BASSOON I, II, III/Contra
December 4, 2023 (deadline to apply November 6, 2023)
The 2023-2024 section rate is $127.50 per service with 15% overscale for Bassoon III/Contra. Principal rate is $165.75 per service. The West Virginia Symphony Orchestra offers hotel, per diem and mileage with cap of 600 miles round trip. Employment will begin by September 2024.
Deadline to apply has passed. Late resumes will not be accepted.
Principal and Second Bassoon Positions (all applicants play all excerpts):
Mozart Concerto, 1st movement, and a contrasting solo piece or concerto movement (applicant’s choice)
Possible sight-reading
First Bassoon parts:
Beethoven, Symphony no. 4, mvt. 1: mm. 53-81
Beethoven, Symphony no. 4, mvt. 4: mm. 15-36, mm. 184-190, mm. 300-302
Coleridge-Taylor, Ballade, op. 33: rehearsal “1” until rehearsal “2”
Dukas, Sorcerer’s Apprentice: rehearsal “7” until rehearsal “9”
Dukas, Sorcerer’s Apprentice: rehearsal “43” until rehearsal “45”
Farrenc, Symphony no. 3, mvt. 1: mm. 216-245*
Mozart, Overture to Marriage of Figaro: mm. 101-171
Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade, mvt. 2: beginning until rehearsal “A”
Shostakovich, Symphony no. 9: from mvt. 4, m. 10, until mvt. 5, m. 27
Tchaikovsky, Symphony no. 6, mvt. 1: mm. 1-12
Second Bassoon parts:
Bartok, Concerto for Orchestra, mvt. 2: mm. 8-24*
Berlioz, Symphonie fantastique, mvt. 5: mm. 47-64 (also known as 8 measures after [63] to 5 measures after [64])
Berlioz, Symphonie fantastique, mvt. 5: mm. 447-467 (also known as 3 measures after [83] to [84])
Sibelius, Symphony no. 2, mvt. 2: mm. 40-55
*permission granted by the publisher; copies available from the WV Symphony once resume is submitted.
Third Bassoon/Contra Position*
*To be considered for the other Bassoon positions, include the full 1st and 2nd Bassoon list above, in addition to the Third/Contra excerpts below. If the applicant is only interested in the Third Bassoon/Contra position, only the following excerpts are needed:
Mozart Concerto, 1st movement
First Bassoon parts:
Coleridge-Taylor, Ballade, op. 33: rehearsal “1” until rehearsal “2”
Mozart, Overture to Marriage of Figaro: mm. 101-171
Second Bassoon parts:
Berlioz, Symphonie fantastique, mvt. 5: mm. 47-64 (also known as 8 measures after [63] to 5 measures after [64])
Berlioz, Symphonie fantastique, mvt. 5: mm. 447-467 (also known as 3 measures after [83] to [84])
Third Bassoon parts:
Bartok, Concerto for Orchestra, mvt. 2: mm. 165-181*
Contrabassoon parts:
Beethoven, Symphony no. 5, mvt. 4: mm. 374-436
Brahms, Variations on a Theme by Hadyn, Variation 6: mm. 264-292
Ravel, Mother Goose Suite, mvt. 4: rehearsal “2” until bar 9 of rehearsal “5”
Strauss, Don Juan: rehearsal “A” to rehearsal “B”
Possible sight-reading
*permission granted by the publisher; copies available from the WV Symphony once resume is submitted