3 /Asst.PRINCIPAL TRUMPET

3rd/Asst.PRINCIPAL TRUMPET
Preliminary and Final Auditions
February 15-17, 2014
AUDITION REPERTOIRE
Audition excerpts will be chosen from the following literature.
1) Solo Requirements:
1st movement of HAYDN Trumpet Concerto OR HUMMEL Trumpet Concerto
AND
HAYDN Trumpet Concerto (2nd movement)
2) Orchestral excerpts:
1st Trumpet:
BACH
BEETHOVEN
BIZET
BRAHMS
MAHLER
MUSSORGSKY/RAVEL
RAVEL
RESPIGHI
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
SCHUMANN
STRAUSS
STRAVINSKY
WAGNER
Christmas Oratorio: #64
Leonore Overture No. 3: offstage call
Carmen: Prelude
Academic Festival Overture: 14 bars after C through 13 bars after
D
An Outdoor Overture: bar 16 through bar 34
Nocturnes: Fetes
Don Pasquale: Act II Prelude
American in Paris: 4 bars before #46 to #47; 1 bar before #57 to
#58
Symphony No. 5: mvt.1
Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade; Goldenberg/Schmuyle
Concerto for Piano, G major: mvt.1
Pines of Rome: mvt. 1 and offstage solo
Scheherazade: mvt.4, 1 bar before C to D; Q to R; T to U
Symphony No. 2: first 13 bars
Ein Heldenleben: 1st E flat trumpet
Petrouchka “1947 version”: Ballerina’s Dance, Waltz
Tannhäuser: Overture
2nd Trumpet:
BRAHMS
SCHUMANN
VERDI
Symphony No.2
Symphony No.2: first 13 bars
Aida: Act 3; Q to R
COPLAND
DEBUSSY
DONIZETTI
GERSHWIN
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3rd Trumpet:
SHOSTAKOVICH
SHOSTAKOVICH
STRAUSS
Symphony No.1: mvt. 4; 3 bars before #28 to 11 bars after #29
Symphony No.5: mvt. 1; #27 to 1 bar after #32
Till Eulenspiegels Lustige Streiche
3) Sight reading
Sight reading will be an important component of the audition and may include the
following:
a) Other selections from the standard repertoire not listed above;
b) Sight reading from other works.
4) Possible section playing
5) The use of a rotary trumpet is not required to audition successfully for this position.
However, the winning candidate will be required to demonstrate proficiency in the use of
rotary trumpet(s) in order to successfully complete his or her probationary period.
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