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We will be having Auditions at

St. James Episcopal Church
76 Federal Street, New London, CT 06320-6601
 

on

Friday, February 24 String auditions for the following openings:

HORN IV AUDITIONS - STARTING AT 4:30 P.M.

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL BASS - STARTING AT 7:30 P.M.

SECTION VIOLIN 1 -
[one position open]

Saturday, February 25

PRINCIPAL HARP - STARTING AT 2:00 P.M.

    To schedule an audition or for more information, email Rich Dumas, Personnel Manager at: .
   

 Please see audition material below:

   

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24TH - 4:30 P.M.

 Horn IV Audition Material:
 Prepared Solo: Mozart's Horn Concerto No's 2 or 4; Exposition only
 1.  Richard Strauss: Til Eulenspiegel; Horn IV from the 11th bar of Rehearsal 9 
      through 5 before rehearsal 11. Also; 4th bar of rehearsal 34 through 4th bar  
      before rehearsal 38.
  
 2.  Wagner: Das Rheingold Overture and first scene [Horn IV]
 3.  Beethoven: Symphony # 7; 1st movement: Measures 84-101 [Horn II]
 4.  Mahler: Symphony # 1; 1st movement; measures 28-44 [Horn II] and 3rd 
      movement; measures 113-132 [Horn II]
 5.  Shostakovich: Symphony # 5; 1st movement
 6.  Beethoven: Symphony # 9; 3rd movement; measures 83-121
 7.  Brahms: Symphony # 1; Movement 3
 8.  Haydn: Symphony # 31; movement 2 [Horn II]
 9.  Mahler: Symphony # 3; Movement 1 recap; pick-up to rehearsal 55 to 4
      before rehearsal 57
10. Weber: Der Freischutz Overture; Measures 1-16

   
   

 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2012 - 7:30 P.M.

     REPERTOIRE:
 1. Assistant Principal Bass
     a.  Solo of your choice; one movement of a major Concerto
     b.  Mozart: Symphony # 40; 1st movement
     c.  Beethoven: Symphony # 5; [3rd movement; measures 1-18; measures
          140-177]
     d.  Beethoven: Symphony # 9; [4th movement: Recitative to Letter B;
          Letter K to Fermata after Letter M]
     e.  Brahms: Symphony # 2; [4th movement]
     f.   Mahler: Symphony # 1; [measures 3-10 of the 3rd movement]
     g.  Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite [Bass solo]
     
     2. Section Violin I:
         a.  Solo of your choice; one movement of a major Concerto
         b.  Mozart: Symphony # 39 [1st movement]
         c.  Mendelssohn: Scherzo from Midsummer Night's Dream
         d.  Strauss: Don Juan [1st page only]
         e.  Brahms: Symphony # 2 [1st movement]
     
   

 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25 - PRINCIPAL HARP AUDITIONS - 2 P.M.

     REPERTOIRE:
     1.  A 2-minute Solo selection of your choice; with or without Orchestra.
     2.  Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra [The entire work]
     3.  Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; 2nd movement, Valse [1st Harp]
     4.  Britten: Young person's guide to the Orchestra; Solo and Fugue
     5.  Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker; Waltz of the Flower; Solo Cadenza
     6.  Ravel: Tzigane
     7.  Ravel: Piano Concerto in G; 1st movement
     8.  Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol; Solo Cadenza
     9.  Wagner: Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde
 
 
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