Auditions

General Auditions

North State Symphony will hold auditions in Chico on Aug 28 in the afternoon/early evening. Players of any orchestral instrument may audition for substitute positions if no regular position is available. CSU Chico students receieve priority in filling positions when qualified.

Any musician who is interested in auditioning should prepare five to ten minutes of music (solo or orchestral repertoire) which shows different aspects of technique and musicianship. No accompanist is needed.

Please email symphony@csuchico.edu or call 530 898-5984 if interested.

Audition for Principal Horn

North State Symphony announces auditions for principal horn, and possibly other seats, on the afternoons of Aug 24 and Aug 28, 2008.

If the principal position is won by a member of the section, another candidate may be offered the resulting vacancy.

Location: to be announced. Aug 28 will be in Chico, Aug 24 elsewhere.

For more information, email symphony@csuchico.edu or call 530-898-5984

Repertoire:

Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 mvt I: mm. 89 (B) - 101, mm. 423 - end

Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 4th horn mvt III: mm. 82 (pickup to Adagio) - 99 (12/8)

Brahms - Symphony No. 3 mvt III: mm. 98 (F) - 110

Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5 mvt I: 17 - 21, 39 - 41

Strauss, Richard - Till Eulenspiegel 1st & 3rd horn solos opening - 1,
mm. 436 - 442 (before 29)

Wagner - Siegfried short horn call

2008-09 Programs

2008-09 Rehearsal Schedule [PDF]

Young Artist Auditions - more info...