Orchestral excerpts

[TexTuba]

[Mark]

So you need to have the entire pieces prepared.

I've heard a few stories about tuba players preparing only the solo section of Die Meistersinger only to be asked to play the first part with the trombones.

So, I agree it would be smart to prepare the whole piece.

[TexTuba]

[josh wagner]

any suggestions for Prokofiev 5?

[Tubaguy56]

I'd buy that book....

[sungfw]

Piggybacking on Elephant's post, check out Doug Yeo's (bass trombone, BSO) posts over on his website:

http://yeodoug.com/resources/symphony_a ... aud09.html

http://yeodoug.com/resources/faq/faq_te ... dards.html
(scroll down for Yeo's comments on "What are they thinking behind the screen?")

Also, take a listen to the Inter-service Euphonium Panel from the 2007 Army Band Tuba Euphonium Conference.

[windshieldbug]

As a member of MANY audition committees for my orchestra, I will tell you to ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE THE ELEPHANT'S POST.

If the orchestra is one of the majors, in addition to well-qualified national candidates, they will even be flying in experienced players from Europe, etc. who have performed ALL of these pieces many times.

Even if it's "only" a ROPA orchestra like mine, there will be experienced players looking to move "up the orchestral food-chain" who have not only prepared and performed the works, but have also had experience auditioning.

It's daunting, and may take some time, but if you know what's required, what you are up against, what to expect and are willing to put in the required prep, there is nothing that can compare to making music at this level for a living.

(To put it in perspective, say you get your Harvard undergrad in business, have a Wharton MBA, and still, in the entire country, only one job in one of the handful of "major" companies comes open every 20 years or so)