Audition for the YSO - Spring Semester Audition Information

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Wednesday, December 12, 2018
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The Yale Symphony Orchestra is auditioning prospective players in the following instrument categories for the Spring Semester:

Violin
Cello
Clarinet
French Horn
Trumpet
Harp
Percussion

We are also seeking keyboard/piano players, tenor and alto saxophone players for March 27th performance of Luciano Berio’s “Sinfonia” with the Swingle Singers.

Auditions will take place on January 13th from 2-5pm in Hendrie Hall, Room 113 (165 Elm Street).

Audition excerpts are as follows. Please contact brian.s.robinson@yale.edu if you need a copy of an excerpt:

Violin

Solo Piece of your choice
Sibelius            Symphony No 6 – 4th Mv’t: 2 Measures before Letter I to Letter K
 
Cello
 
Solo Piece of your choice
Sibelius            Symphony No 6 – 3rd Mv’t: Beginning to 8 Measures after Letter B
 
Clarinet
 
Solo Piece of your choice 
Sibelius            Symphony No 6 – 1st Mv’t: 4Measures before Letter 1 to Letter K (2nd Clarinet Part)
Debussy           Trois Nocturnes -  2nd Mv’t ‘Fetes’ 2 Measures before Number 17 to Number 18 (2nd Clarinet Part) 
 
Horn
 
Solo piece of your choice
Debussy           Trois Nocturnes – 2nd Mv’t: Number 13 to Number 14. (3rd Horn) 
 
Trumpet
 
Solo Piece of your choice
Debussy           Trois Nocturnes – 2nd Mv’t: Number 10 to Number 11
 
Harp
 
Solo Piece of your choice
 
Piano
 
Solo Piece of your choice
Berio              Sinfonia (excerpt available on request)
 
Percussion
 
Solo Piece of your choice

To sign up, please use the following link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080948A9A72AAAFA7-spring

YSO’s rehearsal and concert schedule for Spring 2019 is available at the following links:

URL: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=the.yale.symphony.orchestra%40gmail.com&ctz=America%2FNew_York
iCal: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/the.yale.symphony.orchestra%40gmail.com/public/basic.ics