Auditions
Auditions for Marlboro Music are typically held in New York City and are scheduled as positions become available, usually every-other year for string instruments, every 2-3 years for wind instruments, and annually for voice. Piano applications are accepted on a rolling basis—please see below for application requirements and information.
Note regarding Covid safety: The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center requires all guests of the Rose Studio (the hall Marlboro Music rents for auditions) to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19. Accordingly, all applicants will be asked to send a PDF or photo of their vaccination record to jloux@marlboromusic.org at least one week prior to their audition.
More detailed information for upcoming auditions for particular instruments/voice may be found below. Please contact Jennifer Loux (jloux@marlboromusic.org; 215-
Bassoon | Cello | Clarinet | Double Bass | Flute | Horn | Oboe | Piano | Viola | Violin | Voice
BASSOON
Next Vacancy: 2023 Season (June 25-August 13)
Next Audition: Wednesday, January 4, 2023 (New York, NY)
Application Deadline: November 18, 2022
Application Requirements: Application Form (Note: at this time, no pre screening materials are required for Bassoon.)
Audition Repertoire:
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- SOLO PORTION Mozart, Bassoon Concerto, K. 191 (with cadenzas) AND An unaccompanied solo work of your choice, written after 1970 CHAMBER MUSIC PORTION please prepare the bassoon part for all of the following: Mozart, Serenade in C minor, K. 388 Beethoven, Quintet for Piano and Winds, Op. 16 (movement II) Harbison, Woodwind Quintet (movements I and IV)Nielsen, Quintet, Op. 43 (solo variation)
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- SOLO PORTION
First movement of one of the following works:
Dvorak Concerto
Schumann Concerto
Haydn D major Concerto
PLUS one solo work of your choice from the accompanied or unaccompanied repertoire.
CHAMBER MUSIC PORTION
Schubert, Piano Trio in B-flat major, D. 898, movements 1 and 2
Berg, String Quartet, Op. 3
Please contact Jennifer Loux with any questions: jloux@marlboromusic.org.
CLARINET
Next Vacancy: 2023 Season (June 25 to August 13)
Next Audition: Tuesday, January 17, 2023 (New York, NY)
Application Deadline: Friday, November 18, 2022
Application Requirements: Application Form
Audition Repertoire:
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- SOLO PORTION One unaccompanied work of choice written after 1970 Brahms Clarinet Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 120, no. 2: movements 1 and 2 CHAMBER MUSIC PORTION please prepare the clarinet part for all of the following: Schubert, Octet in F major, D. 803: movements 1 &2 Bartók, Contrasts for Violin, Clarinet, and Piano, mov’t 1: mm. 1-26, mm. 85-end. Mozart, Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A major, K. 581: movements 1 and 2
DOUBLE BASS
Next Vacancy: TBD
Next Audition: TBD
Application Deadline: TBD
Application Requirements: Application Form
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- AUDITION REPERTOIRE
Solo Portion
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- One Movement of choice from a Cello Suite by J.S. Bach AND One work in contrasting style, from the accompanied or unaccompanied repertoire
Chamber Music Portion
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- Schubert, Octet in F major, D. 803: Movements 1 and 2 AND Prokofiev, Quintet for Oboe, Clarinet, and Strings, Op. 39: Movements 2, 3, and 6 ↑
FLUTE
Next Vacancy: 2023 Season (June 25-August 13)
Next Audition: Thursday, January 19. 2023 (New York, NY)
Application Deadline: Friday, November 11, 2022
Application Requirements: Application Form plus preliminary videos of the following:
1) Expositions of the first and second movements of either the G major (K. 313) OR D major (K. 314) Flute Concerto by W.A. Mozart; and
2) Two movements in differing tempos from a contrasting work of your choice. IF presenting a one-movement work for your contrasting piece, please select something that displays the full range of your musicianship in at least two distinct tempos and moods.
Our panel asks that any accompanied works be recorded with piano (or accompanying ensemble).
Electronic submission (email, Dropbox, Youtube links all accepted) of all materials is preferred, and materials may be sent to jloux@marlboromusic.org.
