Updated call for supernumerary bank 2022

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The Medellín Philharmonic Orchestra invites musicians interested in being part of the orchestra's supernumerary bank to read this call carefully. 

The Filarmed supernumeraries will be summoned to participate in those performances in which the orchestra's staff must be expanded, according to the needs of the repertoire and the agenda. Payment is made for service provided, with service understood as each rehearsal and concert in which the supernumerary participates; The value of each service will correspond to the rate that the Medellín Philharmonic Orchestra provides for 2022.  

Candidate profile  

Professional musicians with a minimum of one (1) year experience as a musician in symphony orchestras. If you do not have a professional degree, three (3) years of experience will be required; The experience must be properly supported with certificates or hand-held programs.  

Interested persons must reside in Colombia. The Medellín Philharmonic Orchestra will not be responsible for any transfer that supernumeraries must incur.

Update of requirements for the supernumerary bank call for the Medellín Philharmonic Orchestra Corporation.

Musicians interested in participating in the call for supernumeraries who do not have certificates of orchestral experience may attach, in the document link of the registration form, a letter of recommendation from their instrument teacher or from a recognized symphonic musician. for his work as a teacher, performer or musician belonging to a professional orchestra.

It is VERY IMPORTANT that the person who writes the letter of recommendation is a performer of the same instrument to which it is being applied in the call.

 

Stages of the call 

  • Registration and receipt of documents: December 10, 2021 to February 18, 2022. 
  • Documentation Review: from the February 21 to 24, 2022. 
  • Publication of the list of those eligible for live audition: February 25, 2022. 
  • Live audition: 22 as of March 25, 2022. 
  • Publication of results: March 31, 2022. 

1. Registration and receipt of documents  

 

Those interested in participating in this call must fill out the published registration form HERE , where they must attach the following documentation: 

 

  • Identification card. 
  • Certificates of academic training. 
  • Certificates of experience of at least one year working in an orchestra, for graduates. 
  • Experience certificates of at least three years if you do not have a professional degree. 

 

Note: Remember to answer all the questions and attach your link with all the requested documentation. Otherwise your application will not be taken into account. 

 

2. Documentation review 

The Orchestra will verify that the registrations and documents provided are correct and that they have been delivered on the established dates. Applicants who contain inconsistencies in the information reported will not be taken into account for appointment to live auditions. 

3. Publication of the list of those eligible for live audition 

Once the documentation review process has been completed, the people who have provided the complete documents and within the times established in this call will be summoned. This summons will inform you of the date, time and place where the auditions will be held.  

4. Live audition during the week of March 22-25, 2022 

The location of the auditions will be in Medellín. Participants who reach this stage must present the entire repertoire required in this call and will be evaluated on a scale of 1 to 100 by an internal jury appointed by the Medellín Philharmonic Orchestra. 

Note: Dates may be modified according to the number of registered participants.  

Repertoire for live audition

Supernumerary pension 

 

INSTRUMENT   REPERTOIRE 
FIDDLE   1) Mozart: Concerto 3, 4, or 5, first movement without cadenza.
2) Mozart: Symphony 35 “Haffner”, finale presto, first 37 bars (violin part 1). 3) Mozart: Symphony 39. Satz, Finale, first 40 bars (violin part 2).
4) Brahms: Symphony 3. First movement, from 12 bars before the letter K to the end.  Orchestral sheet music link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1APOFCePXK0WxnS8zN8NXPcmIWqeIqMVc/view?usp=sharing  
VIOLA  1) First movement of any of the following concertos with cadenza:  

– C. Stamitz, Viola Concerto in D major.  

– FA Hoffmeister, Viola Concerto in D major.  

2) Shostakovich: Symphony No 5. 1st. Mov. From numeral 15 to 17.  

3) R. Strauss: Don Juan: From the beginning until 5 bars before the letter D.  

4) Brahms: Symphony No 4. 4th. Mov. Measures 41 to 80. 

 

Orchestral sheet music link:  

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-dy_2mvm4aGMXovViLGNRNdJEkBNRpvJ/view?usp=sharing 

 
VIOLONCELLO  1) First movement without cadence of any of the following concertos:  

* Haydn, Joseph: Concerto in D major.  

