Posted by james hicks on May 23, 2001 at 08:58:15:
In Reply to: Audition Tape Rep posted by Chuck on May 22, 2001 at 22:46:50:
depends on WHAT you are auditioning for. i got invited to the army band pershing's own audition with recordings of the first sutie in e flat, colonel bogey, and symphonic dances from west side story. other band exerpts that would work would be hindemith symphony in Bb, the solo from ju`te`bal (grantham), and toccata marciale (vaughn williams). if the audition is orchestral then the exerpts you listed are more than appropriate. the majority of the people who sent in resumes for the boston symphony were asked to send in a tape with Die Meistersinger, The ride, prokofiev 5, symphony fantastique, and mahler 2 mvt v [10] to [11](not sym 1). others that might appear on an audition would be brahms 2, bruckner 7, the bear solo from petrouchka and fountains of rome by resphighi. according to a recent tuba journal here are the percentages:
symphony fantastique-95%
hungarian march-70%
brahms 2-50%
bruckner 7-60%
mahler 1-90%
prokofiev 5-90%
fountains of rome-50%
pertouchka-90%
die meistersinger-100% (yep, that's right)
the ride-95%
there were other exerpts listed with percentages but they were much lower than these. hope this helps. check the tuba source book for any other experts you are looking for.
james