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. Examples of music performed can be found below.

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

Oboe

Handel: Messiah

Oboe 1 & 2

No. 1 “Overture”

Haydn: Symphony No. 94 “Surprise”

Oboe 1 | Oboe 2

4th Movement (Allegro di molto)

Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite 

Oboe 1 | Oboe 2

Act 1, Scene 8 & 9 (Scene in the Pine Forest, Dance of the Snowflakes)

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

Horn 1-4

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

Bassoon

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 

Bassoon 1 & 2

  • 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

Bassoon 1 & 2

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

Trumpet

Beethoven Symphony No. 5

Trumpet 1

  • 4th Movement, first 22 bars

  • 4th Movement, bar 580 to 601

Berlioz: Symphony Fantastique

Trumpet 1

4th Movement, Rehearsal 53 (bar 62) to 4 after Rehearsal 55 (bar 108)