Second Clarinet
Monday January 20, 2025
Audition List:
Solo
I. Exposition from the first movement:
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto *
II. Orchestral Excerpts – First Clarinet parts
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6
- Mvt. 1 – mm.474-492
- Mvt. 2 – mm.68-77
Brahms: Symphony No. 3
- Mvt. 1 – mm.36-46 *
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
- Beginning to downbeat of Rehearsal 2
Kodaly: Dances of Galanta
- mm.31-65 *
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3
- Mvt. 2 – mm.8-67
Puccini: Tosca
Act III: E lucevan le stelle
- Rehearsal 11 through measure 1 of Rehearsal 12 *
Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker
- Act 1, Scene 1, “Allegro Vivace” – 9 measures before Reh. E through downbeat of 13 measures after Reh. F
III. Orchestral Excerpts – Second Clarinet parts
Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture
- mm.206-217
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- Scherzo – mm.1-39
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9
- Mvt. 2 – mm.30-78 *
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
- Mvt. 1 – mm.1-37 *
* = “A” clarinet
Second Oboe
Wednesday January 22, 2025
Audition List:
Solo
I. Exposition from the first movement:
Mozart: Oboe Concerto
II. Orchestral Excerpts – First Oboe parts
Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
- Mvt. 1
Rossini: La Scala di Seta
- Overture
Brahms: Concerto for Violin
- Mvt. 2
Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite
- Serenata
III. Orchestral Excerpts – Second Oboe parts
Prokofiev: Classical Symphony
- 2nd movement
Wagner: “Prelude” to Die Meistersinger
- mm. 120 – 157
Dvorak: Symphony 7
- Mvt. 2
Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra
- Mvt. 2
Mendelssohn: Symphony 3
- Mvt. 2
Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Joseph Haydn
- Theme: mm. 1-29 with repeats
Brahms: Symphony 2
- Mvt. 2
For questions about or to apply for the upcoming Auditions please email Charla@sacphilopera.org
Application and resume deadline for all auditions: Friday, January 10, 2025 @ 5:00 pm PST
The SP&O is a per service orchestra with 38 services per season Section: $165.00 per service 2024-2025 Season.
Updated 9/24/24