The Greenwich Village Orchestra
Auditions
The auditions for the 2011—2012 season have already occurred. However, we are always happy to hear from talented musicians interested in playing with the orchestra.
Please read the requirements below and then email gvoauditions@gmail.com if you would like to audition, or if you have any questions about the auditioning process.
Requirements
Strings
Please prepare at least two movements from the standard solo concerto or sonata repertoire demonstrating contrasting musical styles and technical work. A movement from a Bach solo work is recommended.
Woodwinds
Please present a movement from a standard solo work of your choice, and be prepared to play any excerpt from the following list.
Flute
- Debussy, Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune — opening solo
- Beethoven, Leonore Overture No. 3 — solo
- Mussorgsky-Ravel, Pictures at an Exhibition — Tuileries
Piccolo
- Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 4 — Third movement solos
- Shostakovich, Symphony No. 9 — First and Second movement solos
Oboe
- Stravinsky, Pulcinella — Gavotta (con due variazioni)
- Mussorgsky-Ravel, Pictures at an Exhibition — Tuileries
- Brahms, Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn — Theme in second oboe part
English horn
- Dvořák, Symphony No. 9 — Second movement solo
- Rossini, William Tell Overture — solo at Andante after letter E
Clarinet
- Rimsky-Korsakov, Sheherazade — solos
- Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 4 — First movement solo (at moderato assai, quasi andante)
- Rachmaninoff, Symphony No. 2 — Third movement solo (beginning at measure 6)
- Mussorgsky-Ravel, Pictures at an Exhibition — Tuileries
Bassoon
- Mozart, Marriage of Figaro Overture
- Rimsky-Korsakov, Sheherazade — Second movement solos
- Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 6 — First movement opening solo
Contra bassoon
- Ravel, Ma mère l’oye (Mother Goose) — IV. Les entretiens de la belle et de la bête
- Brahms, Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn
Brass
Please prepare a movement from the concerto specified, or a work of similar style. You will also be asked to play any excerpt from the following list.
French horn
- Recommended concerto: any Mozart horn concerto
- Mussorgsky-Ravel, Pictures at an Exhibition — Promenade II (preceding Il Vecchio Castello) solo
- Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 5 — Second movement solo
- Stravinsky, Firebird Suite — Finale solo
Trumpet
- Recommended concerto: Haydn, Concerto in E-flat Major
- Mussorgsky-Ravel, Pictures at an Exhibition — First Promenade
- Respighi, Pines of Rome — II. Pini presso una catacomba, off-stage solo
- Beethoven, Leonore Overture No. 3 — off-stage solo
Trombone
- Recommended concerto: Rimsky-Korsakov, Concerto in B-flat Major, First movement
- Ravel, Boléro — figure 10 through figure 11
- Mozart, Requiem — Tuba Mirum tenor trombone solo
- Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 5 — First movement, letter D through F, Fourth movement, letter T to 11 after U
- Rossini, William Tell Overture — letter C through 9 measures after letter D (the storm scene)
Bass trombone
- Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 5 — First movement, letter D through F, Second movement, letter I to end
- Wagner, Ride of the Valkyries — figures 4 through 5, and 6 through 7
- Rossini, William Tell Overture — letter C through 9 measures after letter D (the storm scene)
Tuba
- Recommended concerto: Vaughan Williams, Concerto in F Minor, First movement
- Berlioz, Rákóczi (Hungarian) March from The Damnation of Faust — figure 4 to figure 5
- Wagner, Overture to Die Meistersinger — letter J through letter L
- Wagner, Ride of the Valkyries — Main theme
- Prokofiev, Symphony No. 5 — First movement, figures 3 through 6
Percussion
Please email gvoauditions@gmail.com for audition requirements.
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