Contact Us

Mailing Address

American West Symphony & Chorus
PO Box 1416
Sandy, UT 84091

Symphony Personnel Manager
Melissa Martinez
symphony.personnel@gmail.com

Choir Personnel Manager
Jackie Moore
jjvmoore@gmail.com
385-272-9349

Symphony Info

Instrumentalists interested in playing with the American West Symphony should contact Melissa Martinez, the personnel manager, at symphony.personnel@gmail.com.

Candidates will need to prepare a video audition of the excerpts listed below for the instrumentalist position being auditioned for and send it to Melissa. (Video can be hosted on YouTube, Google Drive, DropBox, etc., please make sure the video file's permissions are set such that others can view it.)

Rehearsals are held on Sunday evenings, from 7:00 to 9:30 p.m. at the Sandy City Recreation Center gym. The Sandy Rec Center is located at 8680 South 440 East in Sandy.

Choir Info

For information to join the choir please contact Jackie 385-272-9349 no audition required.

The American West Chorus/Chamber Singers are currently recruiting. We are seeking individuals who love to sing, enjoy choral music and are able to attend weekly rehearsals and to perform in concerts.

We practice on Monday evenings from 7:00 to 9:30 p.m. at the Sandy City Recreation Center, Room 208. The Sandy Rec Center is located at 8680 South 440 East in Sandy.

Symphony String-player Audition Excerpts

1st Violin

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5

1st Movement, Bar 126 to Bar 195
4th Movement, Bar 580 to Bar 605

2nd Violin

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 

1st Movement, Bar 126 to Bar 195

Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture

No. 3 to the eighth Bar after No. 3

Viola

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5

1st Movement, Bar 126 to Bar 195

Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture

2nd Bar after Rehearsal 1 to Rehearsal 3

Cello

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 

1st Movement, Bar 126 to Bar 195
2nd Movement, Bar 1 to Bar 12

Bass

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 

3rd Movement, Pick up to Bar 141 to Bar 160

Symphony Wind & Brass Audition Excerpts

Bassoon

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 

2nd Movement, Rehearsal D (Bar 147) to Bar 158
2nd Movement, Bar 184 to Bar 199

Stravinsky: Firebird Suite 1919 Version

Bassoon 1 | Bassoon 2

Berceuse, Beginning through Bar 6

Rimsky Korsakov:  Scheherazade

2nd Movement: The Story of the Prince- Kalandar
Cadenza: The 2nd Bar of Rehearsal L to Rehearsal M

French Horn

You can choose any of the four parts

Stravinsky Firebird Suite 1919 Version

Horn 1 | Horn 2 | Horn 3 | Horn 4

Finale. Bar 1 to Bar 8

Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture

Rehearsal 19, six bars before the 2/4 to the End of the Overture.