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The Eastern Connecticut Symphony is a fully professional, part-time, per-service orchestra located in New London, CT. The Eastern Connecticut Symphony , Xiao-Lu Li, Music Director, announces auditions for the following contracted positions:

Orchestra section musician pay scale for the 2004-05 season is:
$67.00 per rehearsal
$82.00 per performance.
Travel pay is 10 cents per mile beyond the first 30 miles.

Interested applicants should send resumes to:
Richard J. Dumas, ECSO Personnel Manager
P.O. Box 137
Ashaway, RI 02804
Email RJAYDEE5@aol.com

Audition List
Music will be sent by request if you are selected for an audition:
Resumes will not be accepted after August 31, 2004.

Section Violin I, Section Violin II, Section Viola, Principal Cello, Section Cello
Date: Monday, September 20, 2004
Location: Monday, September 20, 2004
Time: 6:30PM
 

Section Violin:
Solo of your choice: [One movement]
Mozart: Symphony # 39 [4th movement]
Strauss: Don Juan[First page only]
Brahms: Symphony # 1[1st movement; opening adagio]

Section Viola:
Solo of your choice: [One movement]
Berlioz: Roman Carnival
Mozart: Marriage of Figaro
Strauss: Don Juan
 
Section Cello :
Solo of your choice:
[One movement]
Brahms: Symphony # 3
[3rd movement, beginning up to letter A]
Beethoven: Symphony # 5
[2nd movement, measures 1-10; measures 98-106]
Beethoven: Symphony # 5
[3rd movement, measures 1-18; measures 140-177; measures 374-416]
Debussy: La Mer
[2 measures before rehearsal #9 through 6 measures before rehearsal]
Strauss: Don Quixote
[Variation # 5 only]]
 
3rd Horn
Date:
Tuesday, September 21, 2004
Location:
Garde Arts Center, New London, CT
Time:
6:30PM
Section Horn:
Strauss: Til Eulenspiege l Horn 3]; 19th bar of Rehearsal # 28 to 16 measures after Rehearsal # 31. Also, Rehearsal # 37 up to 3 measures before Rehearsal # 38
Shostakovitch: Symphony # 5 [Horn 3]; 3rd measure of Rehearsal # 17 up to Rehearsal # 21. Also, Rehearsal # 36 up to 3 measures before Rehearsal # 39.
Brahms: Symphony # 1 [Horn 1]; Solo in 2nd movement. Also[HORN 3] in movement 3; measures 83-113. Movement #1[HORN 3], measures 73-79.
Strauss: Don Juan [Horn 3]; the first 5 measures. Also, the 19th bar of Letter N all the way to Letter P. Also, 4 measures before Letter Y all the way to 6 measures before Letter Cc.
Mendelssohn: Symphony # 3 [Horn 3]; From movement # 2: Start from the 16th bar of Letter A and go all the way to Letter B. Also, from Letter F all the way to 2 bars before Letter G. In movement # 5. 3, start on the 6th bar of Letter D all the way to 2 bars before Letter E.
Weber: Der Freischutz Overture [Horn 3]; measures 10 through 25.
Dvorak: New World Symphony [Horn 3]; varied locations throughout.

 

 
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