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Back to the 80s!
Remember the music from this retro decade!

Jefferson Symphony Outdoor Concert
Sunday, August 17, 2025 
6:00 p.m.

801 South Yarrow in Lakewood

Enjoy an evening of fresh music and fresh air, the symphony under the sky, and that warm summer night feeling.

 

Jefferson Symphony Orchestra invites you to an outdoor concert with the community.

Summer Symphony Spectacular:

Music of the 1980s. Featuring movie soundtracks, Olympic themes, Broadway songs and rock & roll!

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Colorado Ghostbusters will be there  with their proton packs. Stop by for photo ops!

JSO 25-26 Season Tickets
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Jefferson Symphony Orchestra

2025-2026 Season

Music Director Dr. J. Arturo González leads Jefferson Symphony Orchestra in its 73rd Season and beyond.

 

We invite you to experience our full season of concerts and recitals — live music with friends!

 

A JSO Season Subscription includes a package of tickets to all 5 Symphony concerts and free admission to the chamber recitals.

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Join our ensemble

2025 Audition Dates 
Winds/Brass/Percussion: Monday August 18 6pm
Strings: Monday August 25 6pm

All auditions will consist of a 3-5 minute portion of a solo work for your instrument which demonstrates your skill level.

Excerpts and links are listed below.

If you are not familiar with the audition excerpts indicated, please familiarize yourself with them – you can find all of them on YouTube as complete works for orchestra. If you would like a complete part for your instrument (instead of only the excerpt), many can be downloaded from: IMSLP: https://imslp.org/   Just search for the work by composer, click on “parts,” find your instrument and download the part.

 

Auditions for the 2025-2026 JSO season will be scheduled with the JSO personnel managers and will be approximately 15-20 minutes. 

 

Auditions for winds/brass/percussion will be held Monday, August 18th beginning at 6:00pm.​
String auditions will be held Monday, August 25th beginning at 6:00pm. 

Please submit this form to contact us and we will forward your reply to the appropriate personnel manager.

If interested in auditioning, please email JSO by August 1, 2025 so that an audition time can be arranged. Please include a short bio of playing experiences.

 

For the 2024-2025 season, there are openings for Principal French Horn, section strings. and wind substitutes.

 

We would be pleased to hear your audition, regardless of instrument, as we are always in need of substitute and auxiliary players!

​​​Audition Materials

All auditions will consist of a 3-5 minute portion of a solo work for your instrument which demonstrates your skill level and the excerpts for the instrument you wish to audition on, as listed below. 

Violin

Tchaikovsky V: 2nd mvmt

Rossini: William Tell Overture

Brahms No. 4 (2 excerpts)

Click here for violin files

Cello

Beethoven 5th symphony: mvmt 3

Brahms 2nd Symphony, 1st mvmt

Mozart Symphony 39, 1st mvmt

Click here for cello files

Flute/Piccolo

Flute: 

Mozart Flute Concerto

Debussy L’apres-midi d’un faune (Afternoon of a faun)-Beginning until Reh 3

Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf, Bird ​​

Piccolo: 

Ivanov, Caucasian Sketches (see side)

Rossini Overture to Semiramade

+ another of own choosing

Click here for flute and piccolo files

Clarinet/Bass Clarinet

Clarinet: 

Beethoven - Symphony #6 Movement 1

Respighi - Pines of Rome Movement 3

Rimsky-Korsakov, Capriccio Espagnol, Excerpts 1 and 2

Bass Clarinet: 

Bass Clarinet: Bass Clarinet Excerpts

Click here for clarinet and bass clarinet files

Trumpet

Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition - Promenade

Brahms - Symphony #2 - Excerpts 1

Dvorak - Symphony #8 - Excerpts 1 & 3

Gershwin - An American in Paris - Excerpt 1

 

Click here for trumpet files

Trombone

Berlioz - Hungarian March
Ravel - Bolero
Rossini - William Tell
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Click here for trombone files

Viola

Beethoven Symphony #5, 2nd Movement - 4 short excerpts

Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture

Mozart Symphony #5, 1st Movement

Click here for viola files

Double Bass

Elgar Enigma Variations 5th movement

Beethoven 5th Symphony - 3rd Movement​

Click here for double bass files

Oboe/English Horn

Oboe:

Beethoven - Symphony #9, Excerpts 1 and 2

Brahms - Violin Concerto, Mvmt 2

Ravel - Tombeau de Couperin

English Horn: 

Dvorak - Symphony #9

+ another of own choosing


Click here for oboe and english horn files

Bassoon

Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade

Mozart - Symphony #41

Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique

Click here for bassoon files

French Horn

Beethoven Symphony #7
Mendelssohn Midsummer....
R. Strauss Ein Heldenleben

Wagner Gotterdammerung

 

Click here for french horn files

Tuba

Choice of 3 of 6 excerpts

Berlioz - Hungarian March

Berlioz - Symphony Fantastique (2 excerpts) 

Franck - Symphony in D Minor

Holst - The Planets - Jupiter

Respighi - Fontane di Roma

Tchaikovsky - Symphony #6

Click here for tuba files

Percussion

Snare Drum: Rimsky Korsakov Scheherazade Mvmt 3, Rehearsal D-E; and Mvmt 4 Rehearsal P-R

Mallets: Mozart Magic Flute Act 1 No. 8 - Finale

Cymbals: Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Overture Allegro Giusto Rehearsal E to seven before F 

 

Timpani: 

Tchaikovsky Symphony #4 Mvmt 1, 4 meas. before [T] to [U]

Elgar Enigma Variations Var. VII (Troyte.), Beg. to [28]

Click here for percussion files

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JSO in the news:

Star Wars concerts on May 18, 2025

- Corinne Westeman, Golden Transcript, for Colorado Community Media

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Our story...

Jefferson Symphony Orchestra, founded in 1953, is a seventy--five member ensemble based in Golden, Colorado. Featuring fine musicians from many walks of life, the orchestra presents its 72nd Season of symphonic performances for Front Range audiences. We are proud to unite our audiences through their shared love for the arts.
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