General information |
| Audition Dates To be announced |
| ALL POSITIONS: To apply, please send a resume and a $25 refundable deposit (payable to Racine Symphony Orchestra) to: Robb Seftar, Personnel Manager W221 S6102 Seftar Road Waukesha, WI 53189 For questions regarding concert schedule, pay scale, etc, please call Robb Seftar at 414-587-9829 or email rsopm@sbcglobal.net |
Substitute audition informationAuditioners send in a one-page resume and a $25.00 deposit check (made out to the Racine Symphony) in advance to reserve a space for the audition. Your check will be returned to you upon arrival at the audition site. If you choose not to attend, your check will be used to cover administrative costs.Approximately ten days before the audition, you will be sent an e-mail assigning an approximate audition time. Auditions will be 5-10 minutes in length. Audition times are assigned based upon the availability of the conductor and the number and instruments of the auditionees, beginning in the afternoon. You should allow a 20-minute margin before and after your assigned audition time, in case we are running either behind or ahead of schedule. Once accepted to be on the substitute list, your name will remain on the list indefinitely unless you have moved and not given us a change of address and phone number, in which case your name may be removed from the list. THERE IS NO GUARANTEE YOU WILL BE CALLED, but if you have not been called in two or three years, or if you feel there has been a significant improvement in your playing, it would be in your best interest to audition again. If you have any further questions, please contact us at the address/phone numbers given below. Robb Seftar, Personnel Manager
Racine Symphony Orchestra W221 S6102 Seftar Road Waukesha, WI 53189 rsopm@sbcglobal.net (414) 587-9829 SUBSTITUTE AUDITION REPERTOIRE Music should be available in standard orchestral excerpt books. Complete original parts may be ordered from Luck's Music: 1-800-348-8749 Please bring your own music to the audition. Violin -- First movement (solo part) of any concerto -- Mendelssohn – A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scherzo -- Mozart - Symphony No. 41, Mvmt. IV -- Schumann – Symphony No. 2, Scherzo -- Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 4, Mvmt. I Viola -- First movement (solo part) of Bartok, Hindemith, Stamitz, or Walton concerto -- Beethoven – Sym. No. 5, slow mvmt., beg. to D -- Mendelssohn – A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scherzo -- Mozart – Sym. No. 35, mvmt. IV, mm. 134-182 -- R. Strauss - Don Juan, first page Cello -- First movement (solo part) of any concerto -- Beethoven - Symphony No. 9, Mvmt. IV, recitative -- Brahms-Symphony No.2 Mvmt. II -- Mozart - Symphony No. 35, Mvmt. IV -- Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 4, Mvmt. I Bass -- First movement (solo part) of any concerto, or etude -- Beethoven - Symphony No. 9, Mvmt. IV, recitative -- Mahler - Symphony No. 1, Mvmt. II -- Mozart - Symphony No. 41, Mvmt. IV -- Stravinsky - Pulcinella (solo) Flute -- First movement (solo part) of any concerto -- Beethoven – Leonore Overture No. 3 (solo after E) -- Brahms – Symphony No. 4 (mvmt. 4 solo) -- Debussy - Afternoon of a Faun (solo) -- Rimsky-Korsakov – Capriccio Espangnole (Chromatic obbligato mvmt. 2 & cadenza mvmt. 4) Piccolo -- Flute repertoire above, plus: -- Rossini - Semiramide Overture -- Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 4, Mvmts. III and IV -- Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherezade -- Britten – Young Peoples’ Guide to the Orchestra (solo at the beginning of the fugue) Oboe -- First movement of any concerto (solo part) or etude -- Beethoven - Symphony No.3, mvmt. II & III -- Brahms – Violin Concerto, mvmt. II -- Dvorak – Symphony No.7 (oboe II) -- Mendelssohn – Sym. No. 3, mvmt. II (Scherzo) English Horn -- Oboe list above, plus: -- Berlioz - Roman Carnival Overture (solo) -- Dvorak - Symphony No. 9 ("New World"), mvmt. II Clarinet -- First movement (solo part) of any concerto -- Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 3 ("Scotch"), mvmt. I -- Respighi - Pines of Rome -- Rossini - Semiramide Overture -- Schubert - "Unfinished" Symphony Bass Clarinet -- Clarinet list above, plus: -- Grofe-Grand Canyon Suite, On the Trail, solos -- Tchaikovsky – Nutcracker (“Pas de deux” solo) Bassoon -- First movement (solo part) of Mozart or Weber concerto -- Mozart – Marriage of Figaro Overture -- Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade, mvmt. II solos -- Tchaikovsky – Sym. No. 4, mvmt. II solo Contrabassoon -- Bassoon repertoire above, plus: -- Beethoven – Sym. No. 9, mvmt. IV, mm. 603-729 -- Ravel – Concerto for the Left Hand, opening solo Horn -- First movement (solo part) of any concerto -- Brahms - Symphony No. 2, mvmt. II -- Strauss - Till Eulenspiegel -- Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 5, mvmt. II -- Shostakovich – Sym. No. 5, mvmt. I, low section tutti, reh. nos. 17-21 (approx.) Trumpet -- First movement (solo part) of any concerto -- Bach - Christmas Oratorio (opening mvmt.) -- Moussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition, opening solo -- Prokofiev - Lieutenant Kije -- Respighi – Pines of Rome, off-stage solo -- Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade Trombone -- First movement (solo part) of any concerto -- Mozart – “Tuba mirim” from Requiem, 2nd part solo -- Strauss - Till Eulenspiegel -- Wagner – Ride of the Valkyries -- Kincaide-Big Band Fantasy, supplied by RSO Bass Trombone -- First movement (solo part) of any concerto -- Brahms - Symphony No. 1, Mvmt. IV -- Strauss - Till Eulenspiegel -- Wagner - Ride of the Valkyries Tuba -- First movement (solo part) of any concerto -- Berlioz-Hungarian March -- Prokofiev-Sym No.5 -- Wagner- Die Meistersinger Overture -- Wagner - Ride of the Valkyries Percussion Please send your resume Robb Seftar at the address above. Arrangements will be made with the principal percussionist to audition you in a performance or rehearsal situation, if possible. Harp -- First movement (solo part) of any concerto -- Britten - Young Person's Guide: cadenza and fugue -- Tchaikovsky - Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers cadenza; Act II Pas de deux; Valse finale (D-F)* -- Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake: Act I Finale (#67); Opening of Act II, Cadenzas from Acts II and IV* *These excerpts are available in Russian Ballet Excerpts |
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