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Notice of Audition
Principal Trombone
Position: One (1) Principal Trombone Position for the 2026-2027 Season
(Tenure Track with a probationary period of 2 years)
National Auditions will be held on June 22, 2026.
Application Deadline: June 1, 2026
Audition Materials:
Beethoven: Symphony No.9 (4th mvt, bar 656 to 729)
Brahms: Symphony No.1 (4th mvt, bar 47 (letter C) – bar 61)
Schumann: Symphony No.3 (4th mvt, opening to bar 8 and bar 18 – 23)
Bartok Concerto for Orchestra – 1st Mvt m122-149, m364-396
Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique Mvt. IV: rehearsal 56 to 6 measures after rehearsal 57
Bernstein Symphonic Dances from West Side Story mm. 664 – 701
Brahms Symphony No. 4 Mvmt. IV: [E] – 9 m. before [F]
Grondahl: Concerto (1st mvt)
Hindemith: Mathis der Maler (1st mvt, #16-#18; 3rd mvt, #4 to 7 bars after #5)
Mahler: Symphony No.3 (1st mvt, solo from #13-#17)
Ravel: Bolero (solo from #10 to #11)
Respighi: Pini di Roma (4th mvt, 4 bars before #21 to 9 bars after)
Rossini: William Tell Overture (C to 9 bars after D)
Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel (4 bars before #36 to 5 bars after #37)
Verdi: La Forza del Destino Overture (C until 4 bars after E)
Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries (opening of Act 3, B minor and first B major excerpts)
For more information, please view the Notice of Audition – Principal Trombone