Section Bass
Wednesday, April 02, 2025
Orchestra Iowa Building
119 3rd Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids, IA
About the position…
Founded in April 1923, Orchestra Iowa is one of the oldest symphony orchestras in continuous operation west of the Mississippi River. Its 68 professional musicians perform more than 190 public performances throughout Eastern Iowa each year, many of which can be heard on Iowa Public Radio and seen on Iowa Public Television. The Orchestra teaches more than 500 students each year through the Orchestra Iowa School.
Orchestra Iowa performs symphonic, operatic, ballet, musical theatre and youth concerts throughout Iowa. Concerts are primarily presented in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City, with additional performances taken throughout the state. Chamber ensembles from the Orchestra perform educational concerts through its Pied Piper Series (pre-school concerts presented at libraries) and Music in the Schools (performances in elementary school classrooms). These ensembles are also featured in recital on the Shuttleworth Chamber Series, presented at the Orchestra’s Opus Concert Café and broadcast statewide on Iowa Public Radio.
Section Bass is a Group B2 position with a fifty (50) service guarantee. Starting per service rate is $107.64 The current CBA is under negotiation and final service pay will be set once it has been ratified. Travel/housing reimbursements may also be available. Orchestra Iowa is a member of the Regional Orchestra Players Association (ROPA) and operates under a Collective Bargaining Agreement with the American Federation of Musicians.
Audition Information
Auditions will take place on Friday, May 16, 2025, at the Orchestra Iowa Building, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
To secure an audition time, please complete the registration form (attached) and return along with a resume and $25 audition deposit no later than May 9, 2025.
Candidates will be notified of their audition time via email by Tuesday, May 13. Please note that the preliminary rounds of the audition will be screened. The audition committee has the option to remove the screen in the final round.
The winning candidate must currently be eligible to work in the United States.
No Email registrations.
Audtion Materials
Required Solo Repertoire
First movement exposition of any of the following concerti. (choose one only)
- Vanhal
- Bottesini 2
- Koussevitsky
Orchestral Excerpts
| Bach | Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 | Mvt. VII: Badinerie (no repeats) | ||
| Beethoven | Symphony No. 5 | Mvt. III: beginning to 5 m after [ A ] Mvt. III m 140 through m 218 (use 2nd ending) | ||
| Beethoven | Symphony No. 9 | Mvt. IV: m 8 through m 115 (skip long rests and pedal C#) | ||
| Brahms | Sympony No. 2 | Mvt. I: [ E ] to [ F ] | ||
| Britten | Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra | Variation H | ||
| Mahler | Symphony No. 2 | Mvt. I: first page | ||
| Mozart | Symphony No. 35 | Mvt. IV: m 134 through m 181 | | |
| Shostakovich | Symphony No. 5 | Mvt. I: [ 22 ] through 4 m after [ 26 ] | | |
| Strauss | Ein Heldenleben | [ 9 ] through 6 m after [ 12 ] | ||
| Tchaikovsky | Symphony No. 4 | Mvt. I: [ P ] through downbeat of 13 m after [ Q ] | ||
| Verdi | Otello | Act IV: [ U ] through 7 m after [ X ] |