Symphony Orchestra

Seating Placement Excerpts

Seating Placements will be held on:

Saturday January 26^th, 2019at Carroll Studios (625 W 55th St #6, New York, NY 10019)

The schedule for the day is as follows:

Violin: 10:00am – 12:30pm

Viola: 1:00pm – 1:30pm

Cello: 2:00pm – 3:00pm

Bass: 3:00pm – 3:10pm

Woodwinds: 3:30pm – 4:30pm

French Horn: 5:00pm – 5:30pm

Trumpet: 5:30pm – 5:45pm

Trombone & Tuba: 6:00pm – 6:30pm

Percussion: 6:30pm – 7:00pm

Please arrive for your placement assessment between the times listed above.

There will be a space to warm up before the placement assessment.

Assessment Excerpts are as follows:

Violin 1 

Violin 2

Viola:

Wagner – Page 1: Starting at the 4th bar of the 6th line until the end of the page.

Beethoven

Mvt. 1 – Measure 398 until rehearsal F

Mvt. 2 – The opening until measure 10; pickup to measure 99 until    measure 106.

Cello:

Beethoven

1. Movement 2 (8^thNote = 85bpm)
   1. 1-10
   2. 49-59
   3. 98-106
   4. 114-123
2. Movement 3 (Dotted Half = 90bpm)
   1. 1-18
   2. 52-61

3. Movement 3 (Dotted Half = 90bpm)
   1. 140-218

Bass

Flute – Oboe – Bassoon

Beach

• Flute – G to 9 before L
• Oboe – Vivace 2 before A to C
• Bassoon – Mvt. 2: C to D

Beethoven

• Entire 2^ndMovement

Wagner   

• Flute – Poco Pui Vivace to ‪MoltoPui Str.
• Oboe & Bassoon – Same as Flute

Clarinet

Any or all of these excerpts. All 1st clarinet except for 2nd clarinet Beach concerto.

Beach (1^st Clarinet)

• 4-15
• 128-130
• 154-160
• 193-204
• 259-265
• 411-420

Beach (2^nd Clarinet)

• 100—119
• 154-160
• 321-335
• 423-428

Rienzi (Bb clarinet transposed parts can be found HERE)

• 35-64
• 314-346

Beethoven (1^st Clarinet)

• 153-179
• 166-179

Chaminade (1^st Clarinet)

• 9 meas. after B to 2 measures before C
• 3 meas. after N to O

French Horn:

Beach

Horn 1:

• Measures   311-318
• Measures   328-340
• Measures 411-420  “Animato”

Beethoven Symphony No. 5   

Horn 1 & 2

• Movement II  Measures 29-39  (a.k.a. Letter “A”)
• Measures 148-158

**** Both Horn 1 and Horn 2 parts should be prepared for this short but very important excerpt****

Trumpet:

Beach:

• 193 – 199
• 296 – 300
• 420 – End.

Beethoven:

• Movement 4: 374-395

Wagner:

• After Allegro Energico, the second “solo” entrance
• 2^ndpage, 2^ndline where it is marked “FF”
• The solo phrases at “Molto piu Stretto”

Trombone & Tuba

Selections from the Wagner Rienzi Overture