Trumpet II

Auditions are scheduled for Sunday, October 13, 2013, from 1:00 to 5:00 pm (Location TBD), with employment to begin November 2013. Applications will be accepted through September 30. Audition excerpts will include:

Solo: Honneger, Intrada (Beginning to Allegro)
Bartók, Concerto for Orchestra: Giocco delle copie mm. 90 -146 (Trumpet 2); 5th movement: mm. 201-254 and 549 – 572 (Trumpet 2)
Bizet, Carmen: Prelude (Trumpet 1)
Britten, Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra: Variation K (Trumpet 2)
Dvorák, Symphony No. 8: 2nd movement: 7 before rehearsal E to F (Trumpet 2)
Handel, Messiah: The Trumpet Shall Sound: beginning to mm. 28 (Trumpet 1)
Mussorgsky/Ravel, Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade: mm. 1-16 (Trumpet 1)
Respighi, Pines of Rome: 1st movement: Beginning to 14 after rehearsal 5 (Trumpet 2); 2nd movement: Off-stage solo (Trumpet 1)
Stravinsky, Petrouchka (1947): Ballerina’s Dance: Rehearsal 135 to 139 (Trumpet 1)
Sight reading as needed

Application Information

To be considered, all applicants must perform a live audition during the scheduled time. We are not able to accept recorded auditions or schedule an audition outside the scheduled audition times for each position. Excerpts will be made available to all applicants after receiving a completed application.

Our 2013-2014 orchestra schedule with instrumentation can be found here.

Minimum compensation during the 2013-2014 season is under negotiation. Rates during the 2012-2013 season were $79.21 per service plus 25% for principal positions. Musicians traveling more than twelve (12) miles to the service site were compensated at $.25 per mile per round trip, minus a twenty-four (24) mile round trip deduction, subject to a cap of 136 miles round-trip. There are approximately 45-55 services each season.

If you would like additional information, please contact [email protected].