Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra (TPO)
Auditions for 11th Season
Applicants are kindly requested to send the application form BEFORE 14th August, 2015
Audition: 29th-30th August, 2015 (Schedule to be announced on 21st August)
Venue: College of Music, Mahidol University
Candidates: All nationalities and All TPO musicians
- - Applications are welcome for the following instruments
Violin (14 Positions)
Viola (6 Positions)
Cello (5 Positions)
Double Bass (2 Positions)
Flute (1 Position)
Oboe (1 position)
English Horn (1 Position)
Clarinet Bb / Eb (1 Position)
French Horn (1 Position)
Trumpet (1 Position)
Trombone (1 Position)
Percussion (1 Position)
Harp (1 Position)
Piano (1 Position)
Audition requirements and compositions:
| VIOLIN - Solo pieces • Mozart 1st Movement from Violin Concerto No.3,4,5 • Fast Movement from a standard Romantic Concertos such as Bruch, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, Dvorak, Lalo, Saint-Saens, Sibelius, Brahms. - Orchestra excerpts - Sight Reading - Violin Requirement: Download |
TROMBONE - Solo pieces • Ewazen : Sonata for Trombone, First Movement • Sulek : Sonata, Vox Gabrieli - Orchestra Excerpts - Sight Reading - Trombone Requirement: Download |
| VIOLA - Solo pieces A. Any two, 1st movement of viola concertos from the following list; no more than one choice from each category. Category 1 (19th / 20th Century): • Béla Bartók, Viola Concerto • P. Hindemith “Der Schwanendreher” • William Walton. Viola Concerto • E. Elgar ‘Cello Concerto (arr. L. Tertis) • C. Forsyth, Viola Concerto in g minor Category 2 (Classical era): • Hoffmeister Viola Concerto in D Major • C. Stamitz Viola Concerto in D Major • Transcription of W.A. Mozart Clarinet concerto in A, K.622 • Transcript of any Mozart Violin concerto • Viola part (scordatura or conventional tuning) of W.A. Mozart K.364 (K.320d), Sinfonia Concertante Category 3 (Baroque/ Baroque pastiche): • J.S.Bach, Viola concerto in Eb (Barenreiter) • Handel / Casadesus, in b minor • J.C. Bach / Cadesus, in c minor B. Any two contrasting movement of J.S. Bach unaccompanied solo work (transcription of cello suites BWV 1007-1012 or transcription of violin sonatas and paritas BWV 1001-1006) -Orchestra Excerpts - Sight Reading - Viola Requirement: Download |
FLUTE - Solo pieces • Mozart: Flute concerto No.2; 1st or 3rdMovement • Poulenc: Flute Sonata; 2nd and 3rd Movement - Orchestra Excerpts - Sight Reading - Flute Requirement: Download |
| CLARINET Bb / Eb - Solo piece • Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A Major (K622) I. Allego - Orchestra Excerpts - Sight Reading - Clarinet Requirement: Download |
PERCUSSION - Solo piece • Snare drum Etude Jacque Delecluse Etude No.9 - Orchestra Excerpts - Sight Reading - Percussion Requirement: Download |
| FRENCH HORN - Solo pieces • Mozart Concerto #3 K447 (in its entirety) • Choose one solo piece - Orchestra Excerpts - Sight Reading - French Horn Requirement: Download |
OBOE -Solo piece (Choose one)
- Orchestra Excerpts |
| CELLO - Solo pieces Joseph Haydn • Cello Concerto in C Major (Measure 97 include cadenza) or Cello Concerto in D Major (Exposition from 29 to 77) • Free Choice (Max 5 mins) from participants - Orchestra Excerpts - Sight Reading - Cello Requirement: Download |
HARP - Solo pieces • “Handel Concerto for harp in b flat major” • “L. Spohr Fantasie in C minor op.35” or “Hindemith Sonata for Harp, 1st and 3rd Mov” or “G.Faure Impromptu op 86” - Orchestra Excerpts - Sight Reading - Harp Requirement: Download |
| TRUMPET -Solo piece
- Orchestra Excerpts - Sight Reading - Trumpet Requirement: Download |
ENGLISH HORN -Solo piece (Choose one)
- Orchestra Excerpts |
| DOUBLE BASS - Solo piece • Dittersdorf Double Bass Concerto in E Major 1st Movement (with Cadenza) - Orchestra Excerpts - Sight Reading - Double Bass Requirement: Download |
PIANO - Solo piece
- Orchestra Excerpts |
- • Each applicant is responsible for preparing their own music materials.
Instruments:
- • All percussion instruments will be supplied.
- • You are welcome to bring your own Snare Drum, Tambourines, and Cymbals.
- • The Xylophone to be used is a Yamaha YX-500R 3 ½ Octave.
- • The Glockenspiel to be used is a Yamaha YG-2500 3 ½ Octave.