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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.