AUDITIONS
Dates: August 9th, 10th and 11th
Times: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Location: Trinity United Methodist Church, 301 W. Market St. Lima, OH 45801
Positions to be auditioned:
Principal Flute, 2nd Flute, 3rd Flute/Piccolo (All flutists should be prepared to audition on Piccolo as well)
Principal Clarinet, 3rd Clarinet/Bass Clarinet
Principal Cello
Contact Maureen for more information at: maureen@limasymphony.com
The Lima Symphony Orchestra Music Selections
Violin I (Section)-Violin II (Section)
Solo may be one or more movements or a selection of a larger work totaling no more than 10 minutes
R. Strauss - Don Juan
Beginning - 14 meas. after [C]
Mozart - Symphony No. 39
4th movement –beginning to [A]
Brahms – Symphony No. 2
1st Mvt. – [E] to 18 meas after [E]
1st Mvt. Beginning to [B]
Viola
Solo may be one or more movements or a selection of a larger work totaling no more than 10 minutes
Berlioz - Roman Carnival Overture
3 meas. after [1] - 1 meas. after [4]
Beethoven - Symphony No. 5
Mvt. 2 beg. - meas. 10
Mvt. 2 meas. 98 - 106
Mendelssohn - Midsummer Night's Dream
Scherzo beg. - [E]
Mozart - Symphony No. 34
Mvt. 4 meas. 134 - [E]
Strauss - Don Juan
Beginning to 4 measures before [D]
Cello
solo may be one or more movements or a selection of a larger work totaling no more than 10 minutes
Beethoven - Symphony No. 5
Mvt. 2 meas. 1 - meas. 10
Mvt. 2 meas. 49 - 59
Mvt. 2 meas. 98 - 106
Mozart – Symphony No. 35 "Haffner"
Finale beg. - meas. 53
R. Strauss - Don Juan
beg. - [D] (meas .71)
Debussy - La Mer
2 meas. before [9] - 6 meas. after [9]
Verdi - Requiem
Offertorio beg. - meas. 62
Bass
Solo may be one or more movements or a selection of a larger work totaling no more than 10 minutes
Beethoven - Symphony No. 5
Mvt. 3 beg. - 5 after [A]
Mvt. 3 meas. 140 - 213 (no repeat)
Mozart- Symphony No. 35
Mvt. 1 meas. 13 - 48
Mvt. 4 mm. 134-181
Beethoven - Symphony No. 8
Mvt. 1 [C] to 8 after [D]
Brahms - Symphony No. 2
Mvt. 4 8 before [L] - [M]
Rachmaninoff - PianoConcert No. 2
Mvt. 3
Britten - Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
Variation H
Prokofiev - Lieutenant Kije Suit
Mvt. 2 [15] - [16]
Flute:
Solo - Exposition of Mozart G Major Concerto
Bizet - Entr'acte from Carmen
(Prelude to Act III) Andantino quasi Allegretto
Prokofiev - Peter and the Wolf Allegro
[2] - [4]
Rossini - William Tell Overture Andante
Meas. 176 - 225
Mendelssohn - Scherzo from Midsummer Night's Dream
2 before [P] to end
Beethoven - Lenore No. 3
Meas. 1-36 and 328-340
Ravel - Daphnis and Chloé Suite No. 2
176 to 2 after 179
Tchaikovsy - Nutcracker Danse Chinoise
Piccolo:
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 4
Mvt. 3, 162 - 203
Ravel - Mother Goose
Mvt 2, [7] to [8]
Mvt 3, [1] to [4]
Oboe and English Horn
Solo may be one or more movements or a selection of a larger work totaling no more than 10 minutes
Oboe:
Brahms - Symphony No. 1
Mvt. 2
Prokofiev - Peter and the Wolf
Andantino, Allegro, Vivo
Schubert - Symphony No. 8
Meas. 207 - 224 Andante con Moto
Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade
Mvt. 2 meas. 26-48
English Horn:
Berlioz - Roman Carnival Overture
Beginning - meas. 4 Andante Sostenuto
Franck - Symphony in D minor
Mvt. 2 meas. 16 - 32 Allegratto
Dvorak - Symphony No. 9
Beginning - [2] Adagio
Clarinet and Bass Clarinet
Solo may be one or more movements or a selection of a larger work totaling no more than 10 minutes
