Auditions

Seattle Symphony announces auditions for the following vacancies:

Current Openings:

SECOND VIOLIN - One position
PRINCIPAL CELLO
ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER

SECOND VIOLIN - One position

Only highly qualified applicants will be invited to this audition.
Employment to begin as soon as possible.

Final auditions for this position will be held in Seattle on Monday, January 12, 2009.
Semi-Finals will be held on Sunday evening January 11, 2009.
Preliminary auditions may begin as early as Friday, January 9, 2009.

A brief resume listing recent orchestral experience, musical education, and audition experience placement must be received by Monday November 17, 2008. If a tape resume is requested, it must be received by Tuesday December 8, 2008. Repertoire will be sent upon receipt of your resume.

• CURRENT CONTRACT INFORMATION - 2008-2009 SEASON (4th year of 4-year agreement):
  • 45 week season including seven weeks paid vacation, plus an optional summer Seattle Opera production;
  • Contracted salary for 2008-2009 season: $82,250 (includes 2 weeks summer Opera minimum);
  • Workload and salary shared between the Seattle Symphony Orchestra and the Seattle Opera Association;
  • Benefits include medical and dental insurance, pension, disability, life insurance, instrument insurance, and parking.
  
  
• AUDITION REPERTOIRE
  Audition excerpts will be chosen from the following literature.
  
  1) Solo Requirements
  

  MOZART

  first movement of Concerto #3, #4, or #5 (plus cadenza)

  FIRST MOVEMENT OF ONE VIOLIN CONCERTO FROM THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
  
  2) Orchestral Excerpts: Second Violin parts
  

  BARTOK		Concerto for Orchestra: mvt. 3, meas. 86-99
  		mvt 5, meas. 12-50 (top line only)
  		meas. 196-254; 265-317 (top line only)
  BEETHOVEN		Symphony No. 3, Op. 55, E-flat major (Scherzo)
  BRAHMS		Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 15, D minor (mvt. 3: meas.
  		238-274)
  MOZART		Overture to The Magic Flute, K.620 (meas. 16-59)
  RACHMANINOFF		Symphony No. 2, Op. 27, E minor (mvt. 2: Meno Mosso
  		before #33 to 4 measures before #35)
  STRAUSS		Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40, Rehearsal #11-#14; 1 bar before
  		#62 to 2 bars after #66; #73-#79; #94-#97

  Orchestral Excerpts: First Violin parts
  

  BRAHMS		Symphony No. 4, Op. 98, E minor (mvt. 2: 9 meas. after letter
  		E to letter F)
  MOZART		Symphony No.39, K.543, E-flat major (mvt. 2: meas.1-27; 96-125
  SCHUMANN		Symphony No.2, Op.61, C major (mvt. 2: meas. 1-54; coda)

  
  3) Sight Reading
  Sight reading will be an important component of the audition and may include the following:
  

  	a) Other selections from the standard repertoire not listed above;
  	b) Sight reading from other works.

Send resume to:
Send a one-page resume to: (e-mail is preferred)
• Scott Wilson, Assistant Orchestra Personnel Manager
Seattle Symphony
PO Box 21906
Seattle, WA 98111-3906
• Fax: (206) 215-4701
• E-mail: Audition.Resumes@SeattleSymphony.org
(Please include the words “2nd Violin Auditions” in the title of your reply, and attach your resume as a Word document or PDF file)

We will begin responding to inquiries after October 1, 2008.

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE.
Seattle Symphony is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

PRINCIPAL CELLO

Only highly qualified applicants will be invited to this audition.
Employment to begin September 2009 or by mutual agreement.

Final auditions for this position will be held in Seattle on Sunday evening, February 8, 2009. Preliminary auditions may begin as early as Thursday, February 5, 2009.

A brief resume listing recent orchestral experience, musical education, and audition experience placement must be received by Monday, December 15, 2008. If a tape resume is requested, it must be received by Tuesday, January 6, 2009. Repertoire will be sent upon receipt of your resume.

• CURRENT CONTRACT INFORMATION - 2008-2009 SEASON (4th year of 4-year agreement):
  • 45 week season including seven weeks paid vacation, plus an optional summer Seattle Opera production;
  • Minimum guaranteed salary for 2008-2009 season: $89,652.50 (includes 2 weeks summer Opera);
  • Workload and salary shared between the Seattle Symphony Orchestra and the Seattle Opera Association;
  • Benefits include medical and dental insurance, pension, disability, life insurance, instrument insurance, and parking.
  
  
• AUDITION REPERTOIRE
  Audition excerpts will be chosen from the following literature.
  
