Principal Trumpet
Monday, May 12, 2025
Preliminary round to begin at 6:30 PM
Brendle Recital Hall, Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC
Applications must be received by Saturday, May 3, 2025
The Winston-Salem Symphony is a regional, per-service orchestra. The current Principal rate will be $123.00/service with a targeted minimum of 58 services offered in the 2025/2026 performing season.
Repertoire Requirements
1. Solo Requirement
F. J. Haydn: Trumpet Concerto, Movement 1
2. Orchestral Excerpts
| Beethoven | “Leonore” Overture No. 3 21 measures after [D] to fermata 6 measures later |
| Respighi | Pines of Rome “Catacomb” solo |
| Mussorgsky/Ravel | Pictures at an Exhibition Pomenade and Goldenberg & Schmuyle solos |
| Handel | Messiah No. 48: “The trumpet shall sound” |
| R. Strauss | Don Juan 8th bar of letter [S] through 3rd bar of letter [U] Till Eulenspiegel [36] through [38] |
| Stravinsky | Petruschka (1947) [135] through [139] |
| Shostakovich | Symphony No. 1 mvt. 3: [20] to downbeat of [21] |
| Tchaikovsky | The Nutcracker “Chocolat” solo |
| Mahler | Symphony No. 5 mvt. 1: beginning through [1] |
| Rimsky-Korsakov | Scheherazade, Op. 35 mvt. 4: [T] to [U] |
| Bizet | Carmen Suite No. 1 Prelude to Act 1: opening |
Use of a rotary trumpet is not required for the audition, but the successful candidate should be proficient on such.
Except where noted above, the Winston-Salem Symphony does not provide preparatory copies of audition excerpts. Parts for all of the above excerpts can be purchased, or can also be downloaded from the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP) at www.imslp.org.
How to apply
Applications must be received by Saturday, May 3, 2025
Please send a one-page résumé and a $25.00 Application Fee (refunded at the audition) by check made payable to Winston-Salem Symphony.
Jeff Whitsett, Orchestra Personnel Manager
Attn: Principal Trumpet Audition
Winston-Salem Symphony
P.O. Box 1545
Winston-Salem, NC 27102
Résumés submitted via email must be in .pdf, .doc, or .docx format. Candidates will not be confirmed to audition until the $25.00 Audition Fee is received.
No phone calls, please.
Only highly qualified candidates should apply.
The audition committee reserves the right to immediately dismiss any candidate not displaying the highest artistic standard.
All rounds are held behind a screen.
The winning candidate must be able to provide proof of eligibility to work in the U. S. A. before an offer of employment is made.
The Winston-Salem Symphony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Minorities are encouraged to apply.