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Annual auditions take place at Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh. Advanced students up to and including college age may apply. Each audition will consist of a solo that you choose and specific orchestral excerpts. Auditions may include scales and/or sightreading. Audition times are scheduled in advance after audition application form and audition fee have been received. Audition application fee is $25.
Below are the audition excerpts for each auditioning instrument. These files are in PDF format and may be viewed in a PDF viewer. If you do not have a PDF viewer, please click here to download a free copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader.
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Audition Application Form
Please complete this application and mail it to us prior to your audition.
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Violin
Beethoven, Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" Scherzo
Brahms, Symphony No. 4, Second Movement, Andante Moderato
Mendelssohn, Symphony No. 4 "Italian" First Movement, Allegro Vivace |
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628Kb |
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Viola
Berlioz, Roman Carnival Overture, Viola Solo
Mozart, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, first movement
Brahms, Symphony No. 4, first movement |
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Cello
Beethoven Symphony No. 5, 3 excerpts from Andante con moto
Mendelssohn Midsummer Night's Dream
Brahms Symphony No. 2, Adagio no troppo |
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Bass
Beethoven Symphony No. 5, 3rd movement, 2 excerpts
Brahms Symphony No. 2, 4th movement, opening to Letter B
Mozart Symphony No. 39 bar 13 to 21; bar 85 to 97; and bar 115 to 137
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 1st movement 4th bar of Letter B to C
Strauss Ein Heldenleben #9 to #11 |
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Harp
Britten Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra Variation I, Maestoso (harp cadenza only)
Bartok Concerto for Orchestra, 4th movement-Intermezzo
Tchaikovsky Swan Lake, No. 4 Scene cadenza
Verdi La Forza del Destino Letter G to H
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Piano
Shostakovich Symphony No. 1
Stravinsky, Petrouchka, piano solo
Prokofiev Symphony no. 5, various excerpts |
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Flute
* Prokofiev, Peter & the Wolf, reh. #2 to #4, reh. #51 to #52
Brahms Symphony No. 4, 4th movement flute solo
Mendelssohn, Midsummer Night's Dream, Scherzo, measure before P to the end
Piccolo
Rossini, Overture to La Gazza Ladra, measure 33-39
Beethoven, Symphony No. 5, measure 698-735
Berlioz, Symphonie Fantastique, measure 70-98
* Please contact the PYSO office at 412.392.4872 to have the sheet music for this piece mailed to you.
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Oboe
Brahms Symphony No. 1; bar 29 to 33; bar 17 to 23; and bar 38 to 43
Rossini, La Scala di Seta, measure 5 to 2nd measure of circle 3
English Horn
Dvorak, New World Symphony, Largo, English Horn solo
Debussy, Nocturnes, 2 excerpts
Berlioz, Roman Carnival Overture, 14 measures before #1 to #4
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Clarinet
Brahms, Symphony No. 3, 2nd movement, opening solo
Mendelssohn, Midsummer Night's Dream, Scherzo, up to letter B
Verdi, Overture to La Forza del Destino, solo at letter G
Bass Clarinet
Strauss, Don Quixote, reh. #14’€“19, 25’€“30, 72-75
Strauss, Till Eulenspiegel, entire part
Tchaikovsky, "Manfred" Symphony, mvt. #1, reh. K to L
E-Flat Clarinet
Strauss, Till Eulenspiegel, reh #40
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Bassoon
Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 4, slow movement bassoon solo
Tchaikovsky, Symphony 5, Valse, letter C to after D
Wagner, Overture to Die Meistersinger, staccato passage at letter G
Stravinsky, Firebird Suite, Berceuse |
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Horn
Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 5, Andante cantabile
Beethoven, Symphony No. 3, 1st movement
Beethoven, Symphony No. 3, 3rd movement
Stravinsky, Firebird, Finale, horn solo
Strauss, Till Eulenspiegel |
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422Kb |
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Trumpet
* Beethoven, Overture Leonore No. 3, trumpet solo
Respighi, Pines of Rome, II, Pini presso una Catacomba
Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition, Promenade
Stravinsky, Petrouchka, trumpet solo
* Please contact the PYSO office at 412.392.4872 to have the sheet music for this piece mailed to you.
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2.7Mb |
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Trombone
Berlioz, Hungarian March
Schubert, Symphony No. 9
Wagner, Tannhauser Overture
Wagner, Ride of the Valkyries
Bass Trombone
Wagner, Tannhauser Overture
Wagner, Ride of the Valkyries
Berlioz, Hungarian March
Schubert Symphony in C Major
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Tuba
Berlioz, Hungarian March
Wagner, Ride of the Valkyries
Wagner, Overture to Die Meistersinger |
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Percussion
Xylophone
* Shostakovich Golden Age Polka
* Gershwin, Porgy and Bess, Symphonic Picture (R. R. Bennett)
Snare Drum
* Ravel, Bolero, beginning solo
Cymbals
Tchaikovsky, Romeo and Juliet
Tambourine
Dvorak, Carnival Overture
Bass Drum
Tchaikovsky, 1812 Overture
Timpani
Mozart Symphony No. 39, Adagio
Beethoven, Symphony No. 3 - Scherzo
Beethoven, Symphony No. 8
* Please contact the PYSO office at 412.392.4872 to have the sheet music for this piece mailed to you.
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There are some basic things to know about what is involved with membership in PYSO:
REHEARSALS:
Regular rehearsals take place place on weekends, September through May, primarily at Heinz Hall in downtown Pittsburgh. The majority of rehearsals take place on Saturday afternoons; some are scheduled for Sunday afternoons or evenings; once in a while there is a weeknight rehearsal. Link to: tentative rehearsal and concert schedule for 2007-08.
ABSENCES
PYSO follows a trimester format with concerts in November, February, and May. Each member is allowed 2 absences per trimester, not to exceed 5 for the entire year. Dress rehearsals are mandatory.
TOURING:
PYSO toured Europe in June 2005 and will tour China in June 2008. During tour years, all current members are expected to participate in the tour. Students are assessed fees for tours; these fees are in additional to the annual membership dues. At this point, there is no tour planned for 2009 or beyond.
COACHING:
Members of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra conduct coaching sessions at various times throughout the season.
CONCERTO COMPETITION:
Takes place once each year; open only to members of the orchestra. Winner(s) may perform as a soloist with the Orchestra.
WORKSHOPS:
Periodic educational workshops with guest artists; Open only to members of the orchestra.
MEMBERSHIP DUES:
For the 2007-08 season, annual membership dues are $500. Some partial scholarships are available.
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