SECTION BASS
Auditions: October 24-26, 2010
Resume Deadline: August 6, 2010
Position to begin at candidate’s earliest availability.
Applicants should send a one-page resume to:
Bass Audition
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
1280 Peachtree Street, NE, Suite 4074
Atlanta, GA 30309
Fax: 404-733-5252
The Audition Committee reserves the right to dismiss immediately any candidate not meeting professional standards at these auditions.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
REPERTOIRE LIST
SOLO
Koussevitzky: Concerto, 1st mvt.
OR
Bottesini: Concerto No. 2, 1st mvt. (Orch. Tuning)
OR
Vanhal: Concerto, 1st mvt. (C or D Major is allowed)
AND
Bach: Cello Suite No. 3; Bourees I & II (no repeats)
ORCHESTRAL
Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 2; Double & Badinerie (no repeats)
Beethoven: Symphony no. 5, mvt. III
bars 1 – 74; bars 141 – 213 w/ repeat
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, mvt. IV
bars 1 – 90; 92 – 163; (Letter K) 431 – 525; 543 – 594
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
mvt. I, bar 118 – 155; mvt. IV, bar 1 – 37; bar 244 – 275
Mahler: Symphony No. 2, 1st four lines of 1st page
Mozart: Symphony No. 39
mvt. I, bar 14 – 21; pickups to 14 bars before letter A – C; mvt. IV, 25 after B to C
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
mvt. I, beginning to #2; #22 – 4 after 26
Strauss: Ein Heldenleben
#9 to 6 after 12; #40, 1st 7 bars; 2 before #61 - 65; #77 - 78
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4, mvt. I
4 after B to C; Letter P – Q
SECTION VIOLA - Two positions (revolving seating)
Auditions: September 26-28, 2010
Resume Deadline: July 14, 2010
Both positions to begin at candidate’s earliest availability.
Applicants should send a one-page resume to:
Viola Audition
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
1280 Peachtree Street, NE, Suite 4074
Atlanta, GA 30309
The Audition Committee reserves the right to dismiss immediately any candidate not meeting professional standards at these auditions.
Equal Opportunity Employer.
REPERTOIRE LIST
SOLOS
1) First movement of a Concerto of player’s choice
and
2) Two contrasting movements from a Bach unaccompanied Cello Suite or Violin Sonata or Partita
ORCHESTRAL EXCERPTS
Beethoven Symphony #5 – 2nd mvmt
3rd mvmt – measures 146-161
Brahms Symphony #2 – All mvmts
Mahler Symphony #10 – Adagio – opening to 1; 4-5; 12-13
Mozart Symphony #35 - 1st & 4th mvmts
Shostakovich Symphony #5 – 1st mvmt – 15-17
Strauss Don Juan – opening - D
Tchaikovsky Symphony #5 – 3rd mvmt – measures 105-144
Symphony #6 – 1st mvmt
*Possible sight reading
SECTION CELLO - One position (revolving seating)
Auditions: September 19-21, 2010
Resume Deadline: July 14, 2010
Position to begin at candidate’s earliest availability.
Applicants should send a one-page resume to:
Cello Audition
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
1280 Peachtree Street, NE, Suite 4074
Atlanta, GA 30309
The Audition Committee reserves the right to dismiss immediately any candidate not meeting professional standards at these auditions.
Equal Opportunity Employer.
REPERTOIRE LIST
SOLO
One movement of a Bach Suite and one movement of a concerto of your choice
ORCHESTRAL EXCERPTS
Beethoven Symphony #5 – 2nd & 3rd mvmts
Symphony #8 - 3rd mvmt
Brahms Symphony No. 2 – 2nd mvmt: opening to A
Debussy La Mer - 2 bars before figure 9 to pizz.,
top part only
Mozart Symphony #35 - 1st mvmt: beginning to B, 4th mvmt: beginning to A, 10 bars after D to E
Prokofiev Symphony #5 - 4th mvmt: 79 to 80
Smetana Overture to Bartered Bride - beginning to A
Strauss Ein Heldenleben - beginning to 13
Tchaikovsky Symphony #4
1st mvmt: 9 bars of first Moderato; 8 bars before F to F; upbeat before H to O
2nd mvmt: bar 21 to 16 bars after A, 53 bars from end to 30 bars from end
*Possible sight reading