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BSO Auditions

The Boston Symphony Orchestra and The Boston Pops Announce the Following Vacancies:

• SECTION VIOLIN (FOUR POSITIONS)
• SECOND TRUMPET
• SECOND TROMBONE

2nd Trumpet
Résumés due on or before: October 20, 2009
Preliminary Audition: January 25, 2010
Final Audition: February 8, 2010

Audition Repertoire
January/February 2010
Preliminaries/Semi-finals/Finals
Download the Audition Repertoire for 2nd Trumpet

I. Orchestra Passages (all 2nd Trumpet unless otherwise noted; all excerpts to be played on piston trumpet)
Bartók	Concerto for Orchestra
Bartók	Suite from the Miraculous Mandarin
Beethoven	Symphony No. 5
Beethoven	Symphony No. 9
Bizet	Carmen - Prelude to Act I
Dvořák	Symphony No. 8
Mahler	Symphony No. 1
Mahler	Symphony No. 2 - mvt V: 8 measures before 11 until 5 measures after 13
Mahler	Symphony No. 4 - mvt I
Mussorgsky/Ravel	Pictures at an Exhibition - mvt I [Promenade] (1st Trumpet)
Prokofiev	Symphony No. 5 - mvts I & II
Respighi	Pines of Rome - mvt I (2nd Trumpet onstage); mvt II: offstage solo
Rimsky-Korsakov	Scheherazade
Schumann	Symphony No. 2 - mvt I: opening until measure 25
Shostakovich	Symphony No. 5
Strauss	Don Quixote
Stravinsky	Petrouchka (1947) - Ballerina Dance and Waltz (1st Trumpet)
Tchaikovsky	Symphony No. 4
Wagner	Tannhäuser - Overture (1st Trumpet)

IV. Sight Reading


No solo/concerto is required for this audition.

Those candidates in the final round may be asked to play excerpts with BSO members as part of the audition.
The Boston Symphony Orchestra tunes to A=441.

2nd Trombone
Résumés due on or before: December 31, 2009
Preliminary Audition: March 15, 2010
Final Audition: March 22, 2010

Assistant Principal / 3rd Trumpet
Résumés due on or before: August 10, 2009
Preliminary Audition: October 19, 2009
Final Audition: October 26, 2009

Audition Winner: Thomas Siders

Section Violin
(four positions)
Résumés due on or before: August 10, 2009
Preliminary Audition: November 16, 2009
Final Audition: November 17, 2009

Audition Repertoire
November 2009
Preliminaries/Semi-finals/Finals
Download the Audition Repertoire for Section Violin

I. Solos (need not be memorized)
Bach	Solo Sonata No.2 in A minor - mvt I
Brahms	Violin Concerto - mvt I: measures 1-197
Candidates may prepare the Mozart Concerto of their choice (No.4 or No.5) below:
Mozart	Violin Concerto No.4 in D major - mvt I (without cadenza), OR
Mozart	Violin Concerto No.5 in A major - mvt I (without cadenza)
II.Orchestra Passages (all FIRST VIOLIN)
Beethoven	Symphony No.3
Brahms	Symphony No.4
Mendelssohn	A Midsummer Night's Dream - Scherzo
Mendellsohn	Symphony No. 4 Italian
Mozart	Symphony No. 39 (without minuet)
Prokofiev	Symphony No. 1 Classical – mvt I; mvt II: beginning to C; and mvt IV
Schubert	Symphony No. 2 – mvt I: Allegro vivace to C
Schumann	Symphony No. 2 – Scherzo: measures 1-54 and coda
Strauss	Don Juan
III.Chamber Music
Those applicants in the final round may be asked to play the chamber music below with BSO members as part of the audition:
Beethoven	Quartet No. 11, Op. 95 – mvt I (2nd violin)
Brahms	Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 67 – mvt II: measures 1–26 (1st violin)
Haydn	Quartet No. 2 in D minor, Op. 76 – mvt I: measures 1–55 (1st violin)

IV. Sight Reading


You may use your own music, but please be prepared to use BSO parts if necessary. The Audition Committee reserves the right to dismiss immediately any candidate not meeting the highest standards at these auditions.

Upcoming Auditions
No additional auditions are scheduled for the 2009-10 season.

Contact Information

Highly qualified applicants please send a one page typed or printed résumé including current address and telephone number to:

Lynn G. Larsen, Orchestra Personnel Manager
September 1 - June 25
Symphony Hall
301 Massachusetts Ave.
Boston, MA 02115
FAX: 617-638-9464

June 25 - August 31
Tanglewood Shed
297 West Street
Lenox, MA 01240
FAX: 413-637-5205

Please mail or fax all résumés. Do not email résumés. Résumés must be received on or before the listed deadline.

Please clearly indicate which audition you are planning to take. CDs may be required to supplement résumé, but please do not send recordings at this time. Further information will be mailed within a week following the résumé deadline.

Repertoire lists will not be provided over the phone.

Employment will begin as soon as the winner's availability and the Boston Symphony Orchestra schedule allow. Should a position be won by a current BSO member, the resulting vacancy may be offered to the runner-up of the audition.


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