The Debut Orchestra is one of the oldest pre-professional training orchestras in the country.  Alumni of the orchestra currently fill top positions in orchestras across the county, including the New York Philharmonic, the Boston Symphony, the Chicago Symphony, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.  The orchestra will perform at least eight full concerts during this concert season. 

Base pay has now been raised to $40/rehearsal and $60/performance.  All musicians being offered full-time positions within the orchestra will be offered multi-year contracts with the ensemble, pending yearly review by the Music Director and YMF administration.

YMF seeks not only to reach a diverse audience, but also present an orchestra that is diverse in roster. We enthusiastically encourage application from musicians of all ethnic backgrounds.

SEASON 54 (2008-09) OPEN POSITIONS

The following positions will be auditioned in late September-early October, 2008. A full list of excerpts is listed below. Applications and a copy of required repertoire will be available on this website beginning Monday, August 4, 2008.

If a current member of the orchestra wins a position listed below, the runner-up will be named as a replacement for any other open position.

DOWNLOAD APPLICATION HERE.
Links to downloadable versions of excerpts are located in the Required Excerpts section.

VIOLIN
CONCERTMASTER, ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER, ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER, SECTION/ALTERNATE
Saturday, 9/27/08: 11am-5p

VIOLA
SECTION/ALTERNATE
Saturday, 9/27/08: 6-9pm

CELLO
PRINCIPAL, ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL, SECTION/ALTERNATE
Sunday, 9/28/08: 2-5pm

BASS
PRINCIPAL*, SECTION/ALTERNATE
Sunday, 9/28/08: 6-9pm

FLUTE
PRINCIPAL*, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL (3rd/PICCOLO), ALTERNATE
(an alternate will also be selected from these auditions.)
Monday, 9/29/08: 5-10pm

OBOE
ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL (2nd/ENGLISH HORN)
(an alternate will also be selected from these auditions.)
Tuesday, 9/30/08: 8:30-10pm

CLARINET
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL CLARINET (B-flat, E-flat+Bass)
(an alternate will also be selected from these auditions.)
Friday, 10/03/08: 6-8pm

BASSOON
ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL (2nd BASSOON)
Tuesday, 9/30/08: 6:30-8pm

HORN
ALL HORN POSITIONS INCLUDING PRINCIPAL & ALTERNATES
Wednesday, 10/01/08: 6:30-10pm

TRUMPET ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL (2nd), 3rd TRUMPET
(an alternate will also be selected from these auditions.)
Thursday, 10/02/08: 7:30-10pm

TROMBONE
ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL (2nd)
(an alternate will also be selected from these auditions.)
Thursday, 10/02/08: 5-7:00pm

PERCUSSION
PRINCIPAL*, SECTION
Saturday, 10/04/08: 11am–5pm

PIANO
PRINCIPAL PIANO, ALTERNATE
Friday, 10/03/08: 8:30-9:30pm

HARP
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL HARP
Friday, 10/03/08: 9:30-10pm

REQUIRED EXCERPTS

VIOLIN CLICK HERE FOR EXCERPTS
1. First movement of any standard concerto
2. Strauss – Don Juan: beg to 13 after C
3. Mahler – Symphony no. 1: I, 18 to 7 after 21
4. Brahms – Symphony No. 1: I, beg. to B

if auditioning for Concertmaster or Principal Positions, add:
5. Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade: solos/cadenzas
6. Brahms – Symphony no. 1: II, solo

VIOLA CLICK HERE FOR EXCERPTS
1. First movement of any standard concerto
2. Strauss – Don Juan: beg. to B
3. Beethoven – Symphony No. 5: II, beg. to C
4. Strauss – Don Quixote: solo part, 4 reh. 14 to beg. of Var. I

CELLO CLICK HERE FOR EXCERPTS
1. First movement of any standard concerto
2. Strauss – Don Juan: 3 before I to 4 after K
3. Beethoven: Symphony No. 5: II, beg. to C
4. Brahms: Symphony no. 2: II

if auditioning for Principal Positions, add:
5. Mozart - Symphony no. 35: mvt IV
6. Strauss – Don Quixote: Variation I – solos

BASS CLICK HERE FOR EXCERPTS
1. First movement of any standard concerto
2. Beethoven - Symphony No. 9: IV, recitatives
3. Schubert - Symhony No. 9 – III: letter B to D
4. Mahler - Symphony no. 1: III, beginning solo

if auditioning for Principal Positions, add:
5. Stravinsky - Pulcinella Suite: Mvt. VII, (reh. 85-94) – solo

