NCO Information and Audition Requirements

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1 NCO Information and Audition Requirements Introduction: Thank you for your interest in the Nashville Collegiate Orchestra! The group will rehearse on Sunday evenings from 6:30 8:45pm starting Sunday, May 28 th. Location to be sent out upon acceptance. Tentative concert date will be either July 30 th or August 6 th. Location TBD. The application and membership fee for members is $20 due at the beginning of the first rehearsal. This may be paid with cash, Visa, or MasterCard. This membership fee helps cover the costs of purchasing music, renting equipment, booking the concert venue, printing programs, etc. Who Can Audition? Auditions are open to any collegiate students residing in Middle TN for the summer as well as recent college alumni. Alumni who have completed their undergraduate degrees no more than six years ago are welcome to audition. Proof of current enrollment or graduation may be requested if you are selected. Exception for strings, see below under String/Keyboard/Percussion." Non-principal Position Vacancies: Trumpet II Trombone II Trombone III/Bass Trombone Piano/Celeste Percussion I-III Strings How to Audition Winds: Auditions for all new wind instrumentalists will be submitted through videos created by the candidates. The audition video must be unaltered and unspliced. These may be submitted for review using YouTube (recommended) or ed directly as.mp4 or.mov files. If you use YouTube, make your video unlisted so that you can share the

2 link with just us. Please the file or link to the video to by Sunday, May 14 th at noon. Entries submitted after this date may be placed on a waiting list for future openings. Choose at least TWO excerpts from the list below to perform in the video unaccompanied, and please do not announce excerpts or otherwise talk on your audition recording. Applicants may also choose to play the listed solo instead of or in addition to the excerpts. In your audition , provide your name, instrument, phone number, university, and whether you are an undergraduate, graduate, or alum. Strings/Keyboard/Percussion: String, keyboard, and percussion players do not need to audition for this season, but we require that interested musicians contact us at nco@eliassalazar.com providing your name, university, instrument, and how long you have been playing your instrument by no later than May 7 th, Due to the repertoire we are playing this year, there is no age limit for our string section. Principal Positions: The available principal positions are listed below. If you are interested in a principal position posted, please contact us at nco@eliassalazar.com by May 7th, 2017 expressing your interest and for audition requirements for the string positions. Principal audition requirements will be the same as regular auditions but will include a brief interview with the Artistic Director and some other principal players. Principal Position Vacancies: Flute Bassoon Timpani Associate Concertmaster Violin II Viola Cello Bass

3 Wind Solos and Excerpts BASSOON Solo: MOZART: Concerto in B-flat, K Mvt. 1 Exposition -Mvt. 2 Exposition MOZART: Overture to Marriage of Figaro (Bassoon 1) -Mm STRAVINSKY: Rite of Spring (Bassoon 1) -L adoration de la terre Mm RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade (Bassoon 1) -Mvt. 2 Mm and TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6, Pathetique (Bassoon 1) -Mvt. 1 Mm. 1-6 STRAUSS: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche (Bassoon 1) -3 mm. before rehearsal no. 37 through 4 mm. before rehearsal no. 38 TRUMPET Solo: HUMMEL: Concerto in Eb -Mvt. 1 Exposition MUSSORGSKY/RAVEL: Pictures at an Exhibition (Trumpet 1) -Opening Promenade Mm. 1-8 RESPIGHI: The Pines of Rome (Trumpet 1)

4 -Mvt. 2 offstage solo STRAVINSKY: Ballerina's Dance from Petrushka (1947 version) (Trumpet 1) -1 mm. before rehearsal no. 134 through rehearsal no. 139 MAHLER: Symphony No. 5 (Trumpet 1) -Mvt. 1 Beginning through 5 mm after rehearsal no. 1 -Mvt. 1 1 mm. before rehearsal no. 13 through rehearsal no. 14 RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G Major -Mvt. 1 rehearsal no. 2 through rehearsal no. 3 STRAUSS: Ein Heldenleben (Eb Trumpet 1) - 7 mm. before rehearsal no. 50 through rehearsal no. 55 TROMBONE Solo: Applicant s choice (2-3 minutes in length) MOZART: Requiem -Tuba Mirum-Solo RAVEL: Bolero (Trombone I) -Solo-2 mm. after reh. no. 10 to downbeat of reh. no. 11 SAINT-SAENS: Symphony No.3 (Trombone I) -Mvt.1 letter Q to 2 mm. before letter R WAGNER: Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin (Trombone I) -pickup to 7 mm. after D to 1 m. after E WAGNER: Ride of the Valkyries (Trombone 1) -Mm (B-Major section)

5 BASS TROMBONE Solo: SPILLMAN: Concerto for Bass Trombone -Mvt. 1 First page onlyedited 11/19/2012) RESPIGHI: Pines of Rome -Mvt. 2 Mm SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 3, Rhenish -Mvt. 4 Beginning through mm. 18 ROSSINI: Overture to William Tell -Letter C through 9 mm. after letter D VERDI: Falstaff -Act III, part 1 Rehearsal no. 7 through 9 mm. after rehearsal no. 7 -Act III, part 1 4 mm. after reh. no. 13 through 20 mm. after no. 14 KODALY: Suite from Hary Janos -Mvt. 4 5 mm. after reh. no. 5 through 29 mm. after rehearsal no. 5 WAGNER: Das Rheingold -Scene 2-6 mm. after rehearsal no. 17 through 2 mm. before rehearsal no. 18 -Scene 2 - Rehearsal no. 24a through 7 mm. after reh. no. 24a -Scene 4 - Rehearsal no. 80 through 15 mm. after rehearsal no. 80 NOTE: Candidates are responsible for obtaining the repertoire listed above from any of the following sources: orchestral scores, standard excerpt books, university or public libraries, and individual parts for sale through various publishers. Aside from works which are under copyright and available through rental only, the Nashville Collegiate Orchestra cannot provide copies of any excerpts.