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Auditions 
Fall 2023

Auditions will be held on August 29-30, 2022 in Pickman Hall at the Longy School of Music of Bard College. Pickman Hall is located at 27 Garden Street, Cambridge MA.

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Once you register to audition, we will be in contact with you to schedule your audition date and time. If you have any questions or need any accommodations, please email us at duboisorchestra@gmail.com.

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We, The Du Bois Orchestra Administration, recognize that there has historically been exclusivity and marginalization in the classical music experience and are actively working to rectify that. All are encouraged to apply. 

Click here to view the 2022-2023 Rehearsal Schedule.

Audition Requirements

Flute 1

Excerpts

Solos

  • ​Dvorak Symphony No. 8, Movement 4: rehearsal C – rehearsal F (with repeats)

  • Beethoven Symphony No. 3, Movement 4: rehearsal B – 4th measure of rehearsal C

  • Debussy Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune: beginning – measure 4

  • A solo piece of your choice

Piccolo

Excerpts

Solos

  • Rossini La Gazza Ladra Overture: measure 188 – measure 195

  • A solo piece of your choice

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Oboe 1

Excerpts

Solos

  • Beethoven Symphony No. 3, Movement 2: measure 69 (Maggiore) – measure 101

  • Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6: Movement 1: measure 54 – measure 70

  • Beethoven Symphony No. 6, Movement 3: measure 40 – measure 122

  • A solo piece of your choice

English Horn

Excerpts

Solos

  • Dvorak Symphony No. 9, Movement 2: measure 7 – 2 measures before rehearsal 1

  • A solo piece of your choice

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Bassoon 1

Excerpts

Solos

  • Stravinsky Rite of Spring: beginning – 2 measures before rehearsal 4

  • Mozart Symphony No. 35, Movement 4: measure 9 – measure 37

  • Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6, Movement 4: measure 2 – measure 37

  • A solo piece of your choice

Contrabassoon

Excerpts

Solos

  • Ravel Mother Goose Suite, Movement 4: rehearsal 2 – 9th measure of rehearsal 5

  • A solo piece of your choice

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Horn 1

Excerpts

Solos

  • Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5, Movement 2: measure 8 – measure 29

  • Beethoven Symphony No. 3, Movement 3: Trio – measure 201 (first or second horn part)

  • Dvorak Symphony No. 9, Movement 4: 8 measures before rehearsal 11 – 11th measure of rehearsal 12

  • A solo piece of your choice

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Tuba

Excerpts

Solos

  • Wagner Die Meistersinger Overture: measure 158 – measure 188

  • Mendelssohn Overture to a Midsummer Night’s Dream: rehearsal A – 33rd measure of rehearsal A

  • Dvorak Symphony No. 8, Movement 4: rehearsal R – end

  • A solo piece of your choice

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Timpani

Excerpts

Solos

  • Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4, Movement 1: measure 313 – measure 363

  • Stravinsky The Rite of Spring: rehearsal 189 – end

  • Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6, Movement 3: rehearsal Dd – end

Snare Drum

Excerpts

  • A solo piece of your choice

Solos

  • Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade, Movement 3: rehearsal D – rehearsal E (Tambur piccolo)

  • Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade, Movement 4: rehearsal P – rehearsal R (Tambur piccolo)

Glockenspiel

Excerpts

  • A solo piece of your choice

Solos

  • Mozart The Magic Flute, No. 8 Finale: 34 measures before end – 17 measures before end

  • A solo piece of your choice

Tambourine

Excerpts

  • Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade, Movement 3: rehearsal F – rehearsal G

  • Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade, Movement 4: 15th measure of rehearsal W – Allegro non troppo e maestoso

Triangle

Excerpts

  • Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade, Movement 3: rehearsal E – rehearsal F

Cymbals

Excerpts

  • Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture: 2 measures before rehearsal O – 8 measures before rehearsal P

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