Auditions for the 2010-2011 Masterworks season will be held on August 28, 2010 at Methodist University in Reeves Auditorium.  Please contact Orchestra Manager Deanne Renshaw at drenshaw@fayettevillesymphony.org to reserve a time.

The Official Openings for 2010-2011 Season Are:

Section oboe/English Horn

Principal Clarinet

Principal Bassoon

2nd Bassoon

Contrabassoon 

Section French Horn

SubstituteTimpani

Section Percussion

Principal 2nd Violin

Associate Principal 2nd Violin

Associate Principal Viola

5 First Violins

5 Second Violins

3 Violas

3 Cellos

1 Double Bass

Strings We are always auditioning new string players for our sections, and players are welcome to audition for sub spots in any and all of our sections.  Resumes are required at the time of the audition.  Please see below for audition repertoires. 

*Please Note: Auditionees are responsible for their own music, FSO will not be sending out music packets.

FSO AUDITION REPERTOIRE

Flute

Brahms:  Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Movement IV

• Measures 89-105

Debussy:  Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun"

• Beginning to rehearsal 3 (skip extended rests)

Beethoven:  Leonore Overture No. 3

• Measures 328-360

Mendelssohn:  Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream

• 12 before Rehearsal P to the end

Prokofiev:  Peter and the Wolf

• Rehearsal 2 to Rehearsal 4

Piccolo

Tchaikovsky:  Symphony No. 4, Movement III

• Rehearsal E to Rehearsal G

Bartok:  Concerto for Orchestra, Movement V

• Measure 418-429

Ippolitov-Ivanov:  Caucasian Sketches, No. 4:  Procession of the Sardar

• Opening through B

Rossini:  Overture to "Semiramide"

• 5 after G through the first measure of H
• 14 after T to U

Oboe

Beethoven:  Symphony No. 3, Movement IV

• Upbeat to bar 349 to F

Bizet:  Symphony in C, Movement III

• Trio, pickup to #8 to 9 bars after #10

Ravel:  Le Tombeao de Couperin, Movement I

• Prelude, opening through #2

Rimsky-Korsakov:  Scheherazade, Movement II

• Letter A-B

Stravinsky:  Pulcinella Suite

• Movement II, Serenata, #8 - #10
• Movement IV, Gavotta, Variazione 1A; complete (beginning at #77)

Tchaikovsky:  Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Mvt. II, bars 1-21

English Horn

Dorak:  Symphony No. 9 (New World) - opening solo EH

Berlioz:  Roman Carnival Overture - opening solo for EH

Clarinet

Beethoven 4th (Bb clarinet)

• Mvt. 2 - [E] to 6 measures before the end of movement.
• Mvt. 4 - 20 after [G] and play the next 5 measures (ms. 297-301).

Beethoven 6th (Bb clarinet)

• Mvt. 1 - 2 before [K] until 17 measures after [K] (ms. 474-492).
• Mvt. 2 - 1 before [D] until 2 before [E] (ms. 68-77)

Rimsky - Korsakov:  Scheherazade

• Movement II (Clarinet I) F to G
• Movement III (Clarinet I) Beginning to D
• Movement IV (Clarinet I) G to N

Gershwin:  Rhapsody in Blue (Bb clarinet)

• Beginning to [2]

Mendelssohn:  Midsummer Night's Dream

• Scherzo - Beginning to [B]; 7 after [D] to 6 before [G]

Eb Clarinet Excerpt

Strauss:  Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

• Final solo at [40] to 9 after [40]

Berlioz:  Symphonie Fantastique

• Movement 5 - [63] to 5 after [64]

Ravel:  Bolero

• Eb solo

Bass Clarinet

Strauss:  Till Eulenspiegel

• 1 bar before Rehearsal 35 - Rehearsal 38

Stravinsky:  Rite of Spring

• Rehearsal 140-142
• Rehearsal 72-79

Grofe:  Grand Canyon Suite

• On the Trail - Rehearsal [12] to the end

*In addition to the above excerpts a concerto of your choice.

Bassoon

Beethoven:  Symphony No. 4

• Movement I bar 53 until bar 87

Shostakovich:  Symphony No. 9

• All of Movement IV to Bar 27 of Movement V

Tchaikovsky:  Symphony No. 4

• Movement I: upbeat to bar 35 until 46

Rimsky-Korsakov:  Scheherazade

• Movement II bar 3 to A
• Movement II L to M

Contrabassoon

Moussorgsky-Ravel:  Pictures at an Exhibition

• Rehearsal 79-90
• Rehearsal 103-109

*In addition to above excerpts a concerto of your choice is required.

