0910 AUDITION INFORMATION

Atlantic Symphony Orchestra is one of New England’s premier professional orchestras. Rehearsals are held at Boston University and the New England Conservatory. The orchestra performs at the Jordan Hall at the New England Conservatory of Music and other venues at Boston’s South Shore region.

ALL AUDITIONS BY INVITATION ONLY
Please email one page résumé in MS Word or PDF file for review
No phone calls or inquiries please

[VACANCIES]

Brass
Principal Horn
Section Horn

Strings
Assistant Concertmaster
Principal Second Violin
Principal Viola
Principal Cello

Section Violin
Section Cello
Section Bass

DATES:  Sunday, April 18, 2010; Monday, April 19, 5-9 pm (call-backs)

LOCATION: New England Conservatory of Music, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston, MA

CONTACT: Sarah Gaut, personnel manager


[REQUIREMENTS]

French horn

[Principal Horn; Section Horn]

1. movement* (*Principal: 2 contrasting mvts) from a standard concerto or sonata
2. all assigned excerpts
3. sight-reading

Principal horn
Strauss:         Ein Heldenleben (beginning to 5 after reh. 1)
                     Till Eulenspiegel (beginning to 1)
Brahms:         Symphony No. 1 (2nd & 4th mvt solos)
                     Symphony No. 2 (1st mvt: mm. 454-477)
                     Symphony No. 3 (3rd mvt: F to G)
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 (1st mvt: low horn tutti & 1st horn solo at Piu mosso)
Beethoven:     Symphony No. 6 (1st horn solos)
                     Symphony No. 7 (1st mvt. mm. 89-101)
                     Symphony No. 9 (3rd mvt. mm. 82-98 [4th horn])
Wagner:         Gotterdammerung (short call from the Rhine Journey)
                     Das Rheingold (opening)

Section horn
Strauss:          Ein Heldenleben (beginning to 5 after reh. 1)
                      Till Eulenspiegel (beginning to 1)
Brahms:          Symphony No. 1 (2nd & 4th mvt solos)
                      Symphony No. 3 (3rd mvt: F to G)
Shostakovich:  Symphony No. 5 (1st mvt: low horn tutti & 1st horn solo at Piu mosso)
Beethoven:      Symphony No. 7 (1st mvt. mm. 89-101)
                      Symphony No. 9 (3rd mvt. mm. 82-98 [4th horn]) Journey)
Wagner:          Gotterdammerung (short call from the Rhine Journey)
                      Das Rheingold (opening)

Strings:

[Assistant Concertmaster; Principal Second Violin; Section Violin, Viola, Cello & Bass]

1. movement* from a standard concerto/sonata (*Asst. CM/Principals: 2 contrasting mvts)
2. movement of Bach (NO first movements of a sonata or suite)
3. all assigned excerpts (additional excerpts as listed for principals)
4. sight-reading

Violin (*asst. concertmaster only; **principal 2nd only; section)
Rimsky-Kosakov*: Scheherazade solo; mvt 1: opening Lento; mvt 3: 4 before L to 1 before N
Ravel*: Ma Mere L'oye; "Le jardin Feerique" solo
Rimsky-Korsakov**: Scheherazade; 3rd mvt: 1 before B to D; 1 before O to end 
Mozart: Symphony No. 35; 1st movement: exposition
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream; scherzo
Brahms: Symphony No. 4; 4th movement: 8 before reh. B to reh. D
Strauss: Don Juan; beginning to 9 before reh. D

Viola (principal only)
Ravel: Ma Mere L'oye; "Le jardin Feerique" solo
Elgar: Enigma Variations; mvt. 6 (19-23)
Mozart: Symphony No. 35; 4th movement
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream; scherzo
Brahms: Symphony No. 3; 1st movement: mm. 77-100; mm. 187-201
Strauss: Don Juan; beginning to reh. D
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6; 1st mvt. Allegro non troppo to reh. C

Cello (*principal cello only)
Tchaikovsky*; Symphony No. 4; 2nd Movement: 21 before A to A & tenor clef soli at end
Rossini*: Guillaume Tell; Opening 1st cello solo to Allegro
Mozart: Symphony No. 35; 4th movement
Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream; scherzo
Brahms: Symphony No. 2; 2nd movement: beginning to reh. B
Strauss: Don Juan; beginning to reh. C

Bass (section only)
Mozart: Symphony No. 35; 4th movement
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9; 4th movement: beginning to reh. A
Brahms: Symphony No. 2; 1st movement: reh. E to reh. F
Strauss: Don Juan; reh. A to C