Clarinet:
Rimsky-Korsakov - Capriccio Espagnol
Mvt. 1 [A] to [B]
Mvt. 3 11 after [K] to End
Brahms - Symphony No. 3
Mvt. 1 8 before [C] to 4 after [C]
Mvt. 2 Beginning to 10 after [B]
Beethoven - Symphony No. 6
Mvt 2 1 meas. before [D] to end of solo (meas. 68-77)
Mvt 1 2 meas. before [K] to end of solo (meas. 474-92)
Mendelssohn - Mindsummer Night's Dream Scherzo
Beginning to [B]
Respighi - Pines of Rome
Movement 2, complete
Shostakovich - Symphony No. 9
Mvt. 3, Beginning to 9th bar of [A]
Bass Clarinet
Grofé - Grand Canyon Suite
Mvt. 3, [2] to [3]
Khachaturian - Piano Concerto
[220]-[235]
Tchaikovsky - Trepak from "Nutcracker"
[B] to [C]
Bassoon
Solo may be one or more movements or a selection of a larger work totaling no more than 10 minutes
Mozart - Marriage of Figaro Overture; beginning
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 5
Mvt. 3
Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade
Mvt. 2
Beethoven - Symphony No. 4
Mvt. 2
Finale
French Horn
Solo may be one or more movements or a selection of a larger work totaling no more than 10 minutes
Strauss - Till Eulenspiegel
Meas. 6 - 20
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 5
Mvt. 2 meas. 8 - 28
Rossini - Barber of Seville Overture
Overture Solo 13 meas. after [E]
Brahms - Symphony No. 1
Mvt. 4 [B] - [C]
Ravel - Pavane pour une infante défunte
beg. - meas. 11
Beethoven - Symphony No. 7
Mvt. 1 25 meas. before [C] to [C]
Trumpet
Solo may be one or more movements or a selection of a larger work totaling no more than 10 minutes
Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition (Ravel orchestration)
Promenade
Bizet - Carmen Suite No. 1
Prelude (original notation in A) Andante Moderato
Stravinsky – Petroushka; Trumpet in B flat
1 meas. before 134 (Allegro)
Schumann - Symphony No. 2
(Original notation in C); Sostenuto assai, Solo beg. - meas. 22
Respighi – Pines of Rome
Il Pini presso una catacomb, in C; 6/4 - meas. 10
Mahler - Symphony No. 5
Mvt. 1 beg. - 6 meas. after [1]
Mussorgsky 0 Pictures at an Exhibition (Ravel orchestration)
Promenade
Trombone
Solo may be one or more movements or a selection of a larger work totaling no more than 10 minutes
Ravel - Bolero
Bizet - Carmen
Mozart - Magic Flute: Aria
Wagner - Tannhauser
Bass Trombone
Solo of applicant's choice
Wagner - Loehngrin
Act 3 Prelude
Wagner - Das Rheingold Scene 4
Entrance of the gods to Vahalla at 3/4 Massig bewegt
Strauss - Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
6/8 Erstes Zeitmas
Rossini - William Tell Overture
(cut-time) Allegro
Tuba
Solo may be one or more movements or a selection of a larger work totaling no more than 10 minutes
Brahms - Symphony No. 2
Finale - meas. 353 - 371
Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5
Mvt. 1 4 meas. after [3] - 4 meas. after [5]
Mvt. 4 6 meas. after [109] - 7 meas. after [11]
Wagner - Der Meistersinger
Overture meas. 158 - 173
Mahler - Symphony No. 1
Mvt. 3 7 meas. after [2] - 5 meas. after [3]
Harp
Solo may be one or more movements or a selection of a larger work totaling no more than 10 minutes
Berlioz - Symphony Fantastique
Mvt. 2 meas. 28 - 36
Mvt. 2 meas. 54 - 66
Mvt. 2 start 11 meas. after Reh. [33] and play to Reh. [35]
Rimsky-Korsakov - Capriccio Espagnol
Mvt. 4 Cadenza
Mvt. 5 [S] - 12 meas. after [S]
Verdi - La Forza del Destino
[G] - [H]
[N] - [O]