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The opening section from Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra is great if you can find it. Prokofiev's Lt. Kije solo or the soli around r. 50 in the fifth movement of his Romeo and Juliet Second Suite is great too. Many more options, but whatever you can find will work.

Also the stipend is now 6700, but has many opportunities for additional money such as the Rivers Project we're doing with Yo Yo Ma. Alex Hanna just started running our sectionals this year. We've even convinced management to set up some mock auditions for us which is new. Attendance policy is...

Second year members only need to re-audition for principal spots, but not to get back into the orchestra. Currently there are only 2 of us playing our second year. This doesn't mean that there are only 2 spots open though. Last year there were 4 players finishing their two year contracts, but...