August 15, 2017

Dear Piccolo Applicant:

Thank you very much for expressing an interest in our Piccolo Audition positions. Employment will
begin on September 10, 2018. The application form for this position should be submitted electronically at
bsomusic.org/auditions.

Live Auditions will be held October 23-24 & 29-30, 2017. Those applicants invited to take a live
audition, must contact the Orchestra Personnel office at auditions@bsomusic.org by October 2, 2017 to
schedule a tentative audition time. To confirm this time, a deposit of $100.00 is required from each
applicant and must be returned October 2, 2017. The deposit will be refunded to the applicant upon
arrival for the audition or if our office is informed within seven (7) days of the audition of his/her inability
to attend. Checks should be made payable to “Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.” Please mail your check to:

Attention: Matthew Urquhart, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

1212 Cathedral Street, Baltimore, MD 21201

Auditions will be held at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall located at 1212 Cathedral Street,
Baltimore, MD, 21201. All invited applicants should arrive no later than one hour prior to their
scheduled audition time. Applicants should enter through the artist entrance (located on the side of the
building near the intersection of Cathedral and Biddle Streets). A BSO staff member will meet your group
in the lobby to check-in and draw numbers to determine the playing order.

There will be four (4) audition rounds, all of which will be held on stage at the Joseph Meyerhoff
Symphony Hall. The Preliminary, Semi-Final, and First Final round will be held behind a screen. The
Second Final round will be held without a screen. Please be aware that the audition committee of the
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra reserves the right to immediately dismiss any candidate not meeting the
highest professional standards at these auditions. In each round of auditions, applicants may be required
to play selections with members of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. There may be sight-reading
material in one or more rounds.

It is assumed that any applicant for this position will accept employment with the Baltimore Symphony
Orchestra, if it is offered. If you will not accept employment with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra,
please do not participate in this audition process. Please be aware that the Baltimore Symphony
Orchestra bears no responsibility in obtaining work permits for applicants who are not naturalized United
States citizens. Employment will not be offered to applicants who have an unfulfilled obligation, such as
military service, to his/her country of origin. Please do not audition if this applies to you.

All questions or inquiries should be directed to this office, preferably in writing. Please keep us
informed of any address changes during this audition process.

Sincerely,

Jinny Kim
Director of Orchestra Personnel
 Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Piccolo Audition
Master Repertoire List

Solo Repertoire:
Bach, Sonata for flute in A Major, BWV 1032
Vivaldi, Piccolo Concerto in a minor l, F. VI n. 9
Preferred editions of the above will be sent to the candidates.

Orchestral Excerpts, Piccolo:

Bartók Concerto for Orchestra Mvt. III: mms. 29-33; 57-60;

(Do not count rests; take time as 107-111; 126-128
needed between excerpts.)
Beethoven Symphony No. 9 Mvt. IV: mm. 343-374
Berlioz The Damnation of Faust Menuet des Follets: Beginning to [2];
7 mms. after [9] through 14 mms.
After [10]

Brahms Vars. on a Theme of Haydn Var. VIII: mm. 327-341

Britten The Young Person’s Guide Fugue: Beginning through 2nd bar of
to the Orchestra [B], cut 11 bars, resume 14th bar of
[B], play through downbeat of [F]
Mahler Symphony No. 2 Der grosse Appell: recitative

Prokofiev Lieutenant Kijé Suite Troïka, pickup of [51] to end

Ravel Boléro Third bar of [8] to [9]

(from Flute II part)

Ravel Ma Mère l’Oye (Mother Goose) Suite Mvt. III (Laideronette), 1st page
Ravel Piano Concerto Mvt. I: Beginning to [2]
Rossini Semiramide Overture Mms. 132-145; 329-337
Shostakovich Symphony No. 6 Mvt. I: 3rd bar of [8] to [10]
Shostakovich Symphony no. 8 Mvts. II and IV
 Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Piccolo Audition
Master Repertoire List

Orchestral Excerpts, Piccolo (continued):

Shostakovich Symphony No. 9 Mvt. I: mm. 47-85

Stravinsky Suite from The Firebird (1919)
(Flute and Piccolo)
Mvt. II: mm. 286-end
Mvt. III: [A] to m. 17
Mvt. V: mm 73-112
Introduction: 3rd bar of [2]
through 4th bar of [3]
Variation de l’oiseau de feu
(complete) through 6th bar of Ronde
de princesses

Orchestral Excerpts, Flute:

Brahms Symphony No. 4 Flute 1 solos

Dvorak Symphony No. 9 Flute 2 solos

Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker “Dance of the Mirlitons”, Flute 3

Saint-Saëns Carnival of the Animals No. 10, Volière

Stravinsky Suite from The Firebird (1919) See above
(Flute and Piccolo)

Possible Sight-reading

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra tunes to A = 440.

 Bartók - Concerto for Orchestra
Do not count rests. (Piccolo)
Take time as needed between excerpts.

This music presented with kind permission from Boosey & Hawkes for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Piccolo auditions.
It may not be reproduced or retransmitted.
This music presented with kind permission from Boosey & Hawkes for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Piccolo auditions.
It may not be reproduced or retransmitted.
Brahms - Variations on a Theme by Haydn
mm. 327 - 341
Please observe the cut.

This music presented with kind permission from Boosey & Hawkes for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Piccolo auditions.
It may not be reproduced or retransmitted.
This music presented with kind permission from Boosey & Hawkes for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Piccolo auditions.
It may not be reproduced or retransmitted.
This music presented with kind permission from Boosey & Hawkes for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Piccolo auditions.
It may not be reproduced or retransmitted.
segue Ronde des princesses