AUDITION CALL FOR NO BORDERS ORCHESTRA 2012

We announce the audition call for participation in the No Borders Orchestra tour in 2012. The call is open from the date of publication at the NBO website.

Required instruments: violin, viola, violoncello, double bass, flute/piccolo, oboe/english horn, clarinet/bassclarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba, percussion and harp.

For the 2012 NBO campaigns, around 65 musicians shall be selected. All other musicians selected at the auditions shall be considered as the NBO members in the following years.

NO BORDERS ORCHESTRA (NBO) presents a cross border project with cultural impacts based on universal human values and focused on further progress of social, environmental and cultural awareness. Therefore, we initiate the establishment of a symphonic orchestra that would gather the best musicians from the ex Yugoslavia territory.

Envisioned as a collaboration bridge between festivals and artists of the region, the orchestra would be comprised of the best professional musicians selected on the basis of auditions in the festival cities of the region. Besides having artistic importance, this project has educational and strong social significance as well.

General information about the tour 2012
Workshops and the first session of the tour will take place in August 2012.

In 2012 the Orchestra is expected to perform in the frame-work of Session I (3 or 4 concerts) and 4 more concerts in the frame-work of Session II in October 2012. The tour will include capitals and festival cities in the region and the precise schedule is to be announced after the auditions. The ultimate ambition of NBO is to conclude the 2012 tour performing in three European capitals – Brussels, Paris and Berlin.

All selected musicians shall have their costs covered, including the fees for the rehearsing period and the tour.

NBO 2012 programme:
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D major – Classical
Rachmaninov: Piano concerto No. 2 in C minor
Mahler: Adagietto (from Symphony No. 5)
Mozart: Symphony No. 41, K.551 in C major – Jupiter

Artistic Director & Conductor: Premil Petrović
Soloist: TBA

NBO is a long-term project offering musicians possibility of multiple year engagement. Future NBO programme for 2013 includes Le Sacre du Printemps by Igor Stravinsky as well as the commission of a new piece for NBO exclusively. In 2014 Symphony No. 2 by Gustav Mahler will be played.

Eligibility
We call out for skilled professional musicians of high artistic potentials, open for artistic, human and intercultural exchange, who are ready to work together, face fresh creative challenges and explore further joy of music making.

For the first NBO project 2012 (and auditions) musicians should be a national or have been born in the ex Yugoslavia territory. Musicians with passports of other countries but curently engaged in orchestras in this region are invited to participate as well.

From 2015 the project will be open for all musicians from South-Eastern Europe which will be anounced in future audition call.

Application
Dead-line: 15 November 2011                                                                       
The candidacy is considered valid by signing the application-form accompanied by all required documents.

1. Application-form
2. One recent portrait photo (400 kb max)
3. CV

Required documents should be sent to e-mail audition@nobordersorchestra.org by the 15^th of November.

Audition – live
The Selection Jury will invite candidates for Live auditions to be held in several cities in the region:
Belgrade, 30 November & 1 December 2011
Novi Sad, 3 December 2011
Zagreb, 5 & 6 December 2011
Ljubljana, 8 & 9 December 2011
Sarajevo, 12 & 13 December 2011
Podgorica, 15 December 2011
Skopje, 17 December 2011
Pristina, 19 December 2011

Candidates invited for live auditions should be ready to cover their travel costs.A piano accompanist for live auditions will be provided by NBO and partner-festivals.

Further details on the auditions will be sent out via e-mail.

Audition recorded
Candidates who are members of important world orchestras or live abroad and who are not able to attend the live auditions will be offered the possibility to take part in  the auditions with a recent video recording in a DVD format. The length of the recording should be 15 minutes maximum.

Recordings must have stamp dated within the application period (before 15 November 2011).

The recording should be sent to the following adress:
Jugokoncert
Zmaja od Nocaja 12
11000 Belgrade
Serbia

Viola
1. Stamitz: Concerto in D major Op. 1
2. Walton: Concerto or Hindemith: Concerto

Violoncello
1. Haydn: Concert in C major or in D major
2. One romantic period concerto

Double-bass
1. Dittersdorf: Concerto in D major or in E major
2. Koussevitzky: Concerto

Flute / Piccolo
1. Mozart: Concerto No. 1 in G major, K. 313 or No. 2 in D major, K. 314
2. Ibert: Concerto
Vivaldi: Concerto in C major (piccolo)

Oboe / English Horn
1. Mozart: Concerto for oboe in C major K. 314
2. Martinů: Concerto or Ibert: Concerto
Donizetti: Concertino for English Horn

Clarinet / Bass Clarinet
1. Mozart: Concerto in A major K. 622
2. Weber: Concerto
Spohr: Concerto No. 2 for Bass Clarinet

Bassoon
1. Mozart: Concerto in B flat major K. 191
2. Weber: Concerto or Françaix: Concerto

Horn
1. Mozart: Concerti - No. 2 in E-flat major K. 417, No.3 in E-flat major, K. 447 or No.4 in E-flat major, K. 495
2. Strauss: Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, op.11 or No. 2 in E flat major op.132

Trumpet
1. Haydn: Concerto or Hummel: Concerto in E flat major
2. Tomasi: Concerto

Trombone
1. David: Concertino or Tomasi: Concerto
2. Korsakov: Concerto

Tuba
1. Vaughan Williams: Concerto

Percussion
1. Bernstein: ''Mambo'' from the ''West Side Story'' or Gershwin ''Cuban Overture''
2. Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta

Harp
1. Handel: Concerto
2. Ginastera: Concerto or Glière: Concerto

Results
The audition results will be announced within a maximum period of one month after the last live audition has taken place.  All selected candidates will receive a communication via e-mail. Not admitted candidates will receive the list of selected musicians.

Contact information: info@nobordersorchestra.com