Sheboygan Symphony Orchestra Auditions

The Sheboygan Symphony Orchestra was established in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, in 1918. Today the orchestra has a roster of 68 musicians.

The orchestra rehearses weekly on Tuesday evenings from 7:00pm to 10:00pm at the Stefanie H. Weill Center for the Performing Arts. They perform a five concert series, holiday concert, annual children's concert and summer pops concert each year.

Please fill out Audition form and bring to audition.Click Here to Download.

Section Openings for 2012-2013:

We are currently auditioning for PERMANENT players for  Principal String Bass and Section 3rd/Bass Trombone.

The audition date for this fall will be May 22, 2012. Please call the SSO business office 920-452-1985 if you would like to be notified about audition information.

Substitute Section Openings:

Auditions for SUBSTITUTE section players is ongoing. 

To schedule an audition time, please contact the SSO office either by phone (920-452-1985) or email business@sheboygansymphony.org and provide your name, instrument, and contact information. 
(phone number and/or e-mail address).

You should have a solo piece of your choice prepared for the audition, as well as the excerpts indicated below

    Concertmaster:
    A solo of your choice.
    Rimsky-Korsakow: Capriccio Espagnol, Movement IV (Cadenza)
    Rimsky-Korsakow: Scheherazade, Movement III (Lento-solo cadenza to letter N)
                                                  Movement IV (recit. Adagio cadenza to Vivo)
    Tchaikovsky: Symphony #4, Movement I (meas. 155-193, 381 to 1st ending)

Violin:
A solo of your choice.
Mozart: Magic Flute Overture (m. 20-57)
Brahms: Symphony No. 2, Movement IV (beginning to m. 45)

Viola:
A solo of your choice.
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5, Movement I (rehearsal numbers 15-17)
Mozart: Symphony No. 35, Movement 4 (opening till rehearsal A [m1-37])

Cello:
A solo of your choice.
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, Movement II (beginning to m. 10;and m. 49-59;m. 98-124)
Elgar: Enigma Variations, Variation XII, tutti celli part (figure 52-55).

Principal String Bass:
A solo of your choice
Wagner: Meistersinger Overture (letter J to letter L; letter M to letter N)
Mozart: Symphony No. 41 (last movement)

String Bass:
A solo of your choice
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5. movement 3
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 (movement 3, opening solo)

Piccolo:
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4, Movement IV (m. 249-end)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, Prestissimo (m. 851-end)
Sousa: Stars & Stripes Forever (m. 95-end)

Flute: 
A solo of your choice:
Mendelssohn: Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream (letter P-end)
Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Movement IV (m. 97-105)
Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun (beginning to rehearsal 3)

Oboe:
A solo of your choice.
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, Movement I (m. 288-326), Movement II (beginning to m. 47), Movement III (m. 80-115)

English Horn:
(If auditioning for English Horn only, candidate should play a solo of his/her choice; otherwise, a solo is not necessary)
Rossini: William Tell Overture, (solo at the Andante before letter F)
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, Movement II (beginning to figure 1)

Bb Clarinet:
A solo of your choice.
All are first clarinet parts:
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 (Mvt III, solo, m. 48-78)
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol (Mvt I, Letter A-B [m. 14], Letter C-end, Mvt III, llm. after K to end, Mvt IV all [skip long rests])

Bass Clarinet:
A solo of your choice.
Gershwin:  Rhapsody in Blue: #5 to 8 mm. after #5
Grofe:  Grand Canyon Suite:  On the Trail
Tchaikovsky:  Nutcracker Suite: “Pas de deax”

Bassoon:
A solo of your choice:
2nd Bassoon part:
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, Movement III (6m. after M to 2m before N)
1st Bassoon part: 
Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Haydn
Mendelssohn: Symphony #4
Mozart: Magic Flute

Horn:
A solo of your choice.
All are first horn parts:
Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream: Nocturne
Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5

Trumpet:
A solo of your choice.
All are first trumpet parts:
Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3 (Offstage solo)
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Movement IV (C-E, Q-R, T-U)
Mussorgsky/Ravel - Pictures at an Exhibition (Opening Promenade)
Stravinsky - Petrouchka (1947) (Ballerina Dance)

Trombone:
A solo of your choice
Mozart: Requiem (solo)
Wagner: Ride of the Valkeries
Ravel: Bolero (solo)

3rd/Bass Trombone:
A solo of your choice
Berlioz: Hungarian March
Haydn: The Creation
Schumann: Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish"
Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries

Tuba:
A solo of your choice.
Mahler: Symphony No 1 (solo in 3rd movement)
Mussorgsky/Ravel: Bydlo from Pictures at an Exhibition
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4, Mvmt. I, mm. 340-351, Mvmt. IV, mm. 38-51, Mvmt. IV, mm. 257- end
Wagner: Die Meistersinger, Overture: mm. 158-188

Percussion:
Please contact our Principal Percussionist, Glenn Zeinemann to schedule an audition at 920-457-0993.

Harp:
A solo of your choice
Berlioz: Symphony Fantastique, Mvmt. 2, beginning to m. 24
Tchaikovsky - Cadenza from Nutcracker Ballet - Waltz of the Flowers: Cadenza

Piano/Celeste:
A solo of your choice
Stravinsky Petrushka Danse Russe m.33-39

Harpsichord:
A solo of your choice
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 Movement I m. 154 -219
Handel: Messiah: Overture m. 14 to the end

You should have a solo piece of your choice prepared for the audition, as well as the excerpts indicated above.