* Haydn, Joseph: Concerto in C major.  

* Sains-Saëns, Charles-Camille: Concert.  

* Elgar, Edward: Concerto.  

* Dvorak, Antonin: Concerto.  

* Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Rococo (Theme and two contrasting variations).  

2) Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D major “Haffner”. Presto (see attached score).  

3) Beethoven: Symphony No. 5. Second movement (see attached score).  

4) Brahms: Symphony No. 2. Second movement (see attached score).

5) Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro Overture. Presto (see attached score). 

 

Orchestral sheet music link: 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1i1w_lDUEF3768qtXKjCP6rE_jTtNIN_8/view?usp=sharing 

 
DOUBLE BASS  1) Dittersdorf: Concerto for Double Bass, first movement without cadenza.  

2) Beethoven: Symphony 9. 4th. Mov. Recitatives. 

3) Brahms Symphony 2: 4th. Mov. Measures from 244 to 279.  

4) Mozart: Symphony 40. From measure 115 to 138.  

5) Tchaikovsky: Symphony 4. 1st. Mov. Letter P up to 1 after Q. 

 

Orchestral sheet music link: 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/13FVCixd–MTPIbauiPLAmlW-LqIjQf-2/view?usp=sharing 

 
FLUTE  1) Mozart: Concerto in G or D major, 1st. Motion.  

2) Bizet: Carmen. Intermission  

3) Bramhs: Symphony No. 4  

4) Rossini: William Tell Overture  

5) Piccolo: 

  • Rossini: Semiramide.  
  • R. Korsakov: Scheherazade.  

Note: All orchestral excerpts are those that appear in the attached scores 

 

Orchestral sheet music link: 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AnggZOglxT8X8Ycqdct4jcMvB4OcrNxd/view?usp=sharing 

 
OBOE AND ENGLISH HORN 

(Test for 2nd Oboe and English horn role is optional) 

 1) Mozart: Oboe Concerto in C Major K.314, 1st Movement (from the beginning to measure 97). 

2) Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, (Introduction to Variation 1). 

3) Bizet: Symphony in C, 2nd Movement-Adagio. 

4) Moussorgski/Ravel: Paintings from an Exhibition Les Tuileries Ballet “des pussins dans leurs coques”  

 

Orchestral Solos for English Horn: (Optional if the participant owns the instrument)  

 

1) Rossini: William Tell Overture. 

2) Berlioz: Overture “The Roman Carnival” (from measure 21 to No. 4). 

 

Orchestral sheet music link: 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xxDTpsnqAAZchFAgwLY2RFsYAXP-7rGg/view?usp=sharing 

 
CLARINET  Soprano Clarinet (required)  

 

1) Mozart: Clarinet Concerto. First movement (exposition) 2) Beethoven: Symphony No.6. II movement. One measure before letter D to two measures before letter E  

3) Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream. Scherzo. Beginning to letter B  

4) Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade. 2nd. Mov. Cadenza (letter F) 

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Requinto Clarinet (optional)  

 

1) Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel. Numeral 30 to numeral 32 

2) Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé: 

  • One measure before numeral 157 up to three measures before numeral 158  
  • Only from numeral 160 

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Bass Clarinet (optional)  

 

1) Stravinsky: Rite of Spring. 

  • Numeral 11 to 12  
  • Numeral 48 to 49  

2) Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel. Numeral 29 to 32  

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Note:  

*Bass clarinet and requinto clarinet solos are NOT mandatory 

 

Orchestral sheet music link: 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LH1lvGGIzONzn2az1HcCuouE9xAwCd8D/view?usp=sharing 

 

 
BASSOON  1) WA Mozart: Bassoon Concerto in B flat Major.  

First Movement from measure 35, to measure 98  

2) J. Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major.  

Second movement / Play part of the Second Bassoon / From the beginning, until measure 32.  

3) H. Berlioz: Fantastic Symphony / Fourth Movement / First Bassoon:  

  • From fifteen measures before the number “51”, to six measures before the number “51” 
  • From two measures before the number “52”, until the number “53”  

4) PI Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 “Pathetic” Op. 74. 

