National Symphony Trombone Audition Results

Principal Trombone: No winner selected

Assistant Principal Trombone: Barry Hearn

4 Finalists: Craig Mulcahy, Barry Hearn, Lee Rogers and Shachar Israel

8 Semifinalists: Barry Hearn, Lee Rogers, Sachar Israel, Joseph Rodrigues, Russell Sharpe, Maciej Pietraszk, Joel Vaisse, Kirk Ferguson

Over 200 resumes received

85 trombonists played the live audition

Repertoire Round by Round:

  • Preliminaries:

      Berlioz: Hungarian March
      Rossini: La Gazza Ladra (Italian Edition)
      St. Saens: Symphony #3, “Organ”
      Ravel: Bolero
      Wagner: The Ride of the Valkyries

    • Semi Finals:

        Copland: Buckaroo Holiday
        Mozart: Requiem (Tuba Mirum)
        Beethoven: Symphony #5
        Mahler: Symphony #3
        Rossini: William Tell
        Schumann: Symphony #3, “Rhenish”

      • Final Round:

      • David: Concertino
      Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra
      Berg: Three Pieces for Orchestra, op. 6
      Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel
      Mozart: Requiem (Kyrie) on alto trombone
      Mahler: Symphony #3

    • Sight Reading

        John Williams: Superman March (final page)

      • Section Round:

      • Brahms: Symphony #1
      Bruckner: Symphony #7
      Tchaikovsky: Symphony #6
      Wagner: Overture to Tannhauser

      Auditions for Principal Trombone to be posted at a later date

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    5 Comments

    1. Sam Woodhead

      You are getting one hell of a great trombone player! We are going to miss Barry at TUSAB, but he has worked so hard for so long, it’s great to see him succeed.

      Posted January 13, 2009 at 4:01 am | Permalink
    2. Barry Hearn

      Barry Hearn? I thought he was still in that halfway house.

      Posted January 13, 2009 at 5:37 am | Permalink
    3. Karl Wiederwohl

      Cheers to Barry!

      A great job for a great player. I look forward to hearing him in the section for years to come.

      Posted January 13, 2009 at 9:58 am | Permalink
    4. Hakeem Bilal

      Wow, great job Barry, congratulations!

      Posted January 16, 2009 at 4:05 pm | Permalink
    5. Adam Hanna

      Cheers!
      Great job Barry!

      Posted January 28, 2009 at 9:11 am | Permalink

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