Announcing: Auditions for the 2024-2025 Arizona Philharmonic Season!
AUDITIONS WILL BE HELD SATURDAY AUGUST 24TH AND SUNDAY AUGUST 25TH ON THE ASU SCHOOL OF MUSIC CAMPUS IN KATZIN HALL.
Please see below for the positions available and the corresponding repertoire.
You are responsible for providing your own sheet music.
Positions and Repetoire
SECTION VIOLINS I and II
Solo:
MOZART: Concerto N0. 3, 4 or 5 – 1st mvt, exposition
Mvt. 1, exposition of any standard 19th or 20th century concerto. (please bring 2 copies for the judges)
ORCHESTRAL EXCERPTS:
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9 – mvt 2, m 21 – 77
BRAHMS: Symphony N0. 4 – mvt. 4, m 33 – 80
MOZART: Symphony N0. 39 – mvt. 2, m 1 – 27 (no repeat); 96 -108 downbeat
and mvt. 4, m 1 -41 downbeat
R. STRAUSS : Don Juan, 1st page (beginning to13 after [C]]
TCHAIKOVSKY: Nutcracker – Ouverture miniature, m 134 to end
ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER
All of the above PLUS:
BRAHMS: Symphony No.1 – mvt. 2, the solos
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Sheherazade – mvt. 1, first solo
mvt. 3, solo before [L] to [N]
mvt. 4, first two solos
SECTION VIOLA
Solo:
J. S. BACH: Solo Suite movement of your choice
Mvt. 1, exposition of any standard 19th or 20th century concerto. (please bring 2 copies for the judges)
ORCHESTRAL EXCERPTS:
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5 – mvt. 2, m 1-10; 49-59; 98 -106
BRAHMS: Variations on a Theme by Haydn – Variation 5 (upper line)
MOZART: Symphony No. 41 – mvt. 4, m 94 – 135, downbeat
R. STRAUSS: Don Juan, beginning to [D]
PRINCIPAL VIOLA
All the above Plus:
J. S. BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, Viola 1 part, mvt. 3, m 32-38 downbeat
SECTION CELLO
Solo:
J. S. BACH: Solo Suite movement of your choice
Mvt. 1, exposition of any standard 19th or 20th century concerto (please bring 2 copies for the judges)
ORCHESTRAL EXCERPTS:
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5 – mvt. 2, m 1-10; 49-59; 98 -106
mvt. 3, m 140 – 177
BRAHMS: Symphony N0. 3 – mvt. – 4, m 1 – 18
R. STRAUSS: Don Juan, beginning to m 9; [A] to 10 after [B]
PRINCIPAL CELLO
All the above Plus:
ROSSINI: William Tell Overture,1st solo part, beginning to Allegro
TCHAIKOVSKY: Swan Lake – Act 2, No.13, 3 before [31] to [32]
SECTION BASS
Solo:
Work of your choice (please bring 2 copies for the judges)
ORCHESTRAL EXCERPTS:
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5 – mvt. 2, m 114 – 123
mvt. 3, m 44 – 100; 140 – 177
BRAHMS: Symphony N0.1 – mvt. 1, m 161 – 189
BRAHMS: Symphony N0. 2 – mvt. 4, beginning to 32
MOZART: Symphony No.35 – mvt. 1, m 13 – 48
R. STRAUSS: Ein Heldenleben, [9] to 5 after [10] downbeat
PRINCIPAL BASS:
All the above Plus:
HAYDN: Symphony N0. 31 – mvt. 4, Variation 7, upbeat to m 113 to 128
MAHLER: Symphony N0. 1 – mvt. 3, opening solo
