
Principal flute
To schedule a time to audition for a position in the Dearborn Symphony, contact the Dearborn Symphony at info@dearbornsymphony.org or 313.565-2424.
Personnel manager Kathy Zuchniewicz:
Auditions will be held September 19, 2023 for the following positions:
Bassoon 2
Oboe 1, 2
Trombone 1
Principal Violin 2
Typical Audition Requirements
Below are performance requirements. A resume must be submitted.
A time must be reserved in advance.
Assistant Concert Master
- Mozart: Concerto No. 3, or 4, or 5. 1st movement with cadenza.
- First or last movement of one of the following concertos:
- Beethoven
- Brahms
- Mendelssohn
- Bruch
- Tchaikovsky
- Bartok No. 2
- Prokofief No. 2
- Solo Excerpts:
- Brahms: Symphony No. 1, movement II
- Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1, Movement I and III
- Rimsky-Korsakoff: Capriccio espagnol
- Orchestra excerpts:
- Beethoven: Eroica. Movement 3 “Scherzo” Beginning till Trio
- Mozart: 39 Mvt II. Beginning to 8 after B.
- Brahms: First Symphony Mvt. I Beginning till double bar (first page)
Note: You many use excerpts from the Gingold book. - Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night’s Dream (Scherzo)
Principal Violin II
- Exposition from first or last movement of one of the following concertos:
- Beethoven
- Brahms
- Mendelssohn
- Bruch
- Tchaikovsky
- Bartok No. 2
- Prokofief No. 2
Section Violin
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- Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, Mvt 1, beginning till 302 (D+7)
- Mozart: 39 Mvt 2 Beginning till 8 before B.
- Brahms: Symphony No. 2 Movement I From 17 till ms. 66 (Letter B) and ms. 118 till
ms 156 (Letter E till F) - Strauss: Don Juan, beginning till B
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Section Viola
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- Beethoven Symphony No. 5 Mvt. II 1-10, 23-37, 49-59
- Mozart Symphony 35 Mvmt 4 measures 1 -80
- Berlioz: Roman Carnival. Beginning and Andante sostenuto
- Brahms: Haydn Variations (Var. V and VII)
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Section Cello
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- Beethoven Symphony No. 5
Mvt II 1-10, 49-59, 98-105, 114-123
Mvt III 1-18, ms. 27 -71, 140-159, 201-213 - Brahms Symphony No. 2
Movement I 82 – ms. 156 (Letter C till letter F)
Movement II Beginning till letter B
Movement IV 8 Before letter L till M (ms. 238 -281) - Strauss: Don Juan. Beginning till ms8, Letter A till B, 2ms before Y till the END
- Beethoven Symphony No. 5
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Section D. Bass
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- Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, Mvt. III 1 -100, 141 -214 (Beginning to 5 ms after A, Trio to 23 ms. after B)
- Mozart: Symphony No. 35, Mvt Beginning till ms70
- Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, MvtIV 2 after #50 till #53, #56 till the end
- Stravinsky: Pulcinella (Duetto)
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Piccolo
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- Rossini: La Gazza Ladra Overture and Semiramide Overture
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, Finale, AllaMarcia
- Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4, III. Scherzo
- Ravel: Ma mèrel’oye, III. Laideronnette, Impératrice des pagodes
- Stravinsky: Firebird Suite, 1919 version, “Variation de l’oiseaude feu”
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Flute
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- Beethoven: Leonora 3. Adagio, 69(A)- 83, 228-352, 460-495
- Dvorak: Symphony No. 8 (also known as 4) in G
Mvt. I C – 8 after D, H – J
Mvt II C – D, J – 3 after M
Mvt IV D – F, R – end - Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2 176 -187
- Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Scherzo)
- Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (Variation of the Firebird, #9 to 5 msafter #18)
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Oboe
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- Brahms: Violin Concerto, Mvt. II solo oboe, 3 – 32
- Ravel:Le Tombeau de Couperin
Mvt I, beginning till #2
Mvt #1 – #2, #4- #5, #6-#8 #16-17 - Rossini: La Scala di Seta, Beginning till allegro. #2 -#3
- Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 (Mvt. II, 1 to 21)
- Stravinsky: PulcinellaSuite (Gavotte and Variation Ia)
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English Horn
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- Required:
- Berlioz: Roman CarnevalOverture
- Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 “New World”
- Ravel: Piano Concerto in G
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- Optional:
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- Franck: Symphony
- Rossini: William Tell Overture
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Clarinet
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- Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 Mvt. III, Trio to D.C.