FLUTE CLICK HERE FOR EXCERPTS
(all applicants MUST audition on Piccolo)
1. First movement (exposition) of Mozart – Concerto in G
2. Ravel - Daphnis and Chloe: solo at reh. 176
3. Mendelssohn - A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Scherzo
4. Hindemith - Symphonic Metamorphosis: III, solo
5. Saint-Saens - Carnival of the Animals: Mvt 10
6. Debussy - Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
7. Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 4: III (PICCOLO)
8. Shostakovich – Symphony No. 6 (PICCOLO)

OBOE CLICK HERE FOR EXCERPTS
(all applicants must audition on English Horn)
1. First movement (exposition) of Mozart – Concerto
2. Brahms – Violin Concerto: II, solo
3. Ravel – Le Tombeau de Couperin: I
4. Rossini – Overture, La Scala di Seta: Andantino & Allegro solos
5. Dvorak – Symphony no. 9: II, opening solo (ENGLISH HORN)
6. Rossini – Overture, William Tell (ENGLISH HORN)

CLARINET CLICK HERE FOR EXCERPTS
(all applicants must audition on E-flat, B-flat, & Bass cl)
1. First movement (exposition) of Mozart - Concerto
2. Kodály – Dances of Galanta: opening solo
3. Beethoven – Symphony No. 6: II, mm. 68-78
4. Brahms – Symphony no. 3: II, opening solos
5. Copland – El Salon Mexico (E-FLAT)
6. Grofé - Grand Canyon Suite: III (BASS)
7. Shostakovich – Violin Concerto No. 1: II (BASS)

BASSOON CLICK HERE FOR EXCERPTS
1. First movement (exposition) – Mozart: Concerto
2. Mozart – Overture, Marriage of Figaro: mm. 1-58
3. Beethoven – Symphony No. 6: II, mm. 7-18 & 31-38
4. Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade: II, beg. to A
5. Stravinsky – Rite of Spring: opening solo

HORN CLICK HERE FOR EXCERPTS
(all 1st horn except #3 + 5)
1. First movement (exposition only) of Mozart – Concerto no. 3
2. Beethoven – Symphony no. 7: I, mm. 88-104 (high horn)
3. Beethoven – Symphony no. 3: III, trio, horn 2 (low)
4. Strauss – Till Eulenspiegel: opening solos
5. Shostakovich – Symphony no. 5: I, low tutti
6. Shostakovich – Symphony no. 5: I, high horn solo
7. Brahms – Symphony no. 2: I, solo

TRUMPET CLICK HERE FOR EXCERPTS
1. First movement of Haydn: Trumpet Concerto
2. Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition: Samuel Goldenberg
3. Mahler – Symphony No. 5: I, opening solo
4. Stravinsky – Petrouchka: Ballerina’s Dance &Waltz
5. Shostakovich – Symphony No. 5, reh. 27 to reh. 29 (3rd Tpt)

TROMBONE CLICK HERE FOR EXCERPTS
1. First movement of standard concerto (David, Grondahl, etc.)
2. Mozart – Requiem: Tuba Mirum
3. Ravel – Bolero: solo
4. Wagner – Die Walküre (minor & major)
5. Berlioz – Hungarian March: 1 measure before reh. 4 to reh. 5
6. Schumann – Symphony no. 3: IV, mm. 1-23
7. Brahms – Symphony no. 2: IV, O to end

PERCUSSION CLICK HERE FOR EXCERPTS
Snare Drum
1. Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade: III & IV
2. W. Schuman – Symphony #3
3. Long roll with cresc./decresc.

Xylophone: Gershwin – Porgy and Bess

Glockenspiel: Dukas – Sorcerer’s Apprentice: reh. 17 –reh. 24

Tambourine: Dvorak – Carnaval Overture

Cymbals: Tchaikovsky – Symphony #4

PIANO CLICK HERE FOR EXCERPTS
1. One movement from a Beethoven sonata or comparable solo work
2. Stravinsky: Petrushka, 64 to 91

HARP CLICK HERE FOR EXCERPTS
1. Solo of choice
2. Ravel – Tzigane, opening cadenza
3. Berlioz – Symphonie Fantastique: Le Bal
4. Britten – Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: Variations I & J