upoils

Just passing along information -- any of you going to audition? Portland is a beautiful place to live, but not on the salary they are offering. Plan to have another job to make ends meet. Section members get about $10K less than the principal.

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Principal Trumpet

Auditions will be held October 31, November 1 - 2, 2005 in Portland Oregon.
(The OSO reserves the right to complete auditions on November 1 pending number of candidates.)

Compensation for the current 2004-2005 season is $51,671, including EMG and instrument maintenance allowance. Current CBA benefits include: year round medical and dental insurance, LTD, AFM pension plan, paid parking.

Only highly qualified candidates should apply. Please send a one page resume and a $100 refundable deposit (check made out to the Oregon Symphony) to:
Marilyn Rife, Orchestra Manager
Oregon Symphony, Principal Trumpet Auditions
921 SW Washington, Suite 200
Portland, OR 97205-2819
Resumes and deposits must be received no later than October 7, 2005. Resumes and deposits received after the deadline will not be accepted. Only those applications that conform to the above procedure will be considered.



Orchestral Repertoire
All 1st trumpets parts for the following works:

Bach Magnificat
Bartók Concerto for Orchestra
Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 2
Brahms Symphony No. 2
Academic Festival Overture
Gershwin Concerto in F
*Mahler Symphony No. 5
Symphony No. 7
Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition
Ravel Piano Concerto No. 2
Resphigi Pines of Rome
Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade
Strauss Ein Heldenleben (1st Bb trumpet part)
Also Sprach Zarathrustra
Don Juan
Stravinsky Petrouchka
Wagner Parsifal

Sight Reading


Parts of the works above can be found in: Top 50 Orchestral Excerpts for Trumpet, compiled and edited by Philip Norris, published by Crown Music Press.

*Mahler Symphonies #5 and #7 can be found in Complete 1st Trumpet parts from Symphonies 1-10 (Mahler), edited by Wm. Withem, published by ww musicworks.

Rgale

Even at that salary, they will get a monster. It's the way the world works. I did the last two auditions there.
They were both for second. The first one was where Richard Thornburgh won. Tim Morrison was the runner up. A little while later he got the job in Boston. Now , he's doing studio work, I think.
The second one was after Mr. Thornburgh died. Dave Bamonte got that job.
Fred Sautter is one fine trumpet player and a great man. I was lucky enough to study with him for several years, and he's a great teacher too. Believe me - they will get somebody who is a monster.

BAM

I don't think you'll need another job to make ends meet. 51g is pretty good in Oregon...or anywhere else for that matter!

TopGun

Depends if you need to drop 20g on a new super horn. But yes I think I could scrape by on 51g.

tpter1

51g does sound good. Especially as a starting point. Do they offer principal bonus pay?

Nice job...I'm sure they will get a top notch player.

Schwab

Please tell me you are going to take that audition BAM.

wiseone2

Every principal job is over-scale. Add at least 20% to the scale figure.
Wilmer

bulldog

wilmer, please help me out here. the section jobs say the pay is $41k. the principal jobs say the pay is $51k. you say to expect the job to pay 20% overscale. is that 20% on top of the $51K? or are they advertising the $51k as the pay including overscale, since the section jobs are shown at $41k (which would make the principal pay about 25% over)?

also, 2 of the 3 trumpets and 3 of the 5 horns are listed as "acting" musicians. whats going on out there?

wiseone2

Scale is the minimum amount a player will be paid. Principal players in major orchestras don't work for scale, even if there is one printed.
The acting players, I suspect, are untenured. Orchestras have different rules, it depends on the master contract.
Wilmer