November 21, 2006 -

NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE ORCHESTRA
PINCHAS ZUKERMAN, MUSIC DIRECTOR
Announces a vacancy for:

ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER
effective the 2007-2008 season or earliest availability

International auditions will be held January 11, 12, 2007 in Ottawa.

Season: 46 weeks including concerts, broadcasts, opera, ballet, recordings and tours (5 weeks paid vacation)

Salary: Minimum scale: $1,671.00 per week (2006-2007) (salary for this position to be negotiated)

The members of the National Arts Centre Orchestra are Canadian members of the American Federation of Musicians.

Highly qualified applicants are asked to send a ONE-PAGE resume to:

Donald Renshaw, Assistant Personnel Manager
National Arts Centre Orchestra
P.O. Box 1534, Station "B"
Ottawa, ON K1P 5W1

e-mail: drenshaw@nac-cna.ca
fax : (613) 947-8623

The application deadline for this audition is December 15, 2006

Please note: A refundable $50.00 deposit will be required from those musicians invited to audition.

Information concerning audition requirements posted on NAC website www.nac-cna.ca/auditions

AUDITION REPERTOIRE

SOLOS: 2 contrasting movements of a Bach Violin solo Sonata or Partita 1st movement of a Mozart violin concerto
1st and 2nd movements of a major violin concerto (with cadenza)

Please bring the piano part since an accompanist will be provided.

ORCHESTRAL EXCERPTS:
(First violin parts)
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7 (1st movt.: mm. 88 – 116, 207 - 217)
BRAHMS: Haydn Variations (variations I, V)
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1 (1st movt.: mm. 41 – 70)
MENDELSSOHN: Midsummer Night’s Dream (Scherzo)
MOZART: Symphony No. 39 (1st movt.: mm. 1 – 14, 26 - 82)
PROKOFIEV: Classical Symphony (4th movt.: : mm. 1 - 52)
SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 5 (1st movt.: mm. 2 – 43)
STRAUSS: Bourgeois Gentilhomme Suite (movt. 8: beginning to 3 m. after 62)
TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade for Strings (1st movt.: D to 3 m. before E) (2nd movt.: 8 m. before D to E)

ORCHESTRA SOLOS:
BACH St. Matthew Passion: Erbarme dich
BRAHMS Symphony No. 1
HAYDN Symphony No. 103
STRAUSS Bourgeois Gentilhomme Suite (movt. 4) (Der Burger als Edelmann)
TCHAIKOVSKY Swan Lake: Black Swan solo (45 to 50)

Sight reading may be required.