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.