November 17, 2017

Dear Principal Tuba Applicant:

Thank you very much for expressing an interest in our Principal Tuba position. Employment will begin at the earliest availability of the winning candidate. The application form for this position should be submitted electronically at bsomusic.org/auditions.

Live Auditions will be held February 22-26, 2018. Those applicants invited to take a live audition, must contact the Orchestra Personnel office at auditions@bsomusic.org by January 26, 2018 to schedule a tentative audition time. To confirm this time, a deposit of $100.00 is required from each applicant and must be returned January 26, 2018. The deposit will be refunded to the applicant upon arrival for the audition or if our office is informed within seven (7) days of the audition of his/her inability to attend. Checks should be made payable to “Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.” Please mail your check to:

Attention: Matthew Urquhart, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra 1212 Cathedral Street, Baltimore, MD 21201

Auditions will be held at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall located at 1212 Cathedral Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201. All invited applicants should arrive no later than one hour prior to their scheduled audition time. Applicants should enter through the artist entrance (located on the side of the building near the intersection of Cathedral and Biddle Streets). A BSO staff member will meet your group in the lobby to check-in and draw numbers to determine the playing order.

There will be four (4) audition rounds, all of which will be held on stage at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. The Preliminary, Semi-Final, and First Final round will be held behind a screen. The Second Final round will be held without a screen. Please be aware that the audition committee of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra reserves the right to immediately dismiss any candidate not meeting the highest professional standards at these auditions. In each round of auditions, applicants may be required to play selections with members of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. There may be sight-reading material in one or more rounds.

It is assumed that any applicant for this position will accept employment with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, if it is offered. If you will not accept employment with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, please do not participate in this audition process. Please be aware that the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra bears no responsibility in obtaining work permits for applicants who are not naturalized United States citizens. Employment will not be offered to applicants who have an unfulfilled obligation, such as military service, to his/her country of origin. Please do not audition if this applies to you.

All questions or inquiries should be directed to this office, preferably in writing. Please keep us informed of any address changes during this audition process.

Sincerely,

Jinny Kim Director of Orchestra Personnel

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Principal Tuba Audition

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra tunes to A = 440.

• Candidates should feel free to use the tuba(s) of their choice for this audition. • No mute is required for this audition. • Lengthy rests do not need to be counted out during the audition. • The Preliminary, Semi-Final and First Final Rounds are played behind a curtain. The Second

Final Round is played without curtain. • The committee may stop a candidate at any time during the round. • Candidates who are not invited by resume may choose to send a recorded audition of the

Preliminary Round excerpts by the date indicated. • Numbers and letters appearing in [brackets] indicate rehearsal figures.

Preliminary Round: To be played in this order. To also be used as recording repertoire for those whose resumes are not accepted. Preliminary Round repertoire may also be asked in subsequent rounds. Wagner Prelude to Die Meistersinger [J] to [L] (solo)

Beginning to [A]* *This will not be asked on the first round or recording, but may appear in subsequent rounds.

Prokofiev Symphony No. 5 Mvt. I: [3] to [6]

Strauss Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks [13] to [14] 4th bar of [37] to 4 bars before [38]

Mahler Symphony No. 1 Mvt. III: 4 bars before [3] to [4] (solo)

Berlioz “Hungarian March” from The Damnation of Faust

[4] to the downbeat of [5]

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Principal Tuba Audition

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra tunes to A = 440.

Semi-Final and First Final Rounds: Repertoire from the Preliminary Round may also be included in these rounds. Repertoire that might be played on small tuba will probably be placed at the end of rounds, though applicants should feel free to play any tuba they wish on an excerpt. Berlioz Le Corsaire Overture [5] for 9 bars

4 bars after [12] to [13]

Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique Mvt. V: 7th bar of [66] to 21 bars after [68] Mvt. V: 8 before [85] to [85] Mvt. V: 4 before [86] to the end

Bruckner Symphony No. 7 Mvt. IV, Finale: [F] to 4 before [I]

Gershwin An American in Paris 4 after [67] to [68]

Hindemith Symphonic Metamorphosis Mvt. II, “Turandot, Scherzo”: [L] to [N]

Respighi Fountains of Rome “La fontana di Trevi al meriggio” [11] to [14]

Revueltas Sensemaya [2] to [8]

Stravinsky Pétrouchka (1947 Rev. Ed.) “Peasant with Bear” solo- [189] to [191]

Wagner Ride of the Valkyries Pickup to [11] through 5th bar of [12]

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Principal Tuba Audition

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra tunes to A = 440.

Second Final Round: Will be played in this order. Solo with piano: Vaughan Williams Concerto for Bass Tuba Mvt. II: Stop at 2nd bar of [5]

With bass trombone only: Holst The Planets IV. Jupiter, [17] ([XVII])

Lento Maestoso (Legato) for 5 bars

With trombone section: Verdi Nabucco Overture First 16 bars (opening chorale)

Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2 Mvt. II: 17 bars before [36] to 8 after [36] Mvt. II: 5th bar of [45] for 8 bars

Bruckner Symphony No. 4 Mvt. I: [I] to downbeat of [K] Finale: Bar 167 to [F]

This excerpt will not be asked on the first round or recording, but may appear in subsequent rounds.

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