Are you interested in joining Orchestra Next for the 2022-23 season?  


Fellowship Program

ON Fellows are students and emerging professionals, at various stages of experience. They are musicians who need to get a foot in the door with the profession and are looking for an orchestral experience that is at a professional level and fun. The Fellowship Program is competitive and requires an audition. As in more typical years, Orchestra Next will be accepting roughly 35 orchestral musicians for the season.

Covid Vaccination Requirement

Last season, all members of the orchestra were required to provide proof of vaccination in order to participate. ON’s policy for the 22-23 season will be developed as we get closer to our first show with the Ballet (December).

What will Fellows be involved with over the season?

  • Fellows will participate in Orchestra Next’s 22/23 Season which includes:
    • The Nutcracker (Tchaikovsky) in December with Eugene Ballet at the Hult Center
    • Petrushka (Stravinsky) with Eugene Ballet in February
    • Little Mermaid (featuring music by Claude Debussy) with Eugene Ballet in May
    • And more! Check this link for all tentative dates: http://www.orchestranext.com/22-23-season/
  • Fellows will also be ready to go for productions that come up for ON! 
  • And Fellows will be paid an honorarium for their work as they were in prior years (~$60 a service)

Fellowship Audition Procedure and Requirements

  • The audition is open to anyone who is looking for the opportunity to work in a training orchestra.  There are no age restrictions.
  • Please find the appropriate audition excerpts for your instrument below.
  • Video record your audition and upload it to YouTube as unlisted (not public or private). Please compile all material into one video. Here is an example as to how you should label your video on YouTube: Orchestra Next Audition: Trumpet
  • Include the link in the audition form.
  • Auditions open (follow the link below) on Sept. 1, 2022
  • Deadline for submissions: 11:59 pm on Oct. 9, 2022
  • Chosen candidates will be notified about the results of their audition by Oct 14, 2022
  • Tuition for the ON program is $500, but all Fellows accepted into the program receive a full scholarship
  • Questions? email us at orchestranext [at] gmail.com

Orchestra Next 22/23 Application


Audition Excerpts for Fellowship Application

Audio Engineer **NEW**
    1. 2-3 samples of your audio engineering work (does not need to be classical)
    2. a statement explaining
      • Your general knowledge and experience
      • Your ability to communicate between engineer, producer, and artist
      • Your willingness to “get your hands dirty-the engineer is the first to arrive, and the last to leave,” and
      • Why you desire to learn the artform of audio production

Please note: be prepared to work some evenings and weekends

Flute
    1. Mozart – Flute Concerto in G K.313
      • (Exposition only-without piano)
    2. Flute I: Petrushka
      • Opening to Rehearsal 7
    3. Flute II: Tchaikovsky – The Nutcracker
      • Act 1, Scene 4: 5th bar of Allegro vivo until 8 before Rehearsal 33 (flute)
    4. Tchaikovsky – The Nutcracker
      • Act 1, Scene 6: 7 after Rehearsal 68-69 (piccolo)
    5. Tchaikovsky – The Nutcracker
      • Valse des Flocon de Neige: 105-108 (piccolo)

Orchestra-Next-Flute-Excerpts-2022

Oboe
    1. Mozart – Oboe Concertosolo oboe part
    2. Debussy – La Mer
      • Mvt 2: rehearsal 17-18 (play oboe 1 part and oboe 2 part in the 8th bar)
      • Oboe 1&2 part
    3. Debussy – La Mer
      • Mvt 2: rehearsal 25 (6 bars)
      • see above
    4. Farrenc – Nonet
      • Mvt. 2: variation 1 (measures 17-35)

Farrenc Nonet – oboe

English Horn excerpts

(all from The Nutcracker)

    1. Act I, Scene 5
      • beginning to rehearsal #46
    2. Act I, Scene 5
      • rehearsal #63-64
    3. Act II, Number 12e
      • Danse des Mirlitons, rehearsal #38-39

ON English Horn Excerpts

Clarinet
    1.  Farrenc – Nonet
      • Mvt 4: mm. 25-36
    2. Farrenc – Symphony No. 3
      • Mvt 2: beginning to m. 26
    3. Tchaikovsky – The Nutcracker
      • Overture: mm. 20-24
    4. Tchaikovsky – The Nutcracker
      • No 12a: m. 13 to rehearsal #23
    5. Stravinsky – Petrushka
      • Begin at rehearsal 56 (see attached below)
    6. Mendelssohn – A Midsummer Night’s Dream
      • Scherzo (see attached below)

(pages 1-3 below)

ON Clarinet Excerpts

Bass Clarinet
    1. Tchaikovsky – The Nutcracker
      • see attached
    2. Tchaikovsky – The Nutcracker
      • see attached
    3. Tchaikovsky – The Nutcrakcer
      • see attached
    4. Grofe – Grand Canyon Suite
      • Mvt 3: rehearsal #2 to #3

ON Bass Clarinet Excerpts

Bassoon
    1. Tchaikovsky – Nutcracker
      • bracketed excerpts (two)
    2. Jennifer Higdon – Concerto for Orchestra
      • Mvt. 1: mm 190-196
    3. Stravinsky – Petrushka
      • bsn2 (see attached)
    4. Stravinsky – Petrushka
      • contra (see attached)
    5. Debussy – La Mer
      • contra (see attached)

ON-Bassoon-Excerpts 22/23

Horn

all parts are Horn in F unless where noted:

