2010-2011 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 1 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

Section Violin (4)
Section Viola (substitute only)
Section Cello (2)
Section Bass (2)

DATES:  September 17 & 19, 2010; September 20, 2010 • 5-9 pm (call-backs)

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

CONTACT: Jenn Morash, 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; section vn, va, vc, b]

1. movement* from a standard concerto/sonata (*asst. cm/principal 2nd: 2 contrasting mvts)
2. movement of Bach (NO first movements of a sonata or suite)
3. all assigned excerpts
4. sight-reading

Violin (asst. cm; principal 2nd; section)
Rimsky-Kosakov*: Scheherzade solo (*asst. concertmaster audition only)
Ravel*: Ma Mere L'oye; "Le jardin Feerique" solo (*asst. concertmaster audition only)

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 (substitute only)
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 (section only)
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