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Auditions

The Charlotte Symphony announces auditions for the following full-time, permanent positions:

PRINCIPAL SECOND VIOLIN*
Audition date: Sunday, March 18, 2012
*If the position is filled by a current Charlotte Symphony member, the runner-up may be offered the resulting vacancy.

This is a full-time, permanent position.  Employment is available starting with the 2012-2013 season.

To be considered for an invitation to audition, highly qualified candidates should send a one-page resume (including email address) postmarked no later than January 30, 2012 to:

Charlotte Symphony Orchestra
Attn: Orchestra Personnel Manager
Two Wells Fargo Center
301 South Tryon Street, Suite 1700
Charlotte, NC 28282
or email to: auditions@charlottesymphony.org
Please put “Principal 2nd Violin Audition” in the subject of your email.

No telephone calls please.  The Charlotte Symphony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Minorities are encouraged to apply.

Candidates will be notified of their acceptance to participate in the audition once the resume deadline has passed.

Required Audition Repertoire: Principal Second Violin
Please note that both First Violin and Second Violin excerpts are required, as noted below.

I.  Required Concerti/Solo
Note: concerti to be performed without piano accompaniment

First movement (including cadenza) from one of the following concerti: Beethoven, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Sibelius, Tchaikovsky, Bartok No.2
AND
First movement (including cadenza) from one of the following concerti: Mozart No. 4 (D Major), Mozart No.5 (A Major)
AND
J.S. Bach:  Andante from Sonata No. 2 in A Minor BWV 1003

II. FIRST Violin Orchestral Excerpts
Beethoven Symphony No. 7: First mov’t—upbeat to meas. 84 to meas. 130
First mov’t—upbeat to meas. 401 to end of mov’t
Beethoven Symphony No. 9: Third mov’t–meas. 99 to 114
Brahms Symphony No. 4: Second mov’t–meas. 88 to 5th beat of meas. 101
                                          Third mov’t–beginning to downbeat of meas. 63
       Fourth mov’t–meas. 33 to meas. 80
Mendelssohn Midsummer Night’s Dream: Scherzo–first page
Schumann Symphony No. 2: Second mov’t (Scherzo) – first page
Strauss Don Juan – first page
Tchaikovsky Overture to The Nutcracker – meas. 134 to end of Overture
Carl Maria von Weber Oberon Overture: upbeat to meas. 23 to downbeat of meas. 55; upbeat
to meas.73 to downbeat of meas. 128
 
III.  SECOND Violin Orchestral Excerpts
Bartok Concerto for Orchestra: Finale – meas. 265 to downbeat of meas. 317
Beethoven Symphony No. 9:             Second mov’t–beginning to downbeat of meas. 77
Mozart Symphony No. 41: Fourth mov’t–beginning to downbeat of meas. 157
Smetana Overture to the Bartered Bride: Beginning to downbeat of meas. 52

IV. Possible Sightreading – Sightreading may be required at the discretion of the Audition Committee.

Candidates are responsible for obtaining their own parts; only excerpts not in the public domain will be sent to invited candidates.

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ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL CELLO (one position)*
SECTION CELLO (one position)
Audition date: Monday, March 19, 2012
*If the Assistant Principal Cello position is filled by a current Charlotte Symphony member, the runner-up may be offered the resulting vacancy.

Two full-time, permanent positions are available as listed above.  Employment for both positions is available starting with the 2012-2013 season.

To be considered for an invitation to audition, highly qualified candidates should send a one-page resume (including email address) postmarked no later than January 19, 2012 to:

Charlotte Symphony Orchestra
Attn: Orchestra Personnel Manager
Two Wells Fargo Center
301 South Tryon Street, Suite 1700
Charlotte, NC 28282
or email to: auditions@charlottesymphony.org
Please put “Assistant Principal Cello Audition” in the subject of your email.

No telephone calls please.  The Charlotte Symphony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Minorities are encouraged to apply.

Candidates will be notified of their acceptance to participate in the audition once the resume deadline has passed.

Required Audition Repertoire: Assistant Principal Cello & Section Cello

I. Required Concerto/Solo:
Note: concerto to be performed without piano accompaniment

Any major concerto--First movement
            AND
J.S. Bach Suite #3 or #4—Prelude

II. Orchestra Solos:
Puccini: Act III of Tosca
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2         
Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (1919)
Rossini: William Tell Overture

III.   Orchestral Excerpts:
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, movements 2 & 3
Brahms: Symphony No. 2, movement 2, beginning to one measure before A

Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Haydn--Variation 5

Mendelssohn:  A Midsummer Night’s Dream—Scherzo
Mozart: Overture to The Magic Flute
Mozart: Symphony No. 35, movement 4
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5, movement 3, 75–77; movement 4, 79-80
Strauss: Don Juan, beginning to C; and R – T.
Stravinsky: Firebird, Infernal Dance
Verdi: Requiem, Offertorio

IV. Possible Sightreading – Sightreading may be required at the discretion of the Audition Committee.

Candidates are responsible for obtaining their own parts; only excerpts not in the public domain will be sent to invited candidates.
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PRINCIPAL TUBA
Audition dates: Sunday & Monday, April 15-16, 2012

This is a full-time, permanent position.  Employment is available starting with the 2012-2013 season.

The list of required audition repertoire will be posted online shortly; please check back soon.

To be considered for invitation to audition, highly qualified candidates should send a one-page resume (including email address) postmarked no later than February 20, 2012 to:

Charlotte Symphony Orchestra
Attn: Orchestra Personnel Manager
Two Wells Fargo Center
301 South Tryon Street, Suite 1700
Charlotte, NC 28282
or via email to: auditions@charlottesymphony.org

No telephone calls please.  The Charlotte Symphony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Minorities are encouraged to apply.

Candidates will be notified of their acceptance to participate in the audition once the resume deadline has passed.