |
Symphonie
Fantastique, mvt. 5 (m. 40 to m. 65) |
HORN (sub/extra excerpts)
| Solo |
Standard concerto or solo movement of own choice |
| Beethoven |
Symphony No. 3, mvt. III Trio (horn II) |
| Brahms |
Symphony No. 3, mvt. III (solo at B) |
| Ravel |
Bolero (5 and three after 8-9) |
| Shostakovich |
Symphony No. 5, mvt. I (three after 17 to 20) and (three after 39 to two after 41) |
| Strauss |
Till Eulenspiegel (6-20) |
| Tchaikovsky |
Symphony No. 5, mvt II (8-28) |
TROMBONE (sub/extra excerpts)
| Solo |
Standard concerto or solo movement of own choice |
| Berlioz |
Romeo & Juliet, Introduction (Recitative, fourteen before 4 to fourteen after 5) |
| Mozart |
Requiem (Tuba Mirum, 2nd Trombone) |
| Rossini |
La Gazza Ladra Overture (measure 116 to end) |
| Strauss |
Ein Heldenleben (60 to three before 66) |
| Wagner |
Ride of the Valkyres (measures 12-77) |
BASS TROMBONE (sub/extra excerpts)
| Solo |
Standard concerto or solo movement of own choice |
| Berlioz |
Hungarian March (measure 94-measure 110) |
| Brahms |
Symphony No. 1, mvt. 4, measure 47-measure 61) |
| Delibes |
Coppelia (measure 139-measure 153) (third measure after 28 [tempo primo]-measure 176) |
| Wagner |
Lohengrin (measure 32-measure 116) (measure 47-61) |
| Wagner |
Ride of the Valkyres (first B major section [page one]) |
PRINCIPAL PERCUSSION
GLOCKENSPIEL
Debussy
Dukas |
La Mer, (beginning to 19; (25 - 32)
Sorcerer's Apprentice, (17 - 24) |
XYLOPHONE
A - Gershwin
B - Kabalevsky |
Porgy and Bess Overture
Colas Breugnon Overture |
SNARE DRUM
R.-Korsakov |
Scheherazade, mvt. III (D-E; five after F to mvt. IV) mvt IV (C-D; four before N to nineteen after N; P-R; S-U) |
CYMBALS
Tchaikovsky
Tchaikovsky |
Romeo & Juliet (E to twelve after E - cymbals)
Symphony No. 4, mvt IV (G to end) |
TAMBOURINE
R.-Korsakov
Bizet |
Scheherazade, mvt. 4 (F-G; 8 before M)
Carmen, Suite No. 1a, Aragonaise, (first 18 measure) |
TRIANGLE
Brahms |
Symphony No. 4, (5 before B; pick-up to C - 6 before E) |
PERCUSSION (sub/extra excerpts)
XYLOPHONE
Kabalevsky |
Colas Breugnon Overture
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SNARE DRUM
R.-Korsakov |
Scheherazade, mvt. III (D-E; five after F to mvt. IV); mvt IV (C-D; four before N to nineteen after N; P-R; S-U) |
CYMBALS
Rossini
Tchaikovsky
Tchaikovsky |
William Tell Overture (P to end)
Romeo & Juliet (E to twelve after E)
Symphony No. 4, mvt IV (G to end) |
TAMBOURINE
Dvorak Carnival |
Overture (beginning to four before C and Q-S) |
HARP (Principal sub/extra excerpts)
| Solo |
Standard concerto or solo movement of own choice |
| Berlioz |
Symphonie Fantastique, mvt. II |
| Britten |
Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Theme A), (Variation I and J), - letter I to J) |
| R.-Korsakov |
Capriccio Espangnol, mvt. IV (cadenza), mvt. V (measure 50 to end) |
| Tchaikovsky |
Nutcracker (cadenza to Waltz of the Flowers) |
PIANO (Principal sub/extra excerpts)
| Solo |
Standard concerto or solo movement of own choice |
| Shostakovich |
Symphony No. 5, 1st mvt., meas. 17 to the end |
| Copland |
Appalachian Spring (Original version for 13 instruments) [6] - [14]; 5 after [48] - [51] |
| Falla |
The Three-Cornered Hat: Dance of the miller's wife (fandango) |
| Stravinsky |
Petrouchka (1947 version): [64] - [91]
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