Thank you for your interest in auditioning for the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra. The A²SO is a professional orchestra, performing 11-15 concerts each year, including mainstage concerts, daytime youth concerts, family concerts and contract services (concerts booked by outside organizations). We are proud of the excellent music making in our concerts which serve over 50,000 area listeners annually. We hope that you will surf our website to see the extent and types of concerts we provide for patrons: youngsters, seasoned citizens, adults and families.
For the repertoire list and excerpts to download, click on the appropriate instrument above.
The auditions are scheduled for the week before our concert, beginning Sep 13. Specific instrument’s day, time and location of audition are shown below.
The A²SO generally has rehearsal for 4-5 days the week of a concert, beginning Monday or Tuesday evening. The schedule of concerts is here. The 2008-2009 pay scale will be determined upon completion of negotiation of a new contract. The pay scale in 2007-2008 was $75 per service for section players and $93.75 per service for principals. There was a mileage stipend for musicians traveling more than 12 miles to the service site: $.25 per mile per round trip, minus the 24-mile round trip deduction, to a cap of 136 miles round trip. There are approximately 50 services each season.
We invite qualified, professional musicians to send resumes in advance of the auditions, preferably by email, to auditions@a2so.com. Note in the subject line the instrument position for which you are auditioning.
In addition, applicants are required to send a refundable deposit of $15 (by check) made payable to the “Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra,” and brought to or mailed to: Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra, 220 E Huron, Ste 470, Ann Arbor, MI 48104. Please indicate your instrument in the memo section. Please delay sending your check until the specific times are posted and you have verified that you are able to attend your audition time. Your check will be returned to you when you arrive at the audition or if you cancel up to seven days in advance of the audition.
If you have additional questions, you may contact us at auditions@a2so.com.
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Brahms |
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Symphony No. 1 - mvt 2 |
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Capriccio Español |
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Schumann |
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Symphony No. 4 |
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Don Juan |
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Mendelssohn |
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Midsummer Night's Dream - Scherzo, beginning to 7 after D |
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R. Strauss |
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Don Juan - Beginning to 11 after "I" |
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Schumann |
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Symphony #2 - Scherzo and Coda |
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Symphony #41 - Andante, as marked |
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• Sight reading as needed
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Beethoven |
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Symphony #5 - Mvt 2: bars 1-37, 98-106 |
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Mozart |
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Symphony #35 - Presto |
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Mendelssohn |
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Symphony #4 (Italian) - Mvt 2: bars 1-35 |
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Midsummer's Night Dream |
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Symphonie Fantastique - Mvt 2: "28" to "29" |
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| Bartok |
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Concerto for Orchestra - Finale: bars 300-317 |
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Bach |
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Easter Oratorio - Solo |
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Brahms |
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Violin Concerto - Adagio, Beg-32 |
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Brahms |
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Symphony #1 - Slow mvt, 17-24, B-44 |
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Beethoven |
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Symphony No. 3 - 2nd mvt, Beg-B, |
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pg 1 | pg 2 | pg 3 |
Ravel |
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Le Tombeau de Couperin - Prelude, Beg-2 |
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Rossini |
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Overture to La Scala di Seta - Beg- 3 |
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Schumann |
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Symphony #2 - 3rd mvt, 56-62 |
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Shostakovich |
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Symphony #5 - m. 84-93 |
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Stravinsky |
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Pulcinella - Serenata 8-11 Gavotta 73-74, 77-81 |
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Tchaikovsky |
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Symphony No. 4 - 2nd mvt, Beg-22 |
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Mussorgsky |
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Pictures at an Exhibition - opening promenade |
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Bizet |
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Carmen - No. 1- Prelude |
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Stravinsky |
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Petrouchka (1947) - "134" to "139" (new excerpt 7/16/08) |
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Beethoven |
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Leonore Overture #3 - solo before "E" |
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Ravel |
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Piano Concerto - opening 12 measures, Presto in 6/8, 9 measures |
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Respighi |
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Pini di Roma - Pines of the Catacombs, opening 10 measures |
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R. Strauss |
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Ein Heldenleben - 7 before "50" to "55", "65" to "66", "81" to "83", 3 after "94" to 4 after "97" |
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Mahler |
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Symphony #7 - See excerpt |
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Handel |
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Messiah - The Trumpet Shall Sound |
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The newly hired Principal Trumpet will be asked to be a member of the audition committee to choose the Second Trumpet (on a future day that week TBA).
The newly hired Principal Trumpet will be asked to be a member of the audition committee to choose the Second Trumpet (on a future day that week TBA). Anyone who is invited to the Principal Trumpet finals can advance automatically to Second Trumpet finals. Others may audition in the Second Trumpet preliminaries.
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Handel |
Messiah - The Trumpet Shall Sound - Introduction |
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Mussorgsky |
Pictures at an Exhibition - Promenade |
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Stravinsky |
Petrouchka (1947) - Ballerina's Dance |
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Mahler |
Symphony #2 - Mvmt I, #12, for 7 bars |
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Dvorak |
Symphony #8 - Opening to Mvmt IV |
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Bizet |
Carmen - Prelude |
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Rachmaninoff |
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini - Variation XIV, "36 to "39" |
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Tchaikovsky |
Symphony #4 - Opening |
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* Sight reading as needed
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