The workplace Gießen offers an attractive, cultural and university environment and direct access to the major city of Frankfurt and the Rhine-Main area. All employees of the Stadttheater have a free train and bus ticket for the whole of Hesse with the "Landesticket". Travel expenses to the audition will be covered: Bahncard 50, maximum 63,- (Deutschlandticket). Access to the warm-up rooms is possible from 9:00 a.m. Reimbursement of travel expenses: Bahncard 50, maximum 63,- (Deutschlandticket).
mandatory pieces
1st Round Stamitz or Hoffmeister Concerto in D major. 1st movement with cadenza, 2nd movement exposition. 2nd Round: Bartok, Walton Concerto, or Hindemith “Schwanendreher”, 1st movement. Applicants are requested to indicate their concerto choice when confirming the audition.
orchestral excerpts
A. Bruckner - Symphony No. 4, 2nd movement W.A. Mozart - Magic Flute Overture B. Smetana- Bartered Bride R.Strauss - Don Juan L.v. Beethoven - 5th Symphony 2nd movement Solo Passages: E. Humperdinck - Hänsel and Gretel, Act 2 Prelude to the Witch's Ride R. Strauss - Don Quixote C.M.von Weber - Freischütz Act 3 No. 13 Info for applicants: Please take all orchestral excerpts from the Schott Audition Excerpts booklet.
