Audition for Bass trombone - Soloist
1. The Audition
1.1 Date, time and location
- Date of the audition: 28/11/2023
- Registration deadline: 14/11/2023
Timetable:
- The candidates are divided into groups. Everyone will be assigned an individual application time via e-mail during the week before the audition.
- The audition starts at 10h00
Location:
- Audition Entrance: Residence Palace – Floor -1
Wetstraat 155, 1040 Brussels
There will be signage to follow
How to get there:
- Metro lines 1 & 5 Stop Maelbeeck
Exit Etterbeeksesteenweg - Bus lines 59 & 64 stop Maelbeeck
- Train Station Schuman
2. Programme
1st round :
| A. Lebedjew | Konzert | Hofmeister edition |
Orchestral excerpts:
| G. Rossini | Wilhelm Tell Overture (1) |
| J. Brahms | Symf. 1 (2) |
2nd round :
| E. Bozza | New Orleans | edition Leduc |
Orchestral excerpts:
| J. Haydn | Die Schöpfung (3) |
| R. Wagner | Die Walkure, Walkûrenritt (4) |
3rd round :
Orchestral excerpts:
| B. Bartok | The Miraculous Mandarin (5) |
| Z. Kodaly | Hary Janos Suite (6) |
| C. Nielsen | Fluteconcerto (7) |
| L. von Beethoven | Symf. N° 9 (8) |
| R. Strauss | Till Eulenspiegel (9) |
| R. Schumann | Symf. N° 3 (10) |
| R. Strauss | Ein Heldenleben (11) |
| A. Bruckner | Symf. 7, Adagio (12) |
| R. Wagner | Lohengrin 3e act vorspiel (13) |
| N. Rimski-Korsakov | Shéhérazade (14) |
| G. Rossini | La Gazza Ladra overture (15) |
| O. Respighi | Pini di Roma, deel 2 lento (16) |
3. Regulations
3.1 registration:
Candidates can apply for the audition through Muvac: https://www.muvac.com/en/vacancy/belgian-national-orchestra-ee70b2e
3.2 process of the audition:
The Chairman of the jury is the Music Director.
The order of the program is determined by the jury the day of the audition.
All rounds are eliminating.
The Belgian National Orchestra reserves the right to spread the audition over several days in the event that the different rounds cannot be completed in one day (e.g. due to high number of registered candidates).
3.3 piano accompaniment during the audition:
The orchestra provides a pianist-accompanist for the candidates throughout the different rounds of the audition.
4. Employment conditions
The candidate taking up the position has to be laureate of the audition and fulfill the general conditions for admission. Non- EU candidates have to comply with the laws of immigration. The candidate is recruited on the basis of fulltime employment (100%) with salary 3709,806 € (gross salary) based on scale S03 (scale soloist). For all questions relating to remuneration and valorisation of relevant work experience, please send an e-mail to hr@nationalorchestra.be.
The laureate who takes up the position is offered a fixed-term contract of minimum 6 months to maximum 12 months. After this period and after a positive evaluation at the end, a renewal of the contract (unlimited term) can be proposed.
The candidate works closely with the colleagues within the section, the section leader and all other colleagues. He/she interprets and performs orchestral parts in order to contribute to an optimal performance. He/she prepares his/her own pars, identifies possible problems and performs the musical pieces with an eye to quality. He/she takes part in auditions within his/her own section.
A full job description is available on demand.
Date of entry: season 24-25.