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ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL BASS AUDITION
(A SECTION POSITION MAY BE OFFERED TO A RUNNER UP)

Monday, September 29, 2025

2025-2026 Per Service Compensation:
Assistant Principal: $168.60
Section: $153.35
Approximately 60-70 Services

RESUMES MUST BE EMAILED NO LATER THAN September 19, 2025

Musicians also receive a generous
 Per Diem ($34.59 to $86.63 per day based on RT mileage)
Single-occupancy hotel room provided

To apply, please email a one-page résumé to:
tom@harrisburgsymphony.org

Repertoire and deposit information
will be sent upon receipt of résumé.
Repertoire will not be given over the phone but will be posted on the website.
harrisburgsymphony.org

Assistant Principal Bass Audition List
September 29, 2025

Please refer to packet for exact excerpts.

BachViolin Concerto in E BWV 1042|: 2nd movement, first 27 bars.
HadynSymphony Nr. 31: 4th movement, variation 7 (solo).
MozartSymphony Nr. 39: 1st movement, Adagio, bars 13-21
Allegro, bars 40-97.
MendelssohnSymphony Nr. 4: 1st movement, bars 41-101.
bars 264-335.
4th movement, bars 32-56.
bars 160-195
bars 214-239
BeethovenSymphony Nr. 9: 4th movement, opening recitatives through bar 107.
bars 454-525
BrahmsSymphony Nr. 2: 1st movement, 11th bar of REH A to downbeat of REH B.
REH E to 7th bar of REH F.
4th movement, 8 bars before REH L to REH M.
StraussEin Heldenleben: #9 to 6th bar of #12. Omit 2 bars of trill as indicated.
9th bar of #15 to third bar of #17.
MussorgskyPictures at an Exhibition (Ravel orchestration): Movement VI, #56-58.
StravinskyPulcinella Suite: Movement 7, Vivo (solo).
BrittenYoung Person’s Guide to the Orchestra: Variation H.
BartokMusic for Strings, Percussion and Celeste: 1st mov’t, 3 bars before #40 to second bar of #55.
GinasteraVariaciones Concertante:Movement XI, solo.
Learn more about NAAS here: https://www.sphinxmusic.org/national-alliance-for-audition-support

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