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The Timpanogos Symphony Orchestra is now holding auditions for the following sections:

  • Strings (all sections)

To schedule an audition please send an email to auditions@thetso.org or call 801-473-5226.

Please print the audition form (click the button below) prior to the audition, fill it out, and bring it with you.

In addition to the music listed below, the person auditioning should also prepare a solo work or concerto of their own choice. Some sight-reading may also be required.

Auditions will be held at the Highland Community Center located at 5378 W 10400 N, Highland, UT.

 

Violin

  1. Mozart, Symphony No. 39, 2nd movement – Beginning through downbeat of bar 54

  2. Mendelssohn, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scherzo – Beginning to downbeat of 7mm after rehearsal D

  3. Brahms, Symphony No. 2 – Pickups to D through E

  4. Brahms, Symphony No. 2 - C through D

Viola

  1. Mendelssohn, Midsummer Night’s Dream – rehearsal C to rehearsal D

  2. Beethoven, Symphony No. 5, Movement 2 – Beginning to rehearsal C

  3. Vaughn Williams, Selections from Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis

Cello

  1. Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 6, Movement 2 – beginning to rehearsal A

  2. Mendelssohn, Midsummer Night’s Dream – Rehearsal N to Rehearsal O

  3. Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 5, Movement 2 – measures 32 to 43

Bass

  1. Mozart, Symphony No. 40, Movement 1 – 1st movement from measure 115 to 138

  2. Beethoven, Symphony No. 5, Movement 3 – from Rehearsal A to Rehearsal b

Trumpet

  1. Ravel, Bolero

  2. Stravinsky, Petrushka

  3. Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition

  4. John Williams, Summon the Heroes

French Horn

  1. Beethoven, Symphony No. 8, Movement 3 – measure 45 to 78

  2. Mendelssohn, Midsummer Night’s Dream – Nocturne m. 1-34

  3. Strauss, Til Eulenspiegel, op. 28 – 'Gemachlich' beg to Rehearsal 1

Trombone

  1. Saint-Saens, Bacchanale

  2. Schubert, Symphony No. 9 in C Major, Movement 1 – measures 29-56

  3. Verdi, Forza De Destino, Final movement – piu animato

  4. Wagner, Overture to Tannhauser

  5. Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 5, Movement 1 -- E through K

Bass Trombone

  1. Wagner, Ride of the Valkyrie – Act 3, Scene 1, B-Major

  2. Schumann, Symphony No. 3 'Rhenish', Movement 4

  3. Berlioz, Hungarian March

Tuba

  1. Wagner, Die Meistersinger, Overture

  2. Mahler, Symphony No. 1, Movement 3 – 4 bars before #3 to 6 bars after #3

  3. Wagner, Ride of the Valkyrie

Flute

  1. Ravel, Daphnis et Chloe – #176-179

  2. Mendelssohn, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scherzo – 1 measure before P to the end

  3. Mozart, Flute Concerto in D Major, K314, Movement 1 – Beginning to bar 76

Piccolo

 In addition to the Flute material,

  1. Beethoven, Symphony No. 5, Movement 4 – Allegro to bar 26

  2. Vivaldi, Concerto in C, RV443 – Largo first two sections

Oboe

  1. Beethoven, Symphony No. 7

  2. Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade

  3. Brahms, Violin Concerto, Movement 2 – Beginning to bar 32

English Horn

In addition to the Oboe material,

  1. Rossini, William Tell Overture – solo 30 measures after letter E until 18 bars before letter H

Clarinet (B-flat/A)

  1. Beethoven, Symphony No. 6, Movement 1 – Solo at bars 474-492

  2. Brahms, Symphony No. 3, Movement 1 – bars 23-27 and 36 -46

  3. Mendelssohn, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scherzo – Beginning to letter B

E-flat Clarinet

In addition to the B-flat/A material,

  1. Stravinsky, Rite of Spring – 3 bars after #9 to 4 bars after #11

  2. Stravinsky, Rite of Spring – #48 to #49

Bass Clarinet

In addition to the B-flat/A material,

  1. Bernstein, Symphonic Dances from Westside Story – bars 545-567

Bassoon

  1. Ravel, Bolero – third bar of #2 to #3

  2. Mozart, The Marriage of Figaro – bars 1-24

  3. Dukas, Sorcerer’s Apprentice – bars 7-9

Contrabassoon

  1. Ravel, Mother Goose Suite – #2 through the ninth bar of #5

Harp

  1. Saint-Saens, Danse Bacchanale

  2. Mussorgsky, Night on Bald Mountain

  3. Rimsky-Korsakov, Capriccio Espagnole

  4. Tchaikovsky, Nutcracker, Waltz of the Flowers