David Robertson, Music Director

Announces auditions for the following position:

Assistant Concertmaster (4th chair First Violin)
Position effective September 8, 2008

Resumes must be received on or before Monday, March 24, 2008 (mail, fax, or email).  Preliminary auditions will be held on April 28 and May 5, 2008.  Semi-final and final auditions will be held on Monday, May 12, 2008.  The application, music excerpts, and additional information will be sent to candidates once the resume deadline passes.  No repertoire will be given over the phone or via email.  Only highly qualified applicants will be considered. The Audition Committee of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra reserves the right to dismiss any candidate not meeting the highest standards.

Send one page resume to:
Auditions
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Powell Symphony Hall
718 North Grand Boulevard
St. Louis, Missouri 63103 - 1011
Fax:  314/544-7023
Email:  auditions@slso.org
Phone: 314/286-4489
Equal Opportunity Employer

Audition Repertoire for all rounds of the audition will be taken from the following list.  There may be sight-reading material in all rounds of the audition. There will be an accompanist for the final round only.  A complete packet of all orchestral excerpts will be mailed to invited candidates after the resume deadline.

Solos:
Choose one violin concerto from the following; prepare first Mvt only, no cadenza:  

and
Mozart Concerto No. 3 or 4 or 5; Mvt 1, exposition only

First Violin Excerpts:

BARTOK	Concerto for Orchestra	Mvt I: mm 51-63, mm 76-135 Mvt V: mm 489 - End (alternative ending)
BEETHOVEN	Symphony No. 9	Mvt III: mm 99 - 114
BRAHMS	Symphony No. 4	Mvt I: mm 392 until end Mvt IV: mm 33 - 81
MOZART	Symphony No. 39	Mvt I: mm 1 - 13; mm 26 – 97
SCHUMANN	Symphony No. 2	Scherzo: mm 1 - 54
TCHAIKOVSKY	The Nutcracker	Overture: last 49 mm

     

Orchestral Violin Solos:

DVORAK	Symphony No. 8	Mvt II: letter D - 8 mm before letter E
GINASTERA	Variaciones Concertantes	Variation VIII (Reh 49-56)
RAVEL	Mother Goose Suite	Mvt IV: [6] to 15 mm after [6] Mvt V: [2] to 4 mm after [3]
STRAUSS	Also sprach Zarathustra	24 mm before [27] to [29]

   

 

For Final Round Only:
(to be performed with members of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; applicant to provide music)

RAVEL              String Quartet                   Violin  II, Mvt I

 

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David Robertson, Music Director
Announces auditions for the following positions:

Principal Horn
Position effective January 8, 2009

Resumes must be received on or before Monday, March 31, 2008 (mail, fax, or email).  Preliminary auditions will be held in May and June 2008.  Semi-final and final auditions will be held on Monday, June 16, 2008.  The application, music excerpts, and additional information will be sent to candidates once the resume deadline passes.  No repertoire will be given over the phone or via email.  Only highly qualified applicants will be considered.  The Audition Committee of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra reserves the right to dismiss any candidate not meeting the highest standards.

Send one page resume to:

Auditions
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Powell Symphony Hall
718 North Grand Boulevard
St. Louis, Missouri 63103 - 1011
Fax:  314/544-7023
Email:  auditions@slso.org
Phone: 314/286-4489
Equal Opportunity Employer

Audition Repertoire for all rounds of the audition will be taken from the following list.  There may be sight-reading material in all rounds of the audition. There will be an accompanist for the final round only.  A complete packet of all orchestral excerpts will be mailed to invited candidates after the resume deadline.

Solo:
MOZART       Concerto No 2 in E-flat major        complete concerto

Orchestral Excerpts:

ADAMS	Doctor Atomic Symphony	[E1] through first measure of [G1]
BACH	Brandenburg Concerto No 1	Mvt. I: m58 - m72    Last Mvt: entire Trio
BEETHOVEN	Symphony No 6 in F major	Mvt. III: m 132 - m161
BEETHOVEN	Symphony No 8 in F major	Mvt. III: m44 - m78
BRAHMS	Symphony No 1 in C minor	Mvt. II: m90 - m105 Last Mvt.: m30 - m59
BRAHMS	Symphony No 3 in F major	Mvt. III: m98 - m110
BRUCKNER	Symphony No 4 in E-flat major	Mvt. I: Beginning - m52 (all rests to         be counted in time)
BRUCKNER	Symphony No 9 in D minor	Mvt. I: Beginning - m30 (all rests to be counted in time)
DVOŘÁK	Symphony No 9 in E minor	Last Mvt.: 8 meas. before #11 - #11
HAYDN	Symphony No 31 in D major	Finale: entire Var. IV
MAHLER	Symphony No 5 in C-sharp minor	Entire Mvt. III (Scherzo): Corno obligato part
MAHLER	Symphony No 9 in D major	Mvt. I: m381 - m391
RAVEL	Pavane pour une infante défunte	Beginning - m11
RAVEL	Piano Concerto in G major	Mvt. I: #25 - 1 meas. after #26
SHOSTAKOVICH	Symphony No 5 in D minor	Mvt. I: m122 - m151; m243 - m276
STRAUSS	Ein Heldenleben	Beginning to 4 meas. after #4
STRAUSS	Till Eulenspiegel Beginning to #1	#37 - 3 meas. before #38
WAGNER	Siegfried’s Rhine Journey	#6 - #7

 

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David Robertson, Music Director
Announces auditions for the following position:

Section Cello
Position effective September 8, 2008

Deadline for resumes is Monday, December 10, 2007 (postmarked or faxed).  Preliminary auditions will be held in
February and March, 2008.  Semi-final and final auditions will be held on Monday, March 31, 2008.

The application, music excerpts, and additional information will be sent to candidates once the resume deadline passes.  No repertoire will be given over the phone or via email.  Only highly qualified applicants will be considered.
The Audition Committee of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra reserves the right to dismiss any candidate not meeting the highest standards.

Send brief resume to:
Elizabeth Paine, Orchestra Personnel Manager
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Powell Symphony Hall
718 North Grand Boulevard
St. Louis, Missouri 63103 - 1011
Fax:  314/544-7023
Email:  auditions@slso.org
Phone: 314/286-4489
Equal Opportunity Employer