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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.

More detailed information for upcoming auditions for particular instruments/voice may be found below. Please contact Jennifer Loux (jloux@marlboromusic.org; 215-569-4690) with any questions and mention your instrument or voice type. We look forward to hearing from you!

 

Bassoon | Cello | Clarinet | Double Bass | Flute | Horn | Oboe | Piano | Viola | Violin | Voice


 

BASSOON

Next Vacancy:                                      2025 Season (June 29-August 17)

Next Audition:                                     TBD (New York, NY)

Application Deadline:                       TBD

Application Requirements:            Application Form (Note: at this time, no pre screening materials are required for Bassoon.)

Audition Repertoire:

    • 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)

    • CELLO

    Next Vacancy:                                     2025 Season (June 29-August 17)

    Next Audition:                                    anticipated January 2025 (New York, NY)

    Application Deadline:                      anticipated November 2024

    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.


     

    CLARINET

    Next Vacancy:                                     2025 Season (June 29 to August 17)

    Next Audition:                                    Anticipated January 2025 (New York, NY)

    Application Deadline:                      Anticipated November 2024

    Application Requirements:           Application Form

    DOUBLE BASS

    Next Vacancy:                                       2024 Season (June 23 to August 11)

    Next Audition:                                     Sunday, January 14, 2024 (New York, NY)

    Application Deadline:                       Friday, November 17, 2023

    Application Requirements:             Application Form

    (Note: at this time, no pre screening materials are required for Double Bass.)

      • AUDITION REPERTOIRE

    Solo Portion

      • 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

      • 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:                                        TBD

    Next Audition:                                       TBD

    Application Deadline:                        TBD

    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:                                      2024 Season (June 23 to August 11)

    Next Audition:                                     Sunday, January 21, 2024 (New York, NY)

    Application Deadline:                       Friday, November 17, 2023

    Application Requirements:            Application Form (Note: at this time, no pre screening materials are required for Horn.)

      • AUDITION REPERTOIRE (TBD)

    OBOE

    Next Vacancy:                                      2024 Season (June 23 to August 11)

    Next Audition:                                    January 20, 2024 (New York, NY)

    Application Deadline:                       November 24, 2023

    Application Requirements:            Application Form plus preliminary video of the following, performed unaccompanied:

    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)

PIANO

Next Vacancy:                            TBD

Next Audition:                                TBD

Application Deadline:                 TBD

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 Schumann

Electronic 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:

        • Please prepare each of the following:

 

          • 1) One complete work by Haydn OR Mozart
            2) One complete work by Beethoven OR Schubert
            3) One Romantic (Chopin, Schumann, Mendelssohn or Brahms strongly suggested) OR 20th-Century work ↑

 

VIOLA

Next Vacancy:                                           2025 Season (June 29-August 17)

Next Audition:                                          January 2025, TBD (New York, NY)

Application Deadline:                            November 2024, TBD

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.


 

VIOLIN

Next Vacancy:                                            2024 Season (June 23 to August 11)

Next Audition:                                      January 11, 12, and 13, 2024 (New York, NY)

[Note: Applicants must be available for a full day (9:30 am to 9:00 pm) for at least one of the three dates above, as the audition will take place in two rounds.]

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.

    • AUDITION REPERTOIRE

    • To be announced November 2023

    VOICE

    Next Vacancy:                                         Summer 2024

    Next Audition:                                        November 27, 2023 (New York, NY)

    Application Deadline:                         November 6, 2023

    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:

        • Two songs in German
        • Two songs in French
        • One song in English
        • One song of choice in any language

     

    and

     

    2) One aria by W.A. Mozart ↑

     

     

     

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