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
Violin Openings - I and II
Violin Openings - I and II
Violin Openings - I and II
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.
Bass Clarinet/3rd Opening
Violin Openings - I and II
Violin Openings - I and II
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.
We also ask that you prepare clarinet excerpts for the position of bass clarinet/3rd clarinet
Trombone Substutue opening
Violin Openings - I and II
Trombone Substutue opening
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.
(Disregard the Tuba excerpts )
Audition Excerpts Library
Concert Master
Violin II Principal
Concert Master
Also prepare violin section excerpts
Principal Viola
Principal Viola
Principal Viola
also prepare viola section excerpts
Principal Cello
Principal Cello
Principal Cello
also prepare cello section excerpts
Principal Bass
Principal Cello
Principal Bass
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also prepare bass section excerpts
Bass Clarinet/3rd Clarinet
Bass Clarinet/3rd Clarinet
Bass Clarinet/3rd Clarinet
Piano/Keyboards
Piano/Keyboards
Piano/Keyboards
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
Piano/Keyboards
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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