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
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
Symphony Wind & Brass Audition Excerpts
Oboe
Handel: Messiah
No. 1 “Overture”
Haydn: Symphony No. 94 “Surprise”
4th Movement (Allegro di molto)
Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite
Act 1, Scene 8 & 9 (Scene in the Pine Forest, Dance of the Snowflakes)
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
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