Audition Information for
The Lima Symphony Orchestra
LSO auditions for the 2010-2011 season are for substitute players only. There are no permanent openings.
Auditions will be held August 28, 2010, at Reed Hall (Student Activities Building) OSU/Lima Campus.
Excerpts will not be mailed to auditionees. They should be available in most standard excerpt books for each instrument.
Prior to the audition date, please send your resume by e-mail or mail to anita@limasymphony.com or Lima Symphony Orchestra, P.O. Box 1651, Lima, OH 45802, attn: Anita Skinner. The audition will consist of a prepared piece of your choice, sight reading, plus the excerpts, and will last approximately 10 minutes. PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN PARTS.
Please call the Lima Symphony Office at 419-222-5701 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday to set an audition time or if you have any questions or problems concerning the audition material or the audition date.
PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN PARTS
Violin I
R. Strauss - Don Juan (exposition) 1st Page
Mozart - Symphony # 39 4th movement –beginning to [A]
Brahms – Symphony #2 1st Mvt. – [E] to 18 measures after [E]
1st Mvt. Beginning to [B]
Violin II
Mozart - Symphony # 39 (1st Violin Part) 4th movement (beginning to - A)
Beethoven - Symphony # 3 (1st Violin part) Beginning to letter B
R. Strauss - Don Juan (2nd Violin Part) exposition 1st Page
Viola
Mozart - Symphony No. 35 “Haffner” 1st movement & 4th movement
Beethoven - Symphony #5 2nd mvt. Beginning to m. 10; Pickup to Bar 99- Bar 106
Strauss - Don Juan -Beginning to 4 measures before [D]
Cello
Beethoven - Symphony #5 2nd Mvt, measures 1 -10; measures 49-59; measures 98-106
Mozart – Symphony #35 (“Haffner”): 4th mvt. (Finale), m. 134-181
R. Strauss - Don Juan Beginning to letter D (m.71)
Bass
Beethoven - Symphony #5 2nd mvt. Mm. 114-123 (at Letter "C" ; 3rd Mvt.,mm.140-213 (no repeat)
Mozart- Symphony #40 1st mvt. Mm.114-138; 4th Mvt.
If repeats in edition: mm 33-54, mm 49-70 (no repeats)
Strauss - Don Juan Letter "A" to 4 after "B"; Letter "F" to "G"
Flute
Bizet - Entr’acte from Carmen (Prelude to Act III) Andantino quasi Allegretto
Prokokofiev - Peter and the Wolf Allegro #2-#4
Rossini - William Tell Overture: Andante - M. 176-225
Tschaikovsky- Nutcracker Danse Chinose
Oboe
Brahms- Symphony #1, 2nd Movement
Prokofiev- Peter & the Wolf Andantino , Allegro, Vivo
Schubert - Symphony # 8 : Andante con moto, Mm.207-224
Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade: 2nd mvt. Mm. 26-48
English Horn
Berlioz - Roman Carnival Overture: Andante Sostenuto: Beginning to #4
Franck - Symphony in D minor Mvt. II (Allegretto): m. 16 through 32
Dvorak - Symphony #9, Adagio Opening solos up to Rehearsal #2
Clarinet
R. Strauss - Don Juan: Allegro molto con brio, solo before E, solo from M- N
Rachmaninoff - Symphony #2 - Solo in 3rd Movement
Brahms - Symphony #1, 2nd & 3rd Mvt.
Beethoven - Symphony # 6 Mvt. II: 1 meas. before Reh. D to end of solo (mm. 68-77)
Mvt. I: 2 meas. before Reh. K to end of solo (mm. 474-92)
Bass Clarinet
Shostakovich- Symphony No. 7; mvt. I Reh. 1 – 3 meas. after Reh. 4
Tchaikovsky- “Russian Trepak” from Nutcracker; 4 meas. before Reh. B to Reh. C
Wagner- “Siegfried’s Rhine Journey “ from Die Gotterdamerung;
5 meas. before Reh. 15 through 5 meas. after Reh. 15
Bassoon
Mozart- Marriage of Figaro Overture (opening)
Tchaikovsky- Symphony #5, Third Movement
Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade 2nd Mvt.
Beethoven - Symphony #4, Second Movement & Finale
French Horn
Strauss, Till Eulenspiegel, mm. 6-20
Tchaikovsky, Symphony #5, Second Movement, mm.8-28
Rossini - Barber of Seville Overture - Solo 13 after E
Brahms, Symphony 1, Last Movement, B-C
Trumpet
Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition Promenade to #2
Mvt. VI (Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle)
Rimsky -Korsakov Scheherezade REH. T to REH. U; REH. X to REH. Z
Schumann- Symphony #2 First movement opening to two measures before reh. A
Stravinsky – Petrouchka (1947 ed) Allegro in 2/4 4 measures after #134 to #139
Trombone
Ravel - Bolero
Bizet - Carmen #5 in Orchestral Study Book
Mozart - Aria from “ Magic Flute” #107 in Orchestral Study Book
Wagner - Tannhauser # 91 in Orchestral Study Book
Bass Trombone
Wagner - Einleitung zum 3. Akt from Lohengrin Sehr lebhaft (1st page)
*Wagner - Das Rheingold Scene 4 - Entrance of the gods to Vahalla at 3/4 Massig bewegt
*Strauss - Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche (Excerpt 1) 6/8 Erstes ZeitmaB
*Rossini - William Tell Overture (cut-time) Allegro
* Note: Parts can be found for bass trombone (edited by Douglas Yeo) at www.yeodoug.com/till1.html
Tuba
Brahms - Symphony # 2, Finale- Bars 353-371
Shostakovich - Symphony #5, 1st Mvt., 4th bar after #32 to 4th bar after #35;
Last Mvt.,
6th bar after #109 to 7th bar after #111
Wagner - Overture to Der Meistersinger, Bar 158 to Bar 173
Mahler - Symphony #1, 3rd Mvt., 7 bars after #2 to 5 bars after #3;
Harp
Rimsky-Korsakov - Capriccio Espagnol
Berlioz - Symphony Fantastique
Verdi - La Forza del Destino