- Brahms: Symphony No. 3 Mvt. I, II
- Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol,
Mvt. I, A to B;
Mvt. III, 11 after K to end. - Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Mvt. II F to G
- Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Scherzo)
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Bassoon
Principal
- Beethoven: Leonora 3. Adagio, 69(A)- 83, 228-352, 460-495
- Dvorak: Symphony No. 8 (also known as 4) in G
- Mvt. I C – 8 after D, H – J
- Mvt. II C – D, J – 3 after M
- Mvt. IV D – F, R – end
- Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2; 176 -187
- Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Scherzo)
- Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (Variation of the Firebird, #9 to 5 ms after #18)
2nd Bassoon
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- Mozart: Concerto for Bassoon, K. 191;
- 1st Mvt., Exposition, mm. 35-71
- 2nd Mvt., mm. 7-20
- Wagner: Tannhauser, Overture; Opening 24 bars
- Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf; 1st Grandfather theme
- Ravel: Rapsodie Espagnole; Mvt. 1, Reh. #’s 8 to 9. (Cadenza)
- Brahms: Concerto for Violin; 2nd Mvt., Adagio, mm. 1-22
- Optional/sight reading
- Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani, Overture; 1st Bassoon part: from Letter A to the key change at the following Allegro
- Mozart: Concerto for Bassoon, K. 191;
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French Horn
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- Brahms Symphony No. 1, 2nd movement solo
- Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel. ms6 till ms 5th ms after Reh 29 till 2 ms after 33. Reh 37 till 3ms before 38.
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Additionally – for High Horn
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- Beethoven 7 1st movement ms84 -101 (1st horn)
- Wagner: Siegfried (Short call)
- Mahler 1 Movement I, 4ms before Reh#2 till Reh #3
Mvt III Rehearsal #13-#16
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Additionally – for Low Horn:
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- Shostakovich Symphony No.5, mvt 1 Low tutti
- Beethoven: symphony No. 9 Mvt III From ms 83 (Adagio) till ms 124 (Letter A)
- Mahler: Symphony No. 1, Mvt I 4ms before Reh #2 till Reh #3 (from 2nd horn part) Reh #15 till 12 ms after Reh #15(4th horn part)
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Trumpet
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- Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5, Mvt. I, #27 -#29
- Stravinsky: Petrouchka(Ballerina’s Dance and Waltz) $135 to #139 and #145 to #151
- Schumann: Symphony No. 3, Mvt. IV
- Beethoven: Leonora No. 3
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Trombone
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- Mozart: Tuba Mirumfrom the Requiem
- Berlioz: Hungarian March from 6 before #4 to end.
- Ravel: Bolero, “solo”
- Schumann: Symphony No. 3, MvtIV, beginning to 3 ms after A
- Stravinsky: PulcinellaSuite (Duetto)
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Bass Trombone
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- Schumann: Symphony No. 3, MvtIV (complete)
- Haydn: The Creation, #26
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 MvtIV 595 (andante maestoso) till ms. 626. Letter O – R.
- Wagner: TannhäuserOverture, standard excerpts
- Wagner: Lohengrin, Prelude to Act 3, B to C
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Tuba
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- Berlioz: BenvenutoCellini Overture, #16 to end
- Berlioz: Hungarian March 4 to 5
- Stravinsky: Petrouchka189 to 191
- Wagner: Meistersingers Overture J to L (some scores have it as E to G or ms.158 to 187)
- Respighi: Fountains of Rome 11 to 14
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Percussion
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- Call for information
Substitutes
Contact personnel manager Kathy Zuchniewicz: kathy@dearbornsymphony.org.