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Auditions

The Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra is pleased to announce auditions for the following openings:
Violin - Section
Viola – Assistant Principal AND Section
Cello - Section
Bass - Principal

Section Violin

Audition Date: Sunday November 2, 2008
Audition Location: Laramie County Community College – Cheyenne, WY
Application Deadline: Monday, October 20, 2008

For more information and to request an audition time email a ONE PAGE resume by Monday, October 20, 2008 to:
Becky Kutz Osterberg at:
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Please include current address, email address and phone number.

Communication via email is greatly preferred, but you may also mail to:
Becky Kutz Osterberg, Orchestra Manager
6612 Avondale Rd #6A Fort Collins, CO 80525

Repertoire

SOLO:
- 1st mvt. of a standard concerto

EXCERPTS:
- Brahms Symph. No. 1, 2nd Mvt: the first 39 ms.
- Mendelssohn Symph. No. 4, 1st Mvt: beginning-ms. 110
- Mozart Symph. No. 35, 1st Mvt: ms. 1-66 and 4th Mvt.: ms. 110-146, 216-end (please note that it will need to be the Barenreiter edition for the 4th Mvt. selections)
- Shostakovich Symph. No. 5, 1st Mvt: ms. 1-32 (1 after rehearsal #5) and Rehearsal #32- 2 ms. after Rehearsal #38

Please be prepared to sight read

Assistant Principal Viola
Section Viola

Audition Date: Sunday November 2, 2008
Audition Location: Laramie County Community College – Cheyenne, WY
Application Deadline: Monday, October 20, 2008

For more information and to request an audition time
email a ONE PAGE resume by Monday, October 20, 2008 to:
Becky Kutz Osterberg at:
This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Please include current address, email address and phone number.

Communication via email is greatly preferred, but you may also mail to:
Becky Kutz Osterberg, Orchestra Manager
6612 Avondale Rd #6A Fort Collins, CO 80525

Repertoire

SOLOS:
- 1st mvt. of a standard concerto

EXCERPTS for Section:
- Beethoven Symph. No. 5, Andante con moto: beginning to 8 before “C”
- Mendelssohn, Midsummer Night’s Dream: beginning to 8 before “G”
- Shostakovich Symph. No. 5, 1st Mvt: #15 to #17
- Tchaikovsky Symph. No. 6, 1st Mvt: ms 19-75

EXCERPTS for Assistant Principal:
All of the section excerpts plus:
- Enesco, Rumanian Rhapsody No. 1, Opus 11: #3 - #6, and #7 - #8

Please be prepared to sight read

Section Cello

Audition Date: Sunday November 2, 2008
Audition Location: Laramie County Community College – Cheyenne, WY
Application Deadline: Monday, October 20, 2008

For more information and to request an audition time
email a ONE PAGE resume by Monday, October 20, 2008 to:
Becky Kutz Osterberg at:
This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Please include current address, email address and phone number.

Communication via email is greatly preferred, but you may also mail to:
Becky Kutz Osterberg, Orchestra Manager
6612 Avondale Rd #6A Fort Collins, CO 80525

Repertoire

SOLO:
- 1 mvt. of a standard concerto

EXCERPTS:
- Beethoven Symph. No. 5, 2nd Mvt: ms. 1-10, ms. 98-133 and 3rd Mvt: ms.1-18, ms. 44-71, ms. 141-218
- Debussy La Mer: 2 ms. before 9-6th ms. of 9 (top line), 61-62 downbeat
- Mendelssohn Symph. No. 4, 1st Mvt: ms.10-51, ms. 241-331, ms. 405-422
- Mozart Symph. No. 35, 4th Mvt: ms. 134-211
- Shostakovich Symph. No. 5, 1st Mvt: 4 before 19-22, 36-39 and 2nd Mvt: 55-1st of 56

Please be prepared to sight read

Principal Bass

Audition Date: Sunday November 2, 2008
Audition Location: Laramie County Community College – Cheyenne, WY
Application Deadline: Monday, October 20, 2008

For more information and to request an audition time
email a ONE PAGE resume by Monday, October 20, 2008 to:
Becky Kutz Osterberg at:
This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Please include current address, email address and phone number.

Communication via email is greatly preferred, but you may also mail to:
Becky Kutz Osterberg, Orchestra Manager
6612 Avondale Rd #6A Fort Collins, CO 80525

Repertoire

SOLOS:
- Prepare a standard solo of your choice and
- 3 minutes from 1 mvt, your choice, of the Solo Cello Suites by Bach

EXCERPTS for PRINCIPAL BASS:
- Beethoven Symph. No. 5, 3rd Mvt: ms 1-18, ms 38-100, pickup to ms 141-177
- Beethoven Symph. No. 9, 4th Mvt: beginning-ms 29, ms 38-47, ms 56-75, ms 80-107, and ms 454-525
- Mozart Symph. No. 40, 1st Mvt: ms 114-138
- Tchaikovsky Symph. No. 6, 1st Mvt: ms 174-187, ms 199-229 and 3rd Mvt. - ms 82-96
- Mahler Symph. No. 1, 3rd Mvt: ms 3-10

Please be prepared to sight read

Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra

Violin I

Stacy Lesarte, Concertmaster
Heejung Kim, Assistant Concertmaster
Jennifer Lyford, Principal
Emily Lewis, Assistant Principal ( on leave)
Chris Jusell, Acting Assistant Principal

Violin II

Christine Short, Principal
Mary Gindulis, Assistant Principal

Violin I/II Section


Jean Farley
Stephanie Garvey
Kuiwoo Lee
Nicole Michael
Barbara Owens
Rachel Sliker
Jaylene Whilhite

Viola

James Przygocki, Principal
Open, Assistant Principal
Lauren Jaap
Quentin Oliver

Cello

Richard von Foerster, Principal
Heidi Mausbach, Assistant Principal
Jack Hansen
Mary Kiesling
Norman Savig
David Short
Suzy Wagner

Bass

Open, Principal
Joel Bonzo, Assistant Principal
Michael Camino
David Ebel
Dennis Griffing
David Saccardi

Flute

Ysmael Reyes, Principal
D. Birch Unfug

Oboe

Gina Johnson, Principal
Marilyn Johnson

Clarinet

Heidi Mendenhall, Co-Principal
Debra Wilbur, Co-Principal

Bassoon

Thomas Bittinger, Co-Principal
Melanie Fisher, Co-Principal

Horn

David Hay, Principal
David Wood, 2nd
Jennifer Swanson, 3rd
Jeff Rubin, 4th

Trumpet

David Shaner, Principal
Thomas Pfotenhauer

Trombone

John Neurohr, Principal
William Scharen
William Runyan

Tuba

Robert Brewer, Principal

Timpani

Eric Hollenbeck, Principal

Percussion

David Johnson, Principal
Thomas Van Schoick

Harp

Connie Wallace, Acting Principal

Keyboard

Debra Throgmorton, Principal

Steward

Jeffery Hickman