Are you interested in working for Africa's premier Orchestra? We have several vacant positions, which are listed below. Read the requirements and if you would like to apply then send a complete CV, recorded audition pieces on CD, video or similar, and all your contact details to:
The Orchestra Manager
KZN Philharmonic
PO Box 5353, Durban, 4000, South Africa
3rd Floor, 29 Acutt Street, Durban, 4001, South Africa
Tel: +27 31 369 9438
Fax: +27 31 369 9403
Email: kznpo@kznpo.co.za
Applications ARE Invited FOR THE Following Positions:
? Tutti violin (6 positions)
? Tutti viola
? Trumpet (co-principal) - Auditions on Monday 9 November 2009 from 9am onwards
Note:
- For cadetship applications the candidate must be either entering or in undergraduate study, a recent university graduate or pursuing graduate level studies.
- Successful candidates must be willing to relocate to Durban.
Please Note:
Accompanists are not provided, and not essential. If an accompanist is used it is total responsible of the candidate.
Auditions may be recorded for review and representation purposes.
The Kznpo does not provide pianos for such accompanists, except when auditions are held at the Natal Playhouse company in Durban.
For auditions held in Durban, S.A. the Kznpo audition panel will be in attendance.
All candidates are to supply their own instruments and all music required.
Candidates are at liberty to inform the adjudicator of nay other instruments on which he/she is proficient and which the candidates would like to present at the audition.
All decisions made by the Kznpo management in respect of the above are final and no further correspondence will be entered into.
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Tutti Viola
Audition Requirements:
All candidates auditioning are required to prepare sections A, B, C as given below.
Section A
A Bach work of own choice (1st mvt)
Section B
First movement of any concerto of own choice, including Walton or Bartok etc.
Section C: Excerpts from orchestral repertoire
R Strauss: Don Juan - All Excerpts
Smetana: Bartered Bride - Opening till 7th after 5
Berlioz: Roman Carnival: Overture - 3rd bar fig 1 to fig 3
Brahms: Symphony No. 4 - 3rd mvt
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 - 1st mvt fig 15 to fig 17
Grieg: Peer Gynt: Suite No.1 - H till I
(Morgenstimmen) - Letter A till 6 bars before E
Principal Position Only:
Solo from Giselle (Adam)
Solo excerpts from Harold in Italy (Berlioz)
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Tutti Violin
Audition Requirements:
All candidates auditioning for the Kznpo are required to prepare sections A, B, C and D as given below. (Section E is only Second violin principal positions.)
Section A
Unaccompanied J.S Bach Sonata or Partita of own choice – one movement only.
Section B
First movement of a Mozart concerto of own choice plus cadenza.
Section C
A Romantic Concerto (Expositions only)
Section D
Excerpts from Orchestral Repertoire:
First violin parts of the following:
Beethoven: Symphony No 2 - Scherzo (bars 1-62)
Beethoven: Symphony No 5 - Finale (bars 393-459)
Schumann: Symphony No 2 - Scherzo (bars 1-55)
Brahms: Symphony No.2 - Adagio no troppo (bars 1-61)
Prokofiev: Classical Symphony - Larghetto (bars 1-14)
Shostakovich: Symphony No 5 - Dotted rhythm section (24bars)
Second violin parts of the following:
Mozart: Symphony No 39 - Last mov. From Bar 8-41 (@120)
Brahms: Piano Concerto No1 - Rondo – From bar 238 – 263 (@96)
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Trumpet (Co-principal)
Audition Requirements:
All candidates must present all complete sections
Section A
Haydn: Trumpet Concerto
Section B
Enesco: Legende
Section C
Orchestral excerpts:
"Roger Voisin" Edition:
Bach: Magnificat (first 31 bars)
Bartok: Concerto for orchestra (1st mvt, bars 35-51 and Finale, bars 211-256/549-573)
Brahms: Symphony No. 2 (VII, p 14-15) (1st mvt, solo phase and 4th mvt, last phase)
Mahler: Symphony No. 5 (Viii, p 8-17) (1st mvt, bars 1-24 / 155-172 / 278-293)
Moussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Opening Promenade, Goldberg & Schmuyle, 1st phrase of Kiev)
Stravinsky: Petroushka (Ballerina Dance, Waltz & variation & Ending phrase)
Mahler: Symphony No. 3 (VII, p13-14) (post horn solo)
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G (Opening phrase and last phrase 1st Mvt)
Stravinsky: Pulcinella (Toccata opening phrase & Finale last phrase)
Additional information:
http://www.kznpo.co.za/vacancies.htm
