ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL/ 3RD HORN Audition
Monday, September 8, 2025
2025-2026 Per Service Compensation:
$161.04
Approximately 60-70 Services
RESUMES MUST BE EMAILED NO LATER THAN August 27, 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.
2025 HSO Associate/Third Horn Audition List
Solo: Mozart Concerto No. 2, 1st mvt. (exposition only)
| 1st Horn Parts: | ||
| Beethoven: | Symphony # 7, 1st mvt. | mm. 84- 102 |
| Ravel: | Pavane | opening solo |
| Shostakovich: | Symphony # 5, 1st mvt. | 17 – 21 |
| Strauss | Ein Heldenleben | opening – 2 |
| Tchaikovsky: | Symphony # 5, 2nd mvt. | opening solo |
| 3rd Horn Parts: | ||
| Brahms: | Piano Concerto # 1, 1st mvt. | mm. 199-215 |
| 3rd mvt. | 12 bars before E – E | |
| Brahms: | Piano Concerto # 2, 1st mvt. | mm. 188-198 |
| Piano Concerto # 2, 2nd mvt. | mm. 163-215 | |
| Strauss: | Till Eulenspiegel | 13 bars before 29 – 2 bars before 30 |
| Mendelssohn | Symphony #3, 2nd mvt. | A-B |
| Final Round Section playing | ||
| Dvorak: | Cello Concerto, 2nd mvt. (3rdhorn) | 6 – 13 bars after 6 |
| Mahler: | Symphony # 1, 1st mvt. (1st horn) | opening duet – 3 |
| Tchaikovsky: | Symphony # 4, 1st mvt. (1st & 3rd horns) | opening to 6 bars after A |
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.
| Bach | Violin Concerto in E BWV 1042|: 2nd movement, first 27 bars. |
| Hadyn | Symphony Nr. 31: 4th movement, variation 7 (solo). |
| Mozart | Symphony Nr. 39: 1st movement, Adagio, bars 13-21 |
| Allegro, bars 40-97. | |
| Mendelssohn | Symphony Nr. 4: 1st movement, bars 41-101. |
| bars 264-335. | |
| 4th movement, bars 32-56. | |
| bars 160-195 | |
| bars 214-239 | |
| Beethoven | Symphony Nr. 9: 4th movement, opening recitatives through bar 107. |
| bars 454-525 | |
| Brahms | Symphony 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. | |
| Strauss | Ein Heldenleben: #9 to 6th bar of #12. Omit 2 bars of trill as indicated. |
| 9th bar of #15 to third bar of #17. | |
| Mussorgsky | Pictures at an Exhibition (Ravel orchestration): Movement VI, #56-58. |
| Stravinsky | Pulcinella Suite: Movement 7, Vivo (solo). |
| Britten | Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra: Variation H. |
| Bartok | Music for Strings, Percussion and Celeste: 1st mov’t, 3 bars before #40 to second bar of #55. |
| Ginastera | Variaciones Concertante:Movement XI, solo. |
