One (1) Assistant Principal Bass and three (3) section Bass

Modesto Symphony Orchestra

Instrument or role: Double bass
Job category: Performance
Number of positions: 4 open positions
Additional information: 2024-2025 base service pay: $158
Principal: $197.50
Assistant Principal: $173.80

Type: Per-service
Tenure: Temporary (Tenure review after first 4 classics concerts with music diretor)
Employment beginning: Season 25/26 after audition

Additional salary information: 2024-2025 base service pay: $158
Principal: $197.50
Assistant Principal: $173.80

Apply by: September 22, 2025
Application instructions: To apply go to link below or send a one-page resume and refundable audition deposit of $30 to:
Hauk Graham, Operations Manager
Modesto Symphony Orchestra
911 13th Street
Modesto, CA 95354
[email protected]
Checks made payable to: Modesto Symphony Orchestra Association
Applications must be received by September 22nd, 2025 for consideration.

For any questions, contact Hauk Graham at either 209/523-4156 x 109 or [email protected]
Application link: https://www.modestosymphony.org

Audition repertoire: MSO Bass audition 2025 Excerpt List

Solo: exposition of a bass concerto of the candidate’s choosing (1-2 min); candidates may be asked to stop before the excerpt is complete
Orchestral Excerpts:

Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture: [7] to the end
Beethoven Symphony #5 Mvt III:
Beginning – m. 71
Pickup to m. 141 (key change) - m. 219
Britten Young Person’s Guide: Var H. (complete)
Mahler Symphony #2 Mvt I: beginning-[2]
Mozart Symphony #39:
Mvt I: m. 40 -3 after C
Mvt. IV: m. 99 - C
Shostakovich Symphony #5 Mvt 1: [22] - 4 after [26]
Strauss Ein Heldenleben
[9] to 1 after [11]
[40] to [41]
2 before [61] to 2 after [65]
[77] to 1 before [78]
Strauss Don Juan
A to six before D
F to three before G
Six after O to T
Four before X to two after Y
Tchaikovsky Symphony #4 Mvt I:
B - C
P - 1 after Q

FOR ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL CONSIDERATION ONLY (2nd round)

Mahler Symphony #1 mvt. 3: beginning – m. 11
Stravinsky Pulcinella Suite, mvt. 7 “Vivo”: beginning thru 2nd ending, no repeat
Verdi Othello, Act IV: U-7 after X

In addition to selections from the above, some sight reading may be required.
A copy of all excerpts will be emailed upon receipt of application.
For any questions, contact Hauk Graham at either 209/523-4156 x 109 or [email protected]
Accompanist: No accompanist needed