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Shen Yun Performing Arts will be holding open auditions for its orchestras on the following dates at Shen Yun Headquarters in New York:
June 12-16, 2013
Positions annually entail about five months of touring and seven months at our New York campus. Throughout the year, we provide a monthly salary of $2000 (for most positions), the option of full room and board, and coverage of all touring expenses and hotel accommodations.
In six years, we have grown to three companies, each including dancers, a full orchestra, and solo singers. We have nearly 300 artists touring the world simultaneously, performing all-original music and dance.
Top venues in 2012 included Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, the London Coliseum, and, for the Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra, Carnegie Hall.
Experienced musicians worldwide are welcome to apply, including artists who are soon-to-graduate.
As the world’s premier classical Chinese dance and music company, Shen Yun's mission is to revive 5,000 years of Chinese civilization. In promoting this culture and its enduring values through our performances, we have also made meditation practice a daily part of our schedule, finding that it brings great benefits to our performers.
Our company philosophy is based on the spiritual discipline of Falun Dafa. Applicants should be willing to learn Falun Dafa meditation and follow its principles of “Truthfulness, Compassion, and Tolerance.” No previous experience with meditation is required. We suggest candidates familiarize themselves with the practice by visiting www.FalunDafa.org, and reading the books Falun Gong and Zhuan Falun that are posted there and can be downloaded for free.
Available Positions
String Instruments
Violin
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Please prepare the following:
- R. Strauss: Fledermaus Overture, bars 1-12, 27-36, 388-416
- Brahms: Symphony No. 1, mvt. IV
- A. Bruckner: Symphony No. 9, mvt. III, bar 57-138 (2nd vln part)
- Mozart: Symphony No. 39, mvt. IV
- R. Strauss: Don Juan
- Schumann: Symphony No. 2, mvt. II
Mozart: concerto of choice (movement I) with cadenza
One movement from any standard concerto or solo work
Orchestral excerpts (1st violin parts):
Viola
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Please prepare the following:
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, mvt. II
- Berlioz: Le Carnaval Romain
- Brahms: Symphony No. 3, mvt. I
- Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
- Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream - Scherzo
- R. Strauss: Don Juan
- Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, mvt. I
One movement from any standard concerto or solo work before 1900
Two contrasting movements of any J.S. Bach solo work
Orchestral excerpts:
Cello
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Please prepare the following:
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, mvt. II
- Brahms: Symphony No. 2, mvt. II
- Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream - Scherzo
- Mozart: Symphony No. 35, mvt. IV
- R. Strauss: Don Juan
- R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben
- Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4, mvt. II
One movement from any standard concerto or solo work
Two contrasting movements of any J.S. Bach solo work
Orchestral excerpts:
Double Bass
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Please prepare the following:
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, mvt. III
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, mvt. IV
- Brahms: Symphony No. 1, mvt. I
- Brahms: Symphony No. 2, mvt. I & IV
- Mahler: Symphony No. 2, mvt. I
- Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4, mvts. I & IV
- Mozart: Symphony No. 39, mvts. I & IV
- Strauss: Ein Heldenleben
First movement of a standard bass concerto
Bach: one movement from any of the solo suites for cello
Orchestral excerpts:
Woodwind Instruments
Oboe
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Please prepare the following:
- Rossini: The Silken Ladder, p. 174
- R. Strauss: Don Juan, p. 158, tranquillo section
- Mendelssohn: 3rd Symphony, p. 169, vivace non troppo section, mm. 1-16
- Tchaikovsky: Opening from the Ballet Suite "Swan Lake"
- Brahms: Violin Concerto, mvt. II, solo
Mozart: Oboe Concerto in C Major, K. 314, mvt. I
Orchestral excerpts:
Flute
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Please prepare the following:
- Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe, Suite No.2 for orchestra (1912), solo
- Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, opening solo
- Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream, Scherzo, solo
- Dvořák: Symphony No. 8, mvt. IV
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 3
- Bizet: "Entr'acte" or "Intermezzo" from the opera Carmen
- Rossini: William Tell Overture solo
Mozart: Concerto in G, exposition of the first movement
Orchestral Excerpts:
Bassoon
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Please prepare the following:
- Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4, Op. 36, mvt 2 ending solo, m. 274 to end
- Mozart: Overture to Le nozze di Figaro, mm. 1-7, 101-172
- Ravel: Bolero, solo, Reh. 2 to Reh. 3
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 4: mm. 15-25, mm. 184-199, mm. 300-302, m. 348 to end
Mozart: Concerto in B-flat, K. 191: 1st and 2nd mvts, Exposition
Orchestral Excerpts:
Clarinet
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Please prepare the following:
- Mendelssohn: Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Brahms: mvt. II, opening from Symphony No. 3.
- Beethoven: mvt. I, 474-492 from Symphony No. 6.
- Rachmaninov: mvt. III, Opening to 1 before 47 from Symphony No. 2.
- Rimsky Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol, mvts. I and III.
- Shostakovich: Symphony No 9, mvt. II, 1-52, mvt. III, 1-17
- Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe, Suite No.2 for orchestra: Section 155 - 158, Section 201 - 204
Mozart Concerto: 1st Movement, Exposition
Orchestral Excerpts:
Brass
French Horn
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Please prepare the following:
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 7, mvt. I
- Bruckner: Symphony No. 4, mvt. I: Bewegt, nicht zu schnell (beginning to A)
- Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5, mvt. II, solo
- Mahler: Symphony No. 5, mvt. III
- Brahms: Symphony No. 2, mvt. I with ending solo
- Strauss: "Till Eulenspiegel," Op. 28, Gemächlich (beginning to 1)
Mozart: Concerto No. 3, mvt. I
Orchestral excerpts:
Trumpet*
- Please prepare the following:
- Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3 – off-stage calls
- Bizet: Carmen, Prelude to Act I – mm. 3-27
- Mahler: Symphony No. 5, mvt. I – beginning to 84, 211-256
- Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition – Promenade
- Respighi: Pines of Rome, mvt. II (Pini presso una Catacomba), off-stage solo
- Stravinsky: Petrouchka (1947), Ballerina's Dance – 1 before rehearsal 134 to rehearsal 139, and rehearsal 143 to 147
- Wagner: Parsifal, Prelude – 8 after rehearsal 1 to rehearsal 3
Haydn: Trumpet Concerto, mvt. I with cadenza
- Orchestral Excerpts:
Trombone
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Please prepare the following:
- Mahler: Symphony No. 3 – mvt. I: 13 to 17; 1 bar before 58 to 13 bars after 61
- Mozart: Requiem, "Tuba Mirum"
- Ravel: Bolero – 10 to 11
- Wagner: Die Walkure – Ride of Valkyries, solo
- Rossini: William Tell Overture, 1st trombone – letter C to 9 after D
F. David: Concertino for Trombone, mvt. I
Orchestral excerpts:
Bass Trombone
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Please prepare the following:
- Haydn: The Creation, No. 26
- Wagner: Tannhauser Overture – from A to bar 54
- Wagner: Lohengrin, Prelude to Act III
- Wagner: Die Walkure – from 6 with the upbeat to 3rd bar of 7
- Rossini: William Tell Overture, Storm Scene – letter C to 8 after D
Bach: Cello Suite No. 5 (Sarabande) or Lebedev Concerto for Tuba
Orchestral excerpts:
Players of Traditional Chinese Instruments (Pipa, Erhu and Suona)
Please see our How to Apply page and contact audition@shenyunperformingarts.org
for questions regarding repertoire.
Conductors
Please see our How to Apply page and contact audition@shenyunperformingarts.org
for questions regarding repertoire.