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Trombone II Audition Announcement 2024

The South Dakota Symphony Orchestra is holding auditions for the Trombone II position on April 28, 2024, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, with a per-service compensation structure. Interested candidates must submit a completed form and a one-page resume by April 1, 2024, and perform a solo of their choice along with specified excerpts. The orchestra, known for its dynamic performances and diverse audience, offers a season from September to April featuring classical and pops concerts.

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Trombone II Audition Announcement 2024

The South Dakota Symphony Orchestra is holding auditions for the Trombone II position on April 28, 2024, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, with a per-service compensation structure. Interested candidates must submit a completed form and a one-page resume by April 1, 2024, and perform a solo of their choice along with specified excerpts. The orchestra, known for its dynamic performances and diverse audience, offers a season from September to April featuring classical and pops concerts.

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Maestro Delta David Gier announces auditions for

TROMBONE II
Sunday, April 28, 2024
Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Compensation: This is a per-service position. Musician per service rates for 2024-2025
season are:
Principal: $101.90
Associate: $91.50
Section: $83.18
Additional payment provided for mileage (40.2 cents/mile, up to 600 total miles round-trip), hotel, and
per diem as stated in musician contract.

Season: September – April, needed as determined by repertoire.

Interested applicants should complete this form: https://forms.office.com/r/auYy94h8Wf


and email a one-page resume to [email protected] by April 1, 2024.
No calls, please.

This position is available for employment at the beginning of the 2024-25 season.

About the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra


The South Dakota Symphony Orchestra (SDSO) has been called by Alex Ross in The New Yorker “one of the
boldest orchestras in America.” It is a dynamic regional orchestra of 83 professional musicians that performs in
the 1800-seat, acoustically superb Washington Pavilion in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The orchestra’s season
consists of 7 classical concerts, 3 pops concerts, education concerts, special programs (Lakota Music Project and
Bridging Cultures), and regional tours. The SDSO enjoys a growing and diverse audience. Recent and upcoming
guest artists include John Corigliano, Emanuel Ax, Reena Esmail, Conrad Tao, Joyce Yang, David Kim, Zhou Long
and John Luther Adams. Concerts are broadcast on South Dakota Public Radio, and many are also live-streamed
free of charge by South Dakota Public Broadcasting.
TROMBONE II
Audition Requirements
SOLO
Candidate may perform the solo of candidate’s choice without accompaniment (movement from
standard concerto or etude preferred).

TROMBONE II EXCERPTS:

COMPOSER TITLE EXCERPT


Bartok Der wunderbare Mandarin Reh. 71 to 3 m. after Reh. 74
Berlioz Hungarian March mm. 94 - 112
from The Damnation of Faust
Hindemith Symphonic Metamorphosis Mvt. II. Reh. H – Reh. J
Mahler Symphony No. 5 Mvt I. 8 m. after Reh. 11 - 4m. before
Reh. 12
Mvt III. 13 m. after Reh. 15 – Reh. 17
Mozart Requiem Beginning - m. 34
Rimsky-Korsakov Russian Easter Overture Reh. M – 14 m. after Reh. M
Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade Mvt II. Solo. Recitativo. Molto
Moderato
Strauss Ein Heldenleben 3 m. after Reh. 60 – 6 m. after Reh. 65
Wagner Die Walküre Pick-up to Reh. 6 – 3 m. after Reh. 7

TROMBONE I EXCERPTS:

Brahms Symphony No. 4 Mvt. IV. Reh. E – Reh. F


Ravel Bolero Reh. 10 – Reh. 11
Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 (“Organ Symphony”) Reh. Q – 2 m. after Reh. S

Sight Reading may be requested.


SDSO Official Pitch: A = 440 Hz

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