Institution

Concertgebouworkest Amsterdam

Full description

Clarinet 100% (1) – Academy

Number of positions

1

Type

Academy

100%

Duration / Start

September 1, 2022 - June 30, 2023

Application deadline

Closed

Additional notes

POSITIONS AVAILABLE

IN THE ACADEMY OF THE ROYAL CONCERTGEBOUW ORCHESTRA AMSTERDAM

The Academy offers talented young musicians the opportunity to gain experience as orchestral players in one of the world’s leading symphony orchestras.

For the 2022/ 2023 season the following Academy position is open: Clarinet

During the academy course, which starts 1 September 2022, the academists play in up to fifteen programs of the orchestra under the guidance of mentors from the orchestra. In addition, the academists attend private lessons given by the principals, and they play chamber music with fellow academists and with members of the orchestra. They participate in various workshops such as auditioning, educational activities and mental training, and they are offered classes in movement and posture training including Alexander Technique. The academists receive Academy certificates on successful completion of the course.

Compensation

The Academy offers each participant a salary of 1,689 euros gross per month ( 10 months).

We require all participants to be present in the Netherlands for the full season (September 2022 through June 2023) and to participate in all activities offered. The academists are responsible for obtaining their health insurance and their housing in Amsterdam.

Who can apply? Musicians who:

• are not older than 26 at 1 September 2022 and

• preferably have a Bachelor’s degree or are studying for a Master’s degree and

• are holding the nationality of a European Union country plus, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Switzerland. Or are already in the possession of a valid Dutch working permit.

We require a video with good sound quality. The requested repertoire can be found below!

The Concertgebouworkest will make a preliminary selection based on letters / video of application. The results will be communicated by the end of January 2022

More information about the Academy can be found at:

https://www.concertgebouworkest.nl/en/academy

Ps.

Add on your CV if you also play E-flat clarinet or bass clarinet

Event

• Audition – March 8, 2022 • 13:45
  Amsterdamzaal - RCO house
  Gabriël Metsustraat 16
  1071 EB Amsterdam (Netherlands)
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Mandatory pieces

Live audition:

Round 1: Mozart - Clarinet Concerto in A, KV 622, first movement bar 57 – 154

Round 2: Debussy - Première Rhapsodie, till second bar in 6

Orchestral excerpts

Round 1

Beethoven - Symfony no. 6 1.,2. Mov

Round 2

Brahms - Symfony no. 4

Mendelssohn - Scherzo uit ‘Ein Sommernachtstraum’: first clarinet.

Kodaly - Galanta dansen

Ravel - Daphnis et Chloés: second clarinet

Bartók - The Marvellous Mandarin

Shostakovich - Symfony no. 10: second clarinet (To be played with the solo clarinet of the RCO)

Stravinsky - Le Sacre du Printemps (Bass Clarinet, not mandatory, only 2nd round)

Ravel - Bolero (E-flat Clarinet, not mandatory, only 2nd round)

- What are your motivations and interest?

Prerequisites

• Maximum age on September 1, 2022: 26

Required document(s)

• Scan of passport or ID card

Video

Video(s) are required for pre-selection purposes (details below).

Requested repertoire video:

Mozart - Clarinet Concerto in A, KV 622, first movement bar 57 – 154

• Preferably with piano accompaniment but is not mandatory

Technical specifications and recording tips

Recording devices

- a phone or tablet with a good internal microphone or preferably with an external microphone attachment

- a laptop with a USB microphone or microphone connected to an audio interface

- a sound recorder with build-in camera or combined with video from phone/tablet or camera

Camera frame and microphone placement

- experiment with the placement of your recording device(s) to achieve the following results:

         Visual

             -           Make sure to have adequate lighting while recording, with no bright lights or bright windows in the background. 

                           If the lighting in a room isn't sufficient you can use a window with daylight as a natural light source.

     

             -           Frame yourself so that at least your entire upper body and face are visible. Have the full instrument in the frame.

             Audio

             -           A clear and undistorted recording is the goal. If the sound is distorted, change the distance or orientation to the microphone. 

             -            Choose a quiet and well sounding location that is not too dry or has too much echo.

Editing and recording "takes"

             - You are allowed to combine audio and video from different sources but the recording as a whole should be made in one unedited take.