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Monterey Symphony
    Audition Repertoire for Tuesday, November 11, 2008
    Sunset Community Center, Carmel California

Associate Concertmaster and Principal Second Rates: 08-09 season $117/service

Section Rates: 08-09 season $100/service

Daily travel reimbursement may also apply.

Mail, fax or e-mail resumes arriving no later than October 24th, 2008

A $50 refundable deposit is required. Make checks payable to:

Monterey Symphony

Mailing Address:

Monterey Symphony Auditions

P.O. Box 3965

Carmel, California 93921

Fax: 831-624-3837

E-mail: info@montereysymphony.org

http://www.montereysymphony.org/auditions.htm

ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER

Concerto of the applicant’s choice. (performed unaccompanied).

Orchestral Repertoire

            Beethoven                    Symphony No. 3 Click here for Eroica 1st movement.

            Brahms                         Symphony No. 1 Click here for Brahms Symphony No.1

            Dvorak                         Symphony No. 9, “New World” Click for Dvorak's New World

            Mendelssohn               Midsummer Night’s Dream (Scherzo) Click for Midsummer Night's Dream Scherzo

            Rimsky-Korsakov       Scheherazade (solo passages) Click here for Scheherazade

            Rimsky-Korsakov       Capriccio Espagnol (solo passages) Click here for Capriccio Espagnol

            Strauss                         Don Juan

Applicant’s choice of solo passages from one of the following:

Sarah Gillies, violinist, Monterey Symphony

            Strauss                         Ein Heldenleben

            Strauss                         Also Sprach Zarathustra
            Strauss                         Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme

PRINCIPAL SECOND VIOLIN Click here for a PDF of the music.

One movement from a concerto of the applicant’s choice. (performed unaccompanied).

Sonata No. 1 in g minor, first movement “Adagio”             J.S. Bach

Orchestral Repertoire

            Mozart                        Symphony No. 39, first violin part

                                                First movement, beginning to 7 bars after letter “C”

                                                Second movement, beginning to second double bar.

            Schoenberg                 Verklarte Nacht, second violin part

                                                Measures 124-160.

            Rimsky-Korsakov     Scheherazade, first violin part

                                                Third movement, beginning through bar 20.

            Smetana                      Overture to “The Bartered Bride”, first violin part
                                                Beginning to 9 bars after “A”

SECTION VIOLIN Click here for a PDF of the music.

1.         One movement from a concerto of the applicant’s choice. (peformed unaccompanied).

2.         Orchestral Repertoire (Violin I parts)

            Beethoven                  Symphony No. 3

                                                1^st Mov’t. Bars 61-83; bars 190-223

                                                2^nd Mov’t. Bars 1-10

                                                4^th Mov’t. Bars 78-118

            Dvorak                       Symphony No. 9, “New World”

                                                1^st Mov’t. 6 bars before “4” to 12 bars after “6”; 9 bars after “13” to end

                                                2^nd Mov’t. “3” to “4”

                                                4^th Mov’t. “1” to “3”; 8 bars after “10” to “11”

            Mendelssohn              Midsummer Night’s Dream (Scherzo)

                                                Beginning to 6 bars after “D”

            Mozart                        Marriage of Figaro Overture

                                                Bars 1-24; bars 108-145

            Strauss                        Don Juan

                                                Bar 1 to 13 bars after “C”

            Rimsky-Korsakov     Scheherazade, first violin part

                                                Third movement, beginning through bar 20.

SECTION VIOLA Click here for a PDF of the Music
(This list was updated on 9/15/2008. Disregard previous list.)

One movement from a concerto of the applicant’s choice. (performed unaccompanied).

Orchestral Repertoire

            Beethoven                  Symphony No. 5

                                                2nd Mov’t. Bars 1-10; 50-59; 98-106

                                                3rd Mov’t. Scherzo: Trio Section

            Brahms                        Variations on a Theme by Haydn: Var. 5, 7, 8

            Mozart                         Symphony No.35, 4th Movt. Click here for Mozart's 35.

            Mendelssohn              Midsummer Night’s Dream (Scherzo)

                                                Bars 49-93; bars 188-208

            Strauss                        Don Juan

                                                Beginning to B; pick-up to H for 12 bars.

SECTION CELLO
Wayne Solomon, personnel manager and trombone II, Monterey Symphony
- Click here for a PDF of the Music

The exposition of the first movement of any standard cello concerto.

The Prelude from any Bach Suite for Unaccompanied Cello.

Orchestral Repertoire

            Beethoven                  Symphony No. 5

                                                2^nd Mov’t. Bars 1-10, 49-59, 98-106, and 114-124.

            Brahms                      Symphony No.2

                                                2^nd Mov’t. Bars 1-17, and 49-55.

            Debussy                     La Mer

                                                two measures before #9 to 7 measures after #9 (upper divisi).

            Mozart                       Symphony No.35 Click here for Mozart's 35 excerpt.

                                                4^th Mov’t. Bars 134-181.

            Strauss                       Don Juan

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For additional information, please contact;

Wayne Solomon, Personnel Manager, Monterey Symphony

at Wayne_Solomon@sbcglobal.net