Applicants will be scheduled for audition on the basis of their preliminary recording. Please contact Jennifer Loux with any questions: jloux@marlboromusic.org.↑
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HORN
Next Vacancy: TBD
Next Audition: TBD
Application Deadline: TBD
Application Requirements: Application Form
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- AUDITION REPERTOIRE (TBD)
OBOE
Next Vacancy: TBD
Next Audition: TBD
Application Deadline: TBD
Application Requirements: Application Form plus preliminary video of the following:
1) W.A. Mozart, Oboe Quartet Mvt 2: Measures 4-20
2) W.A. Mozart, Oboe Quartet Mvt 3: Measures 1-59 3) J.S. Bach, Aria: Ich habe genug (BWV 82): Measures 2-34 4) Villa Lobos, Quintette en forme de choros: rehearsal nos. 7-11
Electronic submission (email, Dropbox, Youtube links all accepted) of all materials is preferred, and materials may be sent to jloux@marlboromusic.org
Applicants will be scheduled for audition on the basis of their preliminary recording. Please contact Jennifer Loux with any questions: jloux@marlboromusic.org.↑
AUDITION REPERTOIRE (TBD)
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PIANO
Next Vacancy: 2024 Season (June 23 to August 11)
Next Audition: Sunday, July 9, 2023
Application Deadline: April 1, 2023
Application Requirements:
Pianists are invited to audition on the basis of a preliminary recording, and are encouraged to send their materials as soon as they are available.
To apply, please send:
Application Form and audio or video recordings, including at least
– One work by Haydn or Mozart
– One complete, major work by Beethoven, Schubert, or SchumannElectronic submission (email, Dropbox, YouTube links all accepted) is preferred, and materials may be sent to Jennifer Loux at jloux@marlboromusic.org.
Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions about the application process (jloux@marlboromusic.org; 215-569-4690).
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Live Audition Requirements:
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2) One complete work by Beethoven OR Schubert
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VIOLA
Next Vacancy: 2023 Season (June 25-August 13)
Next Audition: January 12 and 13, 2023 (New York, NY)
Application Deadline: November 18, 2022
Application Requirements: Application Form plus preliminary recordings of the following:
Two contrasting works from the accompanied or unaccompanied solo repertoire (OR two substantial movements from contrasting works). Electronic submission (email, Dropbox, Youtube links all accepted) of all materials is preferred, and materials may be sent to jloux@marlboromusic.org Applicants will be scheduled for audition on the basis of their preliminary recording. Please contact Jennifer Loux with any questions: jloux@marlboromusic.org.- Audition Repertoire:
- SOLO PORTION
First movement of one of the following works:
Dvorak Concerto
Schumann Concerto
Haydn D major Concerto
PLUS one solo work of your choice from the accompanied or unaccompanied repertoire.
CHAMBER MUSIC PORTION
Schubert, Piano Trio in B-flat major, D. 898, movements 1 and 2
Berg, String Quartet, Op. 3
Please contact Jennifer Loux with any questions: jloux@marlboromusic.org.
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- 1) A complete work for viola and piano, or viola solo.
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2) A substantial movement from a work in a contrasting style from the above.
(NOTE: One of the choices above should be a 20th or 21st Century composition)
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- Mozart, Divertimento, K. 563 (movements I and IV)
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Brahms, Sextet No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 18, Viola 1 (movements I and II)↑
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- AUDITION REPERTOIRE
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- To be announced October 2023
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- Two songs in German
- Two songs in French
- One song in English
- One song of choice in any language
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CELLO
Next Vacancy: 2023 Season (June 25-August 13)
Next Audition: January 14 and 15, 2023 (New York, NY)
Application Deadline: November 18, 2022
Application Requirements: Application Form plus preliminary recordings of the following:
Two contrasting works from the accompanied or unaccompanied solo repertoire (OR two substantial movements from contrasting works). Electronic submission (email, Dropbox, Youtube links all accepted) of all materials is preferred, and materials may be sent to jloux@marlboromusic.org Applicants will be scheduled for audition on the basis of their preliminary recording. Audition Repertoire:SOLO PORTION
CHAMBER MUSIC PORTION
VIOLIN
Next Vacancy: 2024 Season (June 23 to August 11)
Next Audition: January 2024 (dates TBA)
Application Deadline: Friday, November 17, 2023
Application Requirements:
Application Form plus preliminary recordings of the following:
Two contrasting works from the accompanied or unaccompanied solo repertoire (OR two substantial movements from contrasting works).
Electronic submission (email, Dropbox, Youtube links all accepted) of all materials is preferred, and materials may be sent to jloux@marlboromusic.org
Applicants will be scheduled for audition on the basis of their preliminary recording. Please contact Jennifer Loux with any questions: jloux@marlboromusic.org.
VOICE
Next Vacancy: Summer 2023
Next Audition: December 16, 2022 (New York, NY)
Application Deadline: November 18, 2022
Application Requirements:
Application Form and audio or video recordings, including at least three art songs, with examples in English, French, and German.
Materials may be sent to Jennifer Loux at jloux@marlboromusic.org.
Audition Repertoire:
1) A total of six songs in the following languages:
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2) One aria by W.A. Mozart ↑