Detroit Symphony O - Second Set of Tuba Auditions

[anonymous4]

In no way am I trying to discourage anyone chasing this gig, but poor motown can't get a
break.

[ztuba]

i personally will not be auditioning for that spot because of the things that article talks about. I knew about that stuff when it first started. Which is funny because I live in the top city on their list but our issues have nothing to do with big businesses failing left and right.

[Todd S. Malicoate]

I also can't name but a very few of the orchestra that actually lives in Detroit proper.

Very good point. Besides, Ypsilanti is beautiful this time of year!

[anonymous4]

Not much love for Ypsilanti. My dad went to Eastern Michigan and he liked it there! Anyway, I guess I should post something more relevant to the thread. The new list was posted. Thsi might be old news, until today I hadn't checked their website in a while.

DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Principal Tuba Audition Repertoire
Preliminary and Semifinal Rounds: April 13-15, 2009
Final Round: April 21, 2009
Please note: A solo/concerto will not be required for this audition.
I. Orchestral Repertoire
· Berlioz Hungarian March from the Damnation of Faust
Symphonie Fantastique
· Brahms Symphony No. 2, movement 4
· Bruckner Symphony No. 7, movements 1 & 4 - Haas edition
· Gershwin An American in Paris
Four measures after 67 to 68 (Tuba Solo)
· Hindemith Symphonic Metamorphosis, Turandot
· Mahler Symphony No. 1, movement 3
Symphony No. 2, movements 1 & 5
Symphony No. 6, movement 4
· Prokofiev Symphony No. 5, movement 1
#3 to seven measures after #5
· Revueltas Sensemaya
· Strauss Ein Heldenleben
· Stravinsky Petrushka, 1947 version – Fourth Part
Masqueraders #240 to five measures after #241
Peasant with Bear #188 to #191
· Wagner Ride of the Valkyries
Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg
Prelude to Act III from Lohengrin
II. Possible sight reading

Good luck people!

[Todd S. Malicoate]

Just a little joke about Ypsilanti. I drove through Ypsilanti on the way to Interlochen once, and I know absolutely nothing about Ypsilanti.

Except that I really like to write "Ypsilanti."

[jacojdm]

Ypsi is OK, but lately some weird crime has reared it's ugly head there. Can't escape it, I guess. You could do worse than EMU. Pretty good school. Great euphonium instructor!

We frequently drove to Ypsi from BG for men's and women's basketball and football games. Dreadful venues. The stadium has a brutalist feel to it, and the arena is too big for its purpose. BUT, there was this place we would always go for a pregame meal and brew...TC's Speakeasy has (had?) some delicious burgers.

[windshieldbug]

Just a little joke about Ypsilanti. I drove through Ypsilanti on the way to Interlochen once, and I know absolutely nothing about Ypsilanti.

Except that I really like to write "Ypsilanti."

Yes, but can you say it?

(From someone who lived in Chelsea for years... )

[Todd S. Malicoate]

Yes, but can you say it?

Ypsilanti. I'm relatively sure that Ypsilanti is pronounced IP-suh-lan-tee (not YIP-suh-lan-tee), but I could be wrong and would be happy to be corrected on my pronunciation of Ypsilanti, since conversations with people from Ypsilanti or general conversation about Ypsilanti would be enhanced by the proper pronunciation of Ypsilanti.

Ypsilanti Ypsilanti Ypsilanti Ypsilanti Ypsilanti Ypsilanti Ypsilanti Ypsilanti

[tubashaman2]

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[Chris Smith]

No Concerto?

Wonder why?

I could take a few stabs in the dark.

Maybe they don't want to hear one.

[tubashaman2]

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[ztuba]

maybe they are looking for someone who is very good at orchestral playing and not necessarily a solo tuba player. There is enough stuff in the orchestral lit that they can find out whatever they want to find out about you without having to sit through 5 minutes of Tuba concerto ... honestly they could call Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg and knock out a ton of people from some of my experience... I saw a lot of people die on that one on more than one audition.

[tubashaman2]

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[ztuba]

It sure does make or break your audition. You can play the RVW concerto to perfection, and then flub it up on meistersinger and you are DONE! Stick a fork in you.

[anonymous4]

Meistersinger!? pfft! It's just a glorified C Major scale. Anybody can do it!

(Which could be the reason it eliminates so many, this author included!)

[Kory101]

C Major? I thought it was in treble clef! No wonder I haven't been getting past the first round...

[ztuba]

hahaahha