San Juan Symphony Audition Requirements

Interested Applicants should prepare to play the below requirements and send a resume to:

Julie Appelhanz
Personnel Manager
violajulie77@yahoo.com

If within the four-corners region, we will schedule an in-person audition at the first convenient time for the applicant and the music director. If outside the area, please send a recording of the solos and excerpts listed below to:

San Juan Symphony
Attn: Auditions
PO Box 1073
Durango, CO 81302

SOLO:
Two short contrasting solos, 3-4 minutes - lyrical, slow/technical, fast ***OR for violins, the exposition and cadenza of a Mozart violin concerto.

VIOLIN EXCERPTS:
Beethoven 5th, mvmt 1 bar 34 to 57
Beethoven 5th, mvmt 2 bar 105 to 123
Beethoven 5th mvmt 4, opening to bar 65 (other numbers: 580 to 645)
Brahms 3, mvmt 1 opening to letter B
Mozart 39, 4th mvmt, opening to bar 78
Mendelssohn Midsummer Night's Dream Scherzo, opening to letter E

VIOLA EXCERPTS
Beethoven 5, mvmt 2 (2 pgs) Beginning to 10, 50-59, 99-105
Beethoven 5, mvmt. 3, Trio bars 146-197
Berlioz, Roman Carnival 2nd of 1 to 8 after 3
Brahms 3, mvmt 1 (2 pgs) E to G L to M
Mozart 35, Finale 48 before E to E

CELLO EXCERPTS:
Brahms 2, mvmt 2 beginning to A
Debussy, La Mer 2 before 9 to 6 after 9 6 before 27 to 5 after 27
Mozart 35, Finale Beg. to letter A
Beethoven 5, mvmts 2 and 3 2nd mvmt, beginning to m. 10, m. 98 to m. 106 3rd mvmt, 140 to 181. Take the 2nd ending

BASS EXCERPTS:
Beethoven 5, mvmt 3, scherzo and trio m.1-18, 52-71, 141- 213
Brahms 2, mvmt 2 2 before C to 2 before D
Britten Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra Variation H


FLUTE EXCERPTS:
Ravel, Daphnis and Chloe, flute 1: Rehearsal 176-179
Prokofiev, Peter and the Wolf, flute 1: Rehearsal 2-4
Mendelssohn, Midsummer Night's Dream, Scherzo, flute 1: 1 before P to 23 after Q
Beethoven, Symphony #7 1st movement, flute 1: mm. 56-88
Brahms, Symphony #4 mvmt 4, flute 1: mm. 93-105
Brahms, Haydn Variations, flute 2: Variation V
Sousa, Stars and Stripes, piccolo: mm 93-end
Tchaikovsky, Symphony #4, mvmt 3, piccolo: 2 after E to 3 before G

OBOE EXCERPTS:
Tchaikovsky, Symphony #4, mvmt 2, Oboe 1: beginning to 21 before A
Brahms, Violin Concerto, mvmt 2, Oboe 1: mm. 3-32
Beethoven, Symphony #3, Scherzo, Oboe 1: mm. 7-28, 13 before A to 12 after A, Trio mm. 210-220.
Rossini, La Scala di Seta Overature, Oboe 1: beginning to 2 after rehearsal 3R.
Strauss, Don Juan, Oboe 1: Beginning to B
Pergolesi-Stravinsky, Suite De Pulcinella, Gavotta, Oboe 2: Rehearsal 73 to 8 after 80
Rossini, William Tell Overature, English Horn

CLARINET EXCERPTS:
Beethoven, Symphony #4, Adagio, Clarinet in B: mm. 8-34
Beethoven, Symphony #6, mvmt 2, Clarinet in B: Beginning to m.104
Beethoven, Symphony #8, Minuet, Clarinet in B: mm. 48-78
Rimsky-Korsakov, Capriccio Espangnol, mvmt 1, clarinet 1: Rehearsal A to 17 after C
Kodaly, Dances of Galanta, Clarinet 1: mm. 31-65

BASSOON EXCERPTS:
Dukas, Sorcerer's Apprentice: Rehearsal 43-45
Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade, mvmt 2: beginning to A
Tchaikovsky, Symphony #4, mvmt 2: 31 before end to end
Ravel, Bolero: rehearsal 2-3
Stravinsky, L'Histoire du Soldat, Ragtime: 3 before rehearsal 26 to 3 before 28
Stravinsky, L'Histoire du Soldat, Danse Du Diable: beginning to 4 after rehearsal 2

HORN EXCERPTS:
Brahms, Symphony #3, mvmt 1, Horn 1: pick-up to B to 2 after D
Wagner, Siegfried Idyll, Horn 1: Rehearsal 16 to 16 after 16
Shostakovich, Symphony #5, mvmt. 1, Horn 1: rehearsal 17-21
Beethoven, Symphony #3, Scherzo-Trio, 2nd Horn: mm. 167-205
Brahms, Haydn Variations, Horn 3: mm. 180-186
Tchaikovsky Symphony #4, mvmt. 1, letter I (bars 169-181)
Wagner, Siegfried's Rhein Journey, long call, figure 6

TRUMPET EXCERPTS:
Debussy Nocturnes, Fetes, figure 10 - 11
Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition, Promenade: Beginning to 3 after rehearsal 5
Stravinsky, Petrouchka, Trumpet 1: Rehearsal 134 to 7 after 142
Mahler, Symphony #5, mvmt 1, Trumpet 1: Beginning to 5 after rehearsal 1
Gershwin, American in Paris, Trumpet 1: 4 before rehearsal 46 to 8 after 46, rehearsal 57 to 59
Shostakovich, Symphony #5, Trumpet 1: Rehearsal 27 to 32R.
Strauss, Don Juan, Trumpet 3: Solo after B

TROMBONE EXCERPTS:
Mozart, Requiem, Tuba Mirum: 13 before A to A
Wagner, Tannhauser Overature, Trombone 1: Rehearsal A to 16 after A
Belioz, Damnation of Faust, Hungarian March: 1 before rehearsal 4 to rehearsal 5
Brahms, Symphony #4, Trombone 1: Rehearsal E to 24 after E
Hindemith, Symphonic Metamorphosis: Finale, letter G to end
Tchaikovsky, Symphony #4, Bass Trombone part: 12 before K to K
Kodaly, Hary Janos Suite, Battle and Defeat of Napoleon, Trombone 3 part : 17 before rehearsal 1 to 3 after rehearsal 2, 28 after rehearsal 3 to 52 after 3

TUBA EXCERPTS:
Wagner, Die Meistersinger Overature: Beginning to m. 27, mm. 58-73
Wagner, Ride of the Valkyries: mm. 126-143
Belioz, Damnation of Faust, Hungarian March: Rehearsal 4 to Rehearsal 5
Prokofiev, Symphony #5: 3 before Rehearsal 2 to 4 after 2, rehearsal 3 to 7 after Rehearsal 5
Berlioz, Symphonie Fantastique: Rehearsal 5 6 to 6 after 57
Hindemith, Symphonic Matamorphosis: 3 before R to T, 4 before 7 to Y