    1. Stravinsky – Petrushka
      • Danse des Nounous ([91] – [95])
    2. Weber – Der Freischutz
      • Horn 4 – C horn
    3. Zenobia Powell Perry – Three Pieces for Horn and Piano
    4. Debussy – La Mer
      • Mvmt. 3, Horn 2

ON Horn Excerpts 22/23

Trumpet
    1. William Dawson – Negro Folk Symphony 
      • Mvt. 1,  17mm before 2 through 4 bars after 2
      • Mvt. 1, 9th bar of 14 through 15
    2. Stravinsky – Petrushka 1947
      • 2nd trumpet
        • reh. 116-119
        • reh. 156-158
        • reh. 163-167
        • reh. 265-267

    3. Jennifer Higdon – Concerto for Orchestra
      • Mvt 1: mm. 216 – 235 (tpt in C)
    4. Debussy – La Mer
      • 2nd trumpet:
        • reh. 26-27
      • 1st cornet:
          • 6 mm. before reh. 58 to 2 before 58
          • reh. 62 to 4 before reh. 63

ON-Trumpet-Excerpts-2223 updated

Trombone (updated 9/9/22)
    1. Bordogni/Rochut. No. 57
    2. Petrushka (2nd trombone): 3rd bar of 112-117
    3. Ravel – Bolero
      •  1st trombone, 10-11
    4. Rossini – La Gazza Ladra
      •  Mm. 115-139
    5. Mahler – Symphony No. 3
      •  Mvt. 1: rehearsal #13 to #17

ON-tenor-trombone 22/23

Bass Trombone (updated 9/9/22)
    1. Bordogni/Rochut. No. 57, 8vb
    2. Haydn – Creation #26, beginning to C
    3. Schumann – Symphony No. 3
      • Mvt. 4: beginning to measure 18
    4. Wagner – Ride of the Valkuries
        • Pick-up to 11 through 5th bar of 12
    5. Petrushka (3rd trombone): 3rd bar of 112-114. 121-122

BASS BONE 22/23

Tuba (updated 9/9/22)
    1. Bordogni/Rochut. No. 57, 8vb

    2. Petrushka: 100-101

    3. Mahler – Symphony No. 1
      • Mvt. 3 Satz: 4 before 3 to 5 after 3
    4. Wagner – Ride of the Valkyries
      • pick-up to 11 through 5th bar of 12
    5. Prokofiev – Symphony No. 5 
      • Mvt. 1: [3] to 2 bars before [6]

TUBA 22/23

Harp
    1. Solo of choice, 2 minutes max.
    2. Tchaikovsky – The Nutcracker
      • Waltz of the Flowers Cadenza
    3. Berlioz – Symphonie fantastique
      • Un Bal
    4. Britten – Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
      • Var. I & Fugue, I to end

ON Harp Excerpts

Violin
    1. Solo of choice (1-2 min.)
    2. Prokofiev – Cinderella (as shown in pdf)
    3. Stravinsky – Petrushka
      • Rehearsal 35-39
      • Rehearsal 90-92
      • Rehearsal 117-120
    4. Farrenc –  Symphony No. 1
      • Mvt. 4: m.1-A (PAGE 16 OF THE VIOLIN SCORE)
      • Scherzo: m.1-36 (PAGE 37 OF THE VIOLIN SCORE)
      • Finale: D-E (PAGE 58 OF THE VIOLIN SCORE)
ON violin excerpts

Viola
    1. Concerto of choice (2min)
    2. H. Berlioz – Roman Carnival Overture, Op. 9
      • One measure after Rehearsal #1 through 8 measures after Rehearsal #3
    3. F. Mendelssohn – Midsummer Night’s Dream 
      • No. 1: Scherzo: m. 17 – letter D
      • letter E – letter G
    4. Tchaikovsky – Nutcracker
      • Overture: beginning to letter A (first 16 bars)
    5. Tchaikovsky – Nutcracker
      • No. 4: beginning to m. 14
    6. Tchaikovsky – Nutcracker
      • Mother Gigogne and the Clowns: m. 4 – 18 measures after letter A (or m. 36)
ON Viola Excerpts

Cello (updated 9/9/22)
    1. Solo piece excerpt 2 min
    2. Tchaikovsky – The Nutcracker
      • Trepak: rehearsal 34-35
    3. Tchaikovsky – Nutcracker
      • Pas de Deux: beginning to 4 after 68
    4. Petrushka 47-58, 161-166, and 204-209
    5. La Mer- 9-seven after 9, and 61-62
ON Cello Excerpts 22/23

Bass
    1. Beethoven – Symphony No. 5
      • Mvt. 3: beginning through m. 100
      • Mvt. 3: mm. 141- 218 (no repeat)
    2. Mozart – Symphony No. 39
      • As marked, see attached
    3. Strauss – Ein Heldenleben
      • As marked, see attached

ON Bass Excerpts

Percussion
    1. Gershwin – Porgy and Bess
      • 4 before 14 to 15
    2. Tchaikovsky – The Nutcracker
      • Toy Drum / Battle Scene / 78-81
    3. Beethoven – Symphony 9
      • bracketed section
    4. Stravinsky – Petrushka
      • bracketed sections (3)
    5. Debussy – La Mer
      • bracketed sections (2)

Fall 2022 ON percussion audition excerpts

Piano
    1. ~3 minute solo of your choice
    2. Stravinsky – Petrushka
      • Danse russe (rehearsal 33 through the downbeat of rehearsal 39)

ON Piano Excerpts 22/23

Orchestra Next 22/23 Application