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Applying to AUDITION for SODELO

Open positions and substitute positions are filled by audition.

 

Although we may not currently be looking for your instrument, we are always adding to our substitute list.

 

The first step to playing with us in any capacity is to send a video screening audition through this form. The requirements for the video are included at the top of the form. Generally speaking, a video audition consists of solo(s) of your choice and, in most cases, assigned scales.

 

Your video audition will be reviewed. If accepted, you will be invited to an in-person audition for open positions, or added to our substitute list for non-open positions (no in-person audition).

 

In-person auditions consist of assigned excerpts (see below).

 

Further questions about auditioning may be sent to the Personnel Manager at dhunt@sodelomusic.org.

 

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EXCERPTS

It is the responsibility of the candidate to obtain the necessary excerpts. 

Most music can be downloaded free at www.imslp.org.

 

STRING AUDITIONS

 

All Violins

  • Beethoven Symphony 6, mvt. 4, mm. 1-19 (2nd Violin)

  • Elgar Enigma Variations, Var. 2, all (1st Violin top line or 2nd Violin)*

  • Mozart Symphony 39 mvt I (mm.1-16, 1st violin)

    *Those wishing to be considered for Violin 1 should play the 1st Violin part for Elgar instead of the 2nd violin part.

 

Violin 1 Supplement

Those wishing to be considered for the first violin section should prepare this additional excerpt.  Please note that preparing this additional excerpt does not guarantee placement in the first violin section. 
 

  • Brahms Symphony No. 4: movement 4, m.33 to Rehearsal D

 

Viola

  • Beethoven Symphony No. 5 mvt 2, mm. 1-10 and mm. 23-37

  • Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6: mvt. 1, mm. 30-49 (top line)

  • Mendelssohn Scherzo from Midsummer Night’s Dream: C to D (mm 70-93)

 

Cello

  • Brahms Symphony No. 2, movement 2: beginning to Rehearsal A

  • Debussy La Mer, 2 measures before rehearsal No. 9 to 6 measures after Rehearsal No. 9 (top line only)

  • Mozart Symphony No. 35, movement 4: mm. 134 to Rehearsal E

 

Double Bass

  • Beethoven Symphony No. 5, movement 3: beginning to 5 mm. after Rehearsal A

  • Brahms Symphony No. 1, movement 1: 4 mm. before Rehearsal E to the 2nd ending

  • Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5, mvt. I (Beginning until Reh 2)

 

Harp

  • Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, 2nd mvt.

  • Britten: Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Harp Variation and Fugue

  • Tchaikovsky: Cadenza-Tchaikovsky’s Waltz of the Flowers,The Nutcracker.

 

WOODWIND AUDITIONS 

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Flute

  • Brahms Symphony No. 4, movement 4, mm. 89-105

  • Dvořák Symphony No. 8, movement 4: Rehearsal C to Rehearsal E (with repeats)

  • Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Scherzo, 12 mm. before Rehearsal P to end

 

Oboe

  • Brahms Violin Concerto, movement 2: beginning to m. 32

  • Rossini La Scala di Seta Overture: mm. 5-21 AND mm. 37-53

  • Stravinsky Pulcinella: Gavotta – Var. 1a, #77 to #81

 

Clarinet

  • Beethoven Symphony No. 6, movement 2: Rehearsal D to 2 mm. before E

  • Brahms Symphony No. 3, movement 1: mm. 36-46 (A Clarinet)

  • Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Scherzo, beg. to Reh. B

 

Bassoon

  • Mozart Marriage of Figaro Overture: mm. 101-123 AND mm. 139-171

  • Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade (2nd Mvt., m. 5 to A & L to M)

  • Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 (1st Mvt., first 12 bars)

 

​Auxiliary Woodwind Instruments

 

Woodwind players wishing to be considered for auxiliary parts must also include the excerpts below as part of their audition. (Players must have their own instruments.)

 

Piccolo

  • Rossini: La Gazza Ladra Overture, mm. 188-195

  • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4, Scherzo - 2nd measure of E through 3 measures before G

 

English horn

  • Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture (English horn and Oboe 2), 14 measures before [1] to 3 measures after [1]

  • Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, Mvt. 2, mm. 7-18

 

E-flat Clarinet

  • Mahler: Symphony No. 1, Mvt. 1, 5 measures after Reh. 9 to 3 measures after 3 measures after Reh. 11

  • Ravel: Bolero, Reh. 3 to Reh. 4

 

Bass Clarinet

  • Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker, Trepak, Reh. B to Reh. C

  • Gershwin: An American in Paris, Reh. 15 to Reh. 17

 

Contrabassoon

  • Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, Mvt. 4, mm. 374 to 436

  • Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5, Mvt. 2, Allegretto, Rehearsal 65 to bar 9 of Rehearsal 68  

 

​BRASS AUDITIONS

 

Horn

  • Mendelssohn Midsummer Night’s Dream, Nocturne, mm. 1-34

  • Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4, Movement I: Beginning to 6 measures after A

  • Shostakovich Symphony No. 5, movement 1: #17 to #21

 

Trumpet

  • Bizet Carmen, Prelude to Act I (Beginning until m. 28)

  • Mussorgsky/Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition (Promenade, beg. to 2)

  • Stravinsky Petrushka (1947 Version): Ballerina’s Dance, 1 m. before #134 to #139

 

Trombone

  • Bizet L’Arlésienne Suite No. 2, Trombone 3, Mvt. IV, [M] to [P]

  • Mozart Requiem, Tuba Mirum 

  • Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3, Mvt. I, Excerpt from [Q] to [S]

 

Bass Trombone

  • Haydn The Creation (No. 26, beg. to C)

  • R. Schumann Symphony No. 3 (4th Mvt., beg. to 13 aft. A)

  • Strauss Ein Heldenleben: #61 to #65

 

Tuba

  • Berlioz Hungarian March (Rakoczy) (4 to 5)

  • Prokofiev Symphony No. 5 (1st Mvt., 3 to 6)

  • Wagner Meistersinger Overture: mm. 158-188

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​PERCUSSION AUDITIONS

 

Snare Drum

  • Snare Drum Etude No. 7 from Audition Etudes for Snare Drum, Timpani, Keyboard Percussion and Multiple Percussion by Garwood Whaley

  • Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol, mvt.4, beg to [L]+10

  • Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade mvt. 4, [P]-[R]

 

Timpani

  • Timpani Etude No. 4 from Audition Etudes for Snare Drum, Timpani, Keyboard Percussion and Multiple Percussion by Garwood Whaley.

  • Tchaikovsky Symphony 4, mvt. 1, 4 measures before [T] to [V]

 

Tambourine

  • Dvořák Carnival Overture, beginning to 4 measures before [C]

 

Cymbals

  • Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet, 2 measures before [O] to [P]

 

Piano

  • R. Strauss: Der Bürger als Edelmann, op. 80 - mvt. 1, beginning to Reh. 6

  • Copland: Appalachian Spring Suite (version for 13 instruments), Reh. 12-14 and Reh. 48-51

  • Williams: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Suite for Orchestra), beginning to Reh. 75 (play on piano)

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