Tokyo Symphony Orchestra fall 2008 Audition
Tokyo Symphony Orchestra announces auditions for the following:
< ♦ Principal Oboe >
< ♦ Principal Trumpet >
< ♦ Principal Trombone >
Principal Oboe
Audition
Repertoire
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Preliminary audition:
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1)
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Mozart: 1st and 2nd Mvt. from Oboe Concerto
without Cadenza
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2)
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Orchestra Excerpts
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Final audition:
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1)
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Mozart: 1st and 2nd Mvt. from Oboe Concerto
without Cadenza
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2)
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Orchestra Excerpts
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Audition
Schedule and Venues
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Preliminary Round:
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Final Round:
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How
to apply
Please use our application, which can be downloaded
for free, and send resume no later than 6:00
p.m. October 6, 2008 (Japan time )
TSO application
form for Principal Oboe 
(PDF)
Note
- Resume screening will take place before preliminary audition.
- Excerpts will be supplied only for candidates after the resume
screening.
- We will prepare for the accompanist for both Preliminary and
Final audition. However, applicants can not rehearse with an accompanist
just before the audition. (You can warm up by yourself).
- Tokyo Symphony Orchestra will not provide any transportation
expenses and accommodations.
- Please translate your resume into English
if it is written by other languages.
- Please specify audition/position on all correspondence (e.g.,
"Principal Oboe ")
Please send all materials to>>>
Principal Trumpet
Audition
Repertoire
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Preliminary audition:
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1) |
Honegger: intrada |
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2)
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Haydn: Trumpet concerto E-flat major with cadenza
(to be played on a B-flat )
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Final audition:
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1)
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Haydn: Trumpet concerto E-flat major with cadenza
(to be played on a B-flat )
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2)
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Orchestra Excerpts
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Audition
schedule and venues
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Preliminary Round:
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Final Round:
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How
to apply
Please use our application form, which can be downloaded for free,
and send resume with a recommendation letter
no later than 6:00 p.m. September
1, 2008 (Japan time )
TSO application
form for Principal Trumpet
(PDF)
Note
- Excerpts will be supplied after due date
- Applicants are responsible for preparing an accompanist, but if
you can not, we will arrange an accompanist. However, applicants
can not rehearse with an accompanist just before the audition. (You
can warm - up by yourself).
- Please be sure to attach your recent photo with the application.
- Tokyo Symphony Orchestra will not provide any transportation expenses
and accommodations.
- Please translate your resume into English
if it is written by other languages.
- Please specify audition/position on all correspondence (e.g.,
"Principal Trumpet")
Please send all materials to>>>
Principal Trombone
Audition
Repertoire
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Preliminary audition:
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1)
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F. David: 1st movement and 2nd movement from
Trombone Concerto in E-flat major with cadenza.
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Final audition:
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1)
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F. David: 1st movement and 2nd movement from
Trombone Concerto in E-flat major with cadenza.
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2)
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Orchestra Excerpts
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Audition
Schedule and Venues
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Preliminary Round:
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Final Round:
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How
to apply
Please use our application, which can be downloaded for free,
and send resume no later than 6:00 p.m.
September 1, 2008 (Japan time )
TSO application
form for Trombone
(PDF)
Note
- Only applicants under thirty-five years
old are qualified to apply for this position.
- Resume screening will take place before preliminary audition.
- We will announce candidates for Final on the day of preliminary.
Then, excerpts for Final will be supplied right after the announcement.
- We will prepare for the accompanist for both Preliminary and
Final audition. However, applicants can not rehearse with an accompanist
just before the audition. (You can warm up by yourself).
- Please be sure to attach your recent photo with the application
form.
- Tokyo Symphony Orchestra will not provide any transportation
expenses and accommodations.
- Please translate your resume into English
if it is written by other languages.
- Please specify audition/position on all correspondence (e.g.,
"Principal Trombone ")
General
Information - Important!
Please read carefully below.
- It is assumed that any applicant for these
positions will accept employment with the Tokyo Symphony, if it
is offered. If you will not accept employment with the Tokyo Symphony,
please do not participate in this audition process.
- Please also note that we can not accept
recording audition.
- Applicants should adjust your schedule for
this audition schedule when you apply. Tokyo Symphony will not change
any audition schedule.
- During the auditions and after the auditions, no inquiry, please.
- Immediate notification of acceptance or rejection is given to
all applicants.
- The Audition Committee of the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra reserves
the right to dismiss immediately any candidate not meeting the highest
professional standards at these auditions.
Address
resumes to:
Audition Coordinator
Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Kawasaki Office
Muza Kawasaki Central Tower fl.5th
1310 Omiya-cho, Saiwai-ku
Kawasaki City, Kanagawa
212-8554, JAPAN
Tel: +81-44-520-1518 Fax: +81-44-543-1488
All questions or inquiries should be directed to the
Audition Coordinator, preferably in writing. Please feel free to contact
to: audition@tokyosymphony.com.
about
the Venue
Muza-Kawasaki
Symphony Hall(incl. Assembly Hall)
1310 Omiya-cho, Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki city, Kanagawa
JR Kawasaki Station, West Exit. 17 minutes from Tokyo Station by Tokaido-line
Tokyo Symphony Classic Space 100 (Shinjuku area )
1minute from the North exit of Okubo Station (JR Sobu-line)
For your information- recommended hotels
Kawasaki
Nikko Hotel
Hotel
Mets Kawasaki
Toyoko-inn
Kawasaki Ekimae honcho
Hotel
Sun Route Kawasaki
Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
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been leading the orchestral world ever since. Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
(TSO) engages Music Director, Hubert SOUDANT, Laureate Conductor,
Kazuyoshi AKIYAMA, Permanent Conductor, Naoto OTOMO, and Resident
Conductor, Norichika IIMORI. Currently, TSO has 8 international
musicians from all over the world such as China, England, France,
Russia, Spain, Sweden, and the United States.
Tokyo Symphony was recently
given the highest rank in Japanese orchestras for "The World
Orchestra Ranking 2008", the annual feature of the "RECORD
GEIJUTSU (Art of Record), a prestigious classical magazine considered
to be the equivalent to Gramophone, lots of CD reviews, May 2008 issue.
TSO produces subscription
concerts at Suntory Hall and Muza Kawasaki Symphony Hall, and concert
series at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space and Tokyo Opera City Concert
Hall, in addition to opera and ballet performances at the New National
Opera Theatre since its opening in 1997. TSO has put great energy
into giving premiere performances of the works of Japanese composers
as well as several major contemporary works. Recently TSO has performed
Janacek opera series, the Little Match Girl by H. Lachenmann, El Nino
by John Adams, and Das Verrantene Meer and L'upupa by H. W. Henze.
In recognition of great achievements in contemporary music, TSO has
won many music awards: the Mainichi Music Award, Minister of Education
Award, Kyoto Music Award, Mainichi Art Award, Art Award of Cultural
Agency, Mobile Music Award, Suntory Music Award, and Kenzo Nakajima
Music Special Award.
Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
agreed with the City of Kawasaki to expand its concert activities
by becoming the resident orchestra of the Muza Kawasaki Symphony Hall.