  1) Solo Requirements
  

  DVORAK		Cello Concerto, Op. 104, B minor: Mvt. 1, exposition to
  		#8 (Int.)
  TCHAIKOVSKY		Rococo Variations, Op. 33: Theme and Variations 1, 5,
  		6, and 7

  
  2) Orchestral Excerpts
  

  BRAHMS		Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 83, B flat major: Mvt. 3
  BRAHMS		Symphony No. 2, Op 73, D major: Mvt. 2 (beginning to A)
  MENDELSSOHN		Midsummernight’s Dream – Four Pieces: No. 1 scherzo, C to
  		D, and N to O
  PROKOFIEV		Symphony No. 5, Op. 100: Mvt. 1, #13 to #14;
  		Mvt. 4, #79 to #80 (top line)
  PUCCINI		Tosca, solo from Act 3
  SHOSTAKOVICH		Symphony No. 8, Op. 65: Mvt. 5, Solo at letter M
  SMETANA		Bartered Bride: Overture: opening to 5 after A
  STRAUSS		Don Juan, Op. 20: R to 8 after T, and Tempo 1 after V to 4
  		after W
  STRAUSS		Don Quixote, Op. 35: opening solo (after #12) and
  		Variations 1, 2, and 5 (solo cello)
  STRAUSS		Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40: opening to 2 after #2, and 1
  		before #46 to the Festes Zeitmass
  VERDI		Requiem: Offertorio, first page
  WAGNER		Tannhauser: Overture: m. 228 to m. 273

  
  3) Sight Reading
  Sight reading will be an important component of the audition and may include the following:
  

  	a) Other selections from the standard repertoire not listed above;
  	b) Sight reading from other works.

Send resume to:
Send a one-page resume to: (e-mail is preferred)
• Scott Wilson, Assistant Orchestra Personnel Manager
Seattle Symphony
PO Box 21906
Seattle, WA 98111-3906
• Fax: 206.215.4701
• Email: audition.resumes@seattlesymphony.org
(Please include the words “Principal Cello Auditions” in the title of your reply, and attach your resume as a Word document or PDF file)

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE.
Seattle Symphony is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER

Only highly qualified applicants will be invited to this audition.
Employment to begin September 2009.

Final auditions for this position will be held in Seattle on Monday, March 30, 2009.
Semi-Finals will be held on Sunday evening March 29, 2009.
Preliminary auditions may begin as early as Friday, March 27, 2009.

A brief resume listing recent orchestral experience, musical education, and audition experience placement must be received by Monday January 20, 2009. If a tape resume is requested, it must be received by Tuesday February 10, 2009. Repertoire will be sent upon receipt of your resume.

• CURRENT CONTRACT INFORMATION - 2008-2009 SEASON (4th year of 4-year agreement):
  • 45 week season including seven weeks paid vacation, plus an optional summer Seattle Opera production;
  • Contracted salary for 2008-2009 season: $134,478.75 (includes 2 weeks summer Opera minimum);
  • Workload and salary shared between the Seattle Symphony Orchestra and the Seattle Opera Association;
  • Benefits include medical and dental insurance, pension, disability, life insurance, instrument insurance, and parking.
  
  
• AUDITION REPERTOIRE
  Audition excerpts will be chosen from the following literature.
  
  1) Solo Requirements
  

  MOZART		first movement of Concerto #3, #4, or #5 (plus cadenza)
  BACH, J.S.		Sonata #2 or #3: A movement of player’s choice
  		(unaccompanied)

  FIRST MOVEMENT FROM A ROMANTIC CONCERTO OF PLAYER’S CHOICE
  
  2) Orchestral Repertoire
  SOLOS
  

  BACH		Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244, “Erbarme Dich”
  BEETHOVEN		Missa Solemnis, op.123, D major
  BRAHMS		Symphony #1, op.68, C minor (mvt.2)
  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV		Scheherazade, op.35
  SHOSTAKOVICH		Symphony #5, op.47, D minor (mvt. 2)
  STRAUSS		Ein Heldenleben
  TCHAIKOVSKY		Swan Lake, op.20 (The White Swan)

  
  EXCERPTS
  

  BEETHOVEN		Symphony #1, op.21, C major, Finale (with introduction)
  BEETHOVEN		Symphony #3, op.55, E-flat major, (scherzo)
  BRAHMS		Symphony No. 4, op. 98, E minor (mvt. 1: bar 392 to end)
  DEBUSSY		“La Mer”, (mvt. 2: #33 to #39)
  MENDELSSOHN		Midsummernight’s dream, op.61, (scherzo)
  MOZART		Symphony No.39, K.543, E-flat major (mvts. 2 and 4)
  PROKOFIEV		Symphony #1, op.25, (mvts. 1 and 4)
  SCHUBERT		Symphony No.2, D 125, B-flat major (mvt. 1)
  STRAUSS, R.		Don Juan, (beginning to bar 63)

  
  3) Sight Reading
  Sight reading will be an important component of the audition and may include the following:
  

  	a) Other selections from the standard repertoire not listed above;
  	b) Sight reading from other works.

Send resume to:
Send a one-page resume to: (e-mail is preferred)
• Scott Wilson, Assistant Orchestra Personnel Manager
Seattle Symphony
PO Box 21906
Seattle, WA 98111-3906
• Fax: (206) 215-4701
• E-mail: Audition.Resumes@SeattleSymphony.org
(Please include the words “Associate Concertmaster” in the title of your reply, and attach your resume as a Word document)

We will begin responding to inquiries after January 1, 2009.

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE.
Seattle Symphony is an Equal Opportunity Employer.