Fourth Movement from measure 2, to measure 36 

 

Orchestral sheet music link: 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1obLAHKy20urENSYZyB-3gEkuwlJKV8-C/view?usp=sharing 

 
HORN  1) Mozart: The exposition of the first movement of Concerto No. 4 kv. 495 in Eb.  

2) Strauss: Concerto No. 1, in Eb first movement. 

3) Tchaikovsky: Symphony 5, solo from the 2nd. Movement (measures 8 to 28)  

4) Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5, call of the first movement (from rehearsal number 17 to rehearsal number 21) 

 

Orchestral sheet music link: 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/12r8s-o6kj3fr2sYimn7U4uLB8Vld-H_F/view?usp=sharing 

 
TRUMPET  1) Trumpet Concerto in Eb by Hummel, first movement (Can be played on trumpet in Bb)  

2) R. Korsakov: Scheherazade (Trumpet 2)  

  • II movement, from measure 17 of the letter “E” to the letter “F”.  
  • Four measures before the letter “K” to the letter “L”. 
  • III movement, from the letter “G” to the letter “H”. 
  • IV movement, from the letter “W” (Spiritoso) to (Allegro non troppo e maestoso).  

3) O. Respighi: Pini di Roma, “Pini presso una catacomba” internal waterspout alone.  

4) G. Bizet: Carmen (trumpet in Bb), “Prelude” from number 6 to the end of the prelude.  

5) P. Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker “ballet” (trumpet 1), “Divertissement” numeral 12 (le chocolat) brilliant allegro, trumpet solo.  

6) L. Bermúdez: Colombia beloved land (Felix Mórgan version) Tutti final  

7) V. Valencia: San Pelayo (trumpet 2).  

 

Orchestral sheet music link: 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1S0pjT8I8lnxwh_eb4SRMQZfbSTf6rFCn/view?usp=sharing 

 
TROMBONE  1) Ferdinand David: Trombone Concerto first movement. 

2) Mozart: Requiem, Tuba Mirum. 

3) Rossini: “La Gazza Ladra” Overture, from bars 115 to 131; from 275 to 291 and from 432 to 442  

4) Till Eulenspiegel: Part 2 (4 before measure 36 until 5 of 37) 

 

Orchestral sheet music link: 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HgCAFYAPjhDA0fFxVNjC-szVeHfpdUzi/view?usp=sharing 

 

  
BASS TROMBONE  1) Eugene Bozza: New Orleans for bass trombone and piano 

2) J. Haydn: The creation. No.26 from start to C.  

3) Berlioz: Fantastic Symphony. From 56 to six bars after 57.  

4) G. Rossini: William Tell. From C to 8 measures after D. 

 

Orchestral sheet music link: 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Bn_Tld74_80srSAo3YtiUDMXPeQkuTSr/view?usp=sharing 

 
TUBA  1) Vaughan Williams: Tuba Concerto, First movement.  

2) Berlioz: Fantastic Symphony  

  • Fourth movements, from measure 60 to 155. 
  • Fifth movement, from bars 29 to 524.  

3) S. Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 – first movement, 3 to 6  

4) R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel Lustige Streiche. 

 

Orchestral sheet music link: 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UXzKratazkM9Lc5q5121wVgZ9Vyz7tXg/view?usp=sharing 

 
PERCUSSION  Xylophone  

1) Kodaly, Háry János: – Sixth movement, from alla Marcia to the third measure from No. 10.  

 

Saucers  

2) PI Tchaikovsky, Romeo and Juliet Overture – 12 measures starting from the letter E.  

 

Timpani  

3) Rite of Spring / I.Stravinsky – from number 193 to the fifth measure of number 197.  

 

snare drum  

4) Test Claire / Jaques Delécluse. 

 

* For percussion instruments, the interpretation of Latin and Colombian rhythms (salsa, porro and cumbia) on congas, Latin timbale and maracones or güiro will be evaluated.  

 

Orchestral sheet music link: 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cH6S7gcMzsiHpZkEU29URXn8MDYqphf3/view?usp=sharing 

 

 

  1. Publication of results.  

Participants who obtain a score equal to or greater than 85 points out of 100 will form a list of eligibles that will be published on March 31, 2022 on the Filarmed website.  

 

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