Erie Philharmonic

Open Positions, Dates, and Repertoire

  • Violin - Associate Principal Second, Section 1st and 2nd - Friday, September 10, 4pm - 7:pm
  • Viola - Principal and Section - Friday, September 10, 7pm - 10pm
  • Trumpet - Principal and Third Trumpet - Wednesday, September 8, 4pm - 8pm
  • Trombone - Principal Trombone - Thursday, September 9, 7pm - 10pm
  • Horn - 4th Horn - Thursday, September 23, 6pm - 10pm
    • Dates subject to change

Violin: all first violin parts unless noted

  1. First movement of one of the following concertos:
    • Mozart No. 4 or No. 5
    • Brahms
    • Sibelius
    • Tchaikovsky
    • Prokofiev No. 2
    • Saint Saëns No. 3
  2. Brahms – Symphony No. 4
    • 1st mvt. [m.1-53]
    • 2nd mvt. [m.30-50]
    • 3rd mvt. [m.1-63]
    • 4th mvt. [m.33-81]
  3. Mendelssohn – Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scherzo
  4. Mozart – Symphony No. 39
    • 2nd mvt. [m.1-38, 44-54, 96-108]
    • 4th mvt. [beginning to the double bar]
  5. Schumann – Symphony No. 2
    • Scherzo [end at Trio 1]
  6. Strauss – Don Juan [first page]
  7. Possible sight-reading

Viola Repertoire:

  1. The first movement of a standard concerto of your choice.
  2. Brahms – Symphony No. 2
    • 1st Mvt. [4 before E to 14 after E]
    • 2nd Mvt. “C” to downbeat of 7th bar
    • 4th Mvt beginning (allegro con spirito) to “A”
  3. Beethoven Symphony No. 5
    • 2nd Mvt. m.1-10; m.49-59; m.98-106
  4. Mendelssohn – Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scherzo
  5. Mozart – Overture to Marriage of Figaro
    • beginning to Rehearsal 'B'
  6. Mozart Symphony No. 35
    • Mvt. 4
  7. Strauss – Don Juan
    • beginning to D
  8. Berlioz -- Roman Carnival Overture
    • m. 36-67 [after #1, pick-up to change of key to downbeat of #3]
  9. Bartok -- Concerto for Orchestra
    • 4th mvt. [m.40 - m.60]
    • 5th mvt. [m.300 thru m.317 top line]
  10. Shostakovich -- Symphony No. 5
    • 1st mvt. [15 to 6 after 16]; [22 to 5 after 24]; [32 to 4 after 36]
  11. Possible sight-reading

Trumpet Repertoire (1st Trumpet parts):

  1. Haydn Concerto
    • 1st mvt.
  2. Bartok - Concerto for Orchestra
    • Mvt. 1, 1 measure before #359 to 4 measures after #386
    • Mvt. 5, #211 through #244
  3. Beethoven - Leonora Overtures 2 and 3
    • Fanfares
  4. Bizet - Carmen
    • Prelude (low solo)
  5. Garland/Razaf, arr. Miller - In the Mood
    • pickups to #53 to 371 and #121 to end
  6. Gershwin - An American in Paris
    • solo at rehearsal #57, straight and swung
  7. Handel - Messiah
    • The Trumpets Shall Sound, beginning to Rehearsal A
  8. Mahler - Symphony No. 5
    • Mvt. 1, opening to 8 measures before #2
  9. Moussorgsky/Ravel - Pictures at an Exhibition
    • Promenade: beginning to #2
    • Samuel Goldenburg und Schmuyle: Andante #58 to #62
  10. Resphighi - Pines of Rome
    • Mvt.1, 11 measures after #2 to 8 measures before #3
    • Mvt. 2, offstage solo
  11. Stravinsky - Petrushka
    • Ballerina’s Dance
  12. Possible sight-reading

Trombone Repertoire:

  1. The first movement of a standard concerto of your choice
  2. Berlioz - Romeo & Juliet
    • Introduction, Recitative, 14 before 4 to 14 after 5
  3. Mozart - Requiem
    • Tuba Mirum, 2nd Trombone part
  4. Ravel - Bolero
    • solo, 2 after 10 to 11
  5. Rossini - La Gazza Ladra
    • Overture, m.116 to the end
  6. Strauss - Ein Heldenleben
    • 60 to 3 before 66
  7. Strauss - Till Eulenspiegel
    • 4 before 36 to 5 after 37
  8. Wagner - Ride of the Valkyres
    • m.12 to m.77
  9. Wagner - Tannhauser Overture
    • 2 before M through 21st bar of O
  10. Possible sight-reading

Horn Repertoire:

  1. 1st mvt of any Mozart or R. Strauss horn concerto
  2. Beethoven – Fidelio, 2nd Horn
    • first 55 measures, and measures 136 - 152
  3. Beethoven – Symphony No. 3, 2nd Horn
    • 3rd Mvt, 24 measures after B to 35 measures into the Trio
  4. Beethoven – Symphony No. 7, 2nd Horn
    • 1st Mvt: opening through second bar of C, and two bars before N to the end of the movement
  5. Beethoven – Symphony No. 8, 2nd Horn
    • 3rd Mvt, Measures 36 – 78
  6. Beethoven – Symphony No. 9
    • 2nd mvt. 4th horn solo, 5 before F through the first measure of H
    • 3rd movement, pickup into the “Adagio” up to letter A - 4th horn
  7. Dvorak – Symphony No. 5, 4th Horn
    • 4th mvt, 12 measures after 4 to four measures before 5
  8. Mahler – Symphony No, 1, 4th Horn
    • 3rd movement, 2 measures after #4 to one measure after #5, and 4 measures after #13 to #15
  9. Mahler – Symphony No. 3, 4th Horn
    • 1st movement, opening to #2, and #32-#33
    • 3rd movement, #23 to two measures after #26
  10. Shostakovich – Symphony No. 5
    • 1st mvt, tutti low horn solo starting at two after #17
  11. Strauss – Don Juan, 4th Horn
    • 22 measures after K through 2 measures before L
    • 17 measures before O to P
  12. Stravinsky – Firebird, low horn
    • Eternal Dance, Beginning to 1 measure before C
  13. Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 4, 4th Horn
    • 1st mvt, opening to measure 21
  14. Wagner – Lohengrin, 4th Horn
    • intro to Act 3, opening to one measure before C
  15. Weber – Der Freischutz, 4th Horn
    • Overture, Measure 10 through measure 25
  16. Possible sight-reading

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