NAC Orchestra Auditions

Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra
Alexander Shelley, Music Director

Announces auditions for the following vacancy:

Principal Trombone

effective the 2024-2025 Season or earliest availability

International auditions will be held in Ottawa, June 30 and July 1, 2024

Season: 46 weeks including concerts, broadcasts, opera, ballet, recordings, tours and 5 weeks paid vacation

Salary: Minimum scale, 2023-2024: $2,109 per week (salary for this position to be negotiated)

The members of the National Arts Centre Orchestra are Canadian members of the American Federation of Musicians.

The National Arts Centre Orchestra is a proud partner orchestra of the National Alliance for Audition Support (NAAS).

J.G. Albrechtsberger Concerto for Alto trombone, 1st mvmt (No Cadenza)

Kevin Day Sonata in One Movement – Cadenza (J) to the end

An accompanist will be provided for the solos.

BERLIOZ	Hungarian March	6 m. before [4] – 2 m. after [5]
BERNSTEIN	West Side Story Symphonic Dances	m.664 – m.700
BRAHMS	Symphony No. 1	Mvt IV: [C] - m. 61 - Alto Trombone
BRAHMS	Symphony No. 2	Mvt IV: [O] – [end] - Alto or Tenor Trombone
DI CASTRI	Dear Life	m. 42 - 56
MAHLER	Symphony No. 3	Mvt I: 3 m. after [13] – [17] Mvt I: 1 m. before [58] – 13 m. after [61]
MAHLER	Symphony No. 5	^{Mvt I: [17] - 6 m. after [18] Mvt III: 13 m. after [15] - [17]}
MARSALIS	Concerto for Tubist and Orchestra	III. Lament - m. 2 - m.15
MOZART	Requiem	Kyrie [Complete] – Alto Trombone
RAVEL	Bolero	3 m. after [10] – [11] 16 m. before [18] – [end]
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV	Scheherazade	Mvt IV: 5 m. after [K] – 18 m. after [M]
ROSSINI	Overture to William Tell	[C] – [E]
SAINT-SAËNS	Symphony No. 3, “Organ”	[Q] – 1m. after [S]
SCHUMANN	Symphony No. 3	Mvt IV [Complete] - Alto Trombone
STRAUSS	Ein Heldenleben	[62] – [74]
STRAUSS	Also Sprach Zarathustra	4 m. before [16] – [16] 18 m. before [51] – 3 m. after [52]
STRAVINSKY	Firebird	Infernal Dance: beginning – 2 m. after [13] Finale: [17] – end
STRAVINSKY	Pulcinella	“Duetto”
TOWER	Sixth Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman	m. 20 – m. 34 m. 156 – m. 162
WAGNER	Ride of the Valkyries	Pickup to [3] – 3 m. after [7]

Sight reading from the standard repertoire may be requested during the 2nd and/or subsequent rounds of this audition.

The official pitch of the National Arts Centre Orchestra is A = 440