Auditions - Third Horn (1-year position)

Audition Date: Friday, September 5, 2008 (daytime)

Application Deadline: 5:00 PM, Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Audition Repertoire 2008:

• Solo: Mozart: Concerto No. 2 or No. 4, 1st movement
• Bernstein: Candide Ov.* 1st horn
• Brahms: 3 rd Sym., 3rd mvt. 1st horn
• Brahms: Piano con. #2, 1st and 2nd mvt solos 3rd horn
• Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite, I. Morning, solo 3rd horn
• Mendelssohn: Nocturne from Mid-Summer Night's Dream, 1st horn
• Mussorgsky (arr. Ravel): Pictures at an Exhibition * 1st horn
• Mahler: Sym. 3, pick up to reh. 55 to 9 after reh 56, 1st horn
• Tchaikovsky: Sym. No. 5, solo 1st horn
• Tchaikovsky: Sym. No. 4, opening 3rd horn
• Strauss: Don Juan call 1st horn
• Strauss: Til Eulenspiegel, 1st and 3rd horn calls
• Strauss: Heldenleben, opening 1st horn
• Wagner: short call 1st horn
• Wagner: Gotterdammerung, Act II scene 2, 2nd horn (will supply this excerpt)

* If needed, this excerpt will be provided on request.

Finals will include above excerpts, possible sight reading and these duets to be played with first horn:

• Beethoven: Sym. No. 8, Trio, 2nd horn
• Beethoven: Pa. Con. No. 5, "Emperor Concerto", 2nd horn

Possible sight reading from standard orchestral excerpts. Preliminary auditions will be held behind a screen. Final auditions if needed may not use a screen. The NHSO does not provide any travel expense reimbursement for any audition round. The NHSO reserves the right not to invite an applicant to the audition they have applied for.

A refundable $30.00 deposit is required in order to secure an audition time. Send your Audition Application Form; check made payable to the NHSO; and your resume to: NHSO, PO BOX 9718, New Haven, CT 06536. Your check will be returned to you at the audition. Cancellations must be received at the symphony office by noon on the business day prior to the audition in order to be refundable. If you do not notify us that you will not be attending then you will forfeit your deposit. This system is designed to minimize no-shows. Music may be obtained from your local music dealer or by calling either Kalmus Music Co. at 800-434-6340 or Luck's Music at 800-348-8749. Both accept major credit cards and offer several shipping options.

Contract Requirements

In addition to its seven Symphony Series concerts, the NHSO produces three Pops series, one Young People's Concerts, outdoor concerts in June and July, and other special concerts. Rehearsals are usually held on Sunday and weekday evenings, averaging four rehearsals per Symphony Series. Concerts are usually on Thursday nights. Contracted members are required to attend four of the seven sets of rehearsals and concerts for the Symphony Series (35 services) with the possibility of missing up to three series per season. Approximately eighteen additional services may be offered based on availability, seniority, and required instrumentation. The contract is flexible concerning attendance for these additional services. The per-service rate of pay for the 2007-2008 season for 4th horn was $114.00 per service. In addition there is a travel pay allowance for players living more than 15 miles from New Haven (maximum of $20 per day). The contract is currently under negotiation.