Horn

Tchaikovsky:  Symphony No. 4

• Movement I Four measures after letter H to letter L

Stravinsky:  Firebird Suite (1919 Version)

• Finale from Rehearsal 11-12
• Infernal Danse Beginning - 3

Shostakovich:  Symmphony No. 5, Movement I

• Rehearsal 33-41

Strauss:  Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche (Beginning to Rehearsal I)

Trumpet

Moussorgsky-Ravel:  Pictures at an Exhibition

• Opening solo, Promenade (8 measures)

Stravinsky:  Petrouchka (1947)

• Pick up to rehearsal number 135 to rehearsal number 139

Mahler:  Symphony No. 5

• Movement I, (Trauermarsch) Opening solo (the first 25 measures of first mvt.)

Respighi:  Pines of Rome

• Movement I (8 bars after rehearsal number 10)

Trombone

Ravel:  Bolero (solo)

Wagner:  Overture to Tannhauser

• Rehearsal A to bar 53

Rimsky-Korsakov:  Scheherazade

• Movement IV - K to T

Strauss:  Till Eulenspiegel

• Four bars before 36 to five after 37

Bass Trombone

Bach:  Sarabande from Cello Suite No. 5

Strauss:  Ein Heldenleben

• Rehearsal 51-58

Brahms:  Symphony No. 1

• Movement IV (Bar 47-61)

*In addition to above excerpts a concerto of your choice is required.

Tuba

Wagner:  Ride of the Walkure - ALL

Gershwin:  An American in Paris

• 4th Bar after #67 to the downbeat at #68

Mussorgsky:  Pictures, Bydlo movement - ALL

Respighi:  Fountains of Rome - ALL

Timpani

Mozart:  Symphony No. 39

• Movement I - m. 1-21

Beethoven:  Symphony No. 9

• Movement I - m. 16-35; 18 before S to the end

Tchaikovsky:  Symphony No. 4

• Movement I - T to V

Bartok:  Concerto for Orchestra

• Movement IV - m. 42-50

Schuman:  New England Triptych

• Movement I - m. 1-13; m. 122-152

Snare Drum

Rimsky-Korsakov:  Scheherezade

• Movement III - D to E; 4 bars agter F to I; Movement IV - P to U

Glockenspiel

Dukas:  The Sorcerer's Apprentice

• 4 after 17-20; 22-24

Xylophone

Kabalevsky:  Colas Breugnon

• 9-12; 36 to 37

Cymbals

Tchaikovsky:  Symphony No. 4

• Movement IV - m. 1-8; H to End

Tambourine

Dvorak:  Carnival Overture

• Beginning to C

Triangle

Brahms:  Symphony No. 4

• Movement III - I to End

Bass Drum

Mahler:  Symphony No. 3

• 3 before 1 to 9 before 5

Harp

Berlioz:  Symphonie fantastique

• Movement II (Un Bal) - ALL

Tchaikovsky:  The Nutcracker

• Valse des Fleurs - Beginning

Rimsky-Korsakov:  Scheherazade

• Movement IV - from Allegro non troppo e maestoso (12 before X) - end

Bass

Beethoven:  Symphony No. 9, last movement

• Presto (beginning to A)
• Alla Marcia (last 54 bars)

Beethoven:  Symphony No. 5

• Movement III - ALL

Tchaikovsky:  Symphony No. 4

• Movement I (P to 2 after Q)

Shostakovich:  Symphony No. 5

• Movement I (22 to 4 before 27)

Violin I

Mendelssohn:  Midsummer Night's Dream

• Scherzo, page 1

Berlioz:  Symophonie fantastique

• Mvt. I from #1-2
• Mvt. III from #44-46

Dvorak:  Symphony No. 8 in G Major

• Mvt. I - letter A to letter C

Strauss:  Don Juan

• complete first page

Violin II

Mendelssohn:  Midsummer Night's Dream

• Scherzo - page 1

Berlioz:  Symphonie fantastique

• Mvt. I from #1-2
• Mvt. I from #17 to the downbeat of 10 bars before #19
• Mvt. II from #28 to #29

Borodin:  Polovtsian Dances

• One bar before letter Y to end

Viola

*Contact Deanne for specific excerpts drenshaw@fayettevillesymphony.org

Shostakovich:  Symphony No. 5 - Mvt. I excerpt

Beethoven:  Symphony No. 9 - Mvt. I excerpt

Mozart:  Symphony No. 35 "Haffner" - Mvt. IV excerpt

Berlioz:  Symphonie fantastique - Mvt. I excerpt

Kabalevsky:  Colas Breugnon Suite excerpt

Cello

*Contact Deanne for specific excerpts drenshaw@fayettevillesymphony.org

Beethoven:  Symphony No. 5 - Mvt. II excerpt

Stravinsky:  Firebird Suite excerpt

Shostakovich:  Symphony No. 5 - Mvt. I excerpt

Berlioz:  Symphonie fantastique excerpt