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Audition to Join the APO

APO is All - Volunteer. There are no paid positions in this orchestra.

Auditions are by appointment only:  

Contact our personnel director at  personnel@abqphil.org 

or call our message line

(505)433-7445 

to schedule an appointment


Current Vacancies (All Unpaid Volunteers)

Current Vacancies (All Unpaid Volunteers)

Current Vacancies (All Unpaid Volunteers)

(Scroll down for excerpts and instructions)

  • Horn IV
  • Piccolo/Flute 3
  • Viola
  • Violin I and II
  • Substitute players for trombones, violas, and possibly other sections.


Principal challenge auditions in 2025:  

Cello, Bass, and Brass


(In order to qualify to audition for principal, you must have played with the orchestra for a minimum of one year.)


General Audition info

Current Vacancies (All Unpaid Volunteers)

Current Vacancies (All Unpaid Volunteers)

Auditions will be scheduled for a 15-minute time slot on Monday evening 

August 25, 2025 

starting at 5:00 PM


 For all auditions, we ask for a short solo, 2-3 minutes, from a piece of your choosing.  The solo should display both musicality and technique.  Applicants will play their chosen solo first, and then the excerpts, which are listed with each instrument below.    

General Orchestra info

Current Vacancies (All Unpaid Volunteers)

General Orchestra info

Rehearsals are on 

Monday evenings 

7:00 PM - 9:15 PM 


Rehearsals resume  

September 8, 2025

 

St. Andrew Presbyterian Church 

5301 Ponderosa Ave NE, Albuquerque, NM 87110 


Horn IV Opening

Piccolo/Fute III Opening

Piccolo/Fute III Opening

Horn IV Excerpts

Each candidate is to perform the excerpts, as well as a short solo of their choice.  


Piccolo/Fute III Opening

Piccolo/Fute III Opening

Piccolo/Fute III Opening

Piccolo and Flute 3 Excerpts

Each candidate is to perform the one flute and 3 piccolo excerpts, as well as a short flute solo of their choice.  


Viola Opening

Viola Section Excerpts

We ask for a short solo, from a piece of your choosing.  The solo should display both musicality and technique.  Applicants will play their chosen solo first, and then the excerpts. 


Violin I and II Opening

Violin section excerpts

We ask for a short solo, from a piece of your choosing.  The solo should display both musicality and technique.  Applicants will play their chosen solo first, and then the excerpts.

  If you are interested in playing 1st violin, please include high position passages in your solo.  You may also contact our concertmaster, Wendy Cieslak, for a warm welcome and friendly guidance.  You can reach Wendy at albuquerquephilharmonic@gmail.com 

Audition Excerpts Library

Concert Master

Concermaster Excerpts

Also prepare violin section excerpts

Violin

Violin Section Excerpts

Violin II Principal

Violin II Principal Excerpts

Viola

Viola Section Excerpts

Principal Viola

Principal Viola  Excerpts

also prepare viola section excerpts

Cello

Cello Section Excerpts

Principal Cello

Principal Cello

Principal Cello Excerpts

also prepare cello section excerpts

Bass

Principal Cello

Bass Section Excerpts

Principal Bass

Principal Bass

Principal Bass Excerpts

also prepare bass section excerpts

Oboe

Oboe I

Oboe II

Oboe 2 American in Paris



Piccolo/Flute 3

Piccolo and Flute 3 Excerpts

Each candidate to perform the one flute and 3 piccolo excerpts, as well as a short flute solo of their choice.  

Clarinet

Bass Clarinet/3rd Clarinet

Clarinet Excerpts


Bass Clarinet/3rd Clarinet

Bass Clarinet/3rd Clarinet

Bass Clarinet/3rd Clarinet

Bass Clarinet Excerpts

Bassoon

Bass Clarinet/3rd Clarinet

Bassoon

Bassoon Excerpts

Trumpet

Bass Clarinet/3rd Clarinet

Bassoon

Trumpet Section Excerpts


Horn

Trombone and Tuba

Trombone and Tuba

Horn Excerpts

Horn IV Excerpts

Trombone and Tuba

Trombone and Tuba

Trombone and Tuba

Trombone and Tuba Excerpts


Tuba

Trombone and Tuba

Tuba Excerpts


Percussion

Percussion Section Excerpts and Instructions


Piano/Keyboards

Piano Audition Excerpts

1) Only pages 7-12 of  Tchaikovsky Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies

 2) Saint Saens Carnival of the Animals, Movement 3 complete, and Movement 7 from 3 before rehearsal 3 to the end.

Harp

Harp Excerpts 

 1.  Williams - Harry Potter Suite = I. m. 43-74 2.  Chabrier -  España = m. 45-61 3.  Enesco Rumanian Rhapsody No. 1 = rehearsal figures "25"- "26"  We ask for a short solo, from a piece of your choosing.  The solo should display both musicality and technique.  Applicants will play their chosen solo first, and then the excerpts.  

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Albuquerque Philharmonic Orchestra 

email:  albuquerquephilharmonic@gmail.com   

  P.O. Box 36893      

Albuquerque, NM 87176 

    (505)433-7445 



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