The Jefferson Symphony Orchestra
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!
Colorado Ghostbusters will be there with their proton packs. Stop by for photo ops!
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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)
Cello
Beethoven 5th symphony: mvmt 3
Brahms 2nd Symphony, 1st mvmt
Mozart Symphony 39, 1st mvmt
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
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
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
Trombone
Berlioz - Hungarian March
Ravel - Bolero
Rossini - William Tell
Viola
Beethoven Symphony #5, 2nd Movement - 4 short excerpts
Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture
Mozart Symphony #5, 1st Movement
Double Bass
Elgar Enigma Variations 5th movement
Beethoven 5th Symphony - 3rd Movement
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
Bassoon
Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade
Mozart - Symphony #41
Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique
French Horn
Beethoven Symphony #7
Mendelssohn Midsummer....
R. Strauss Ein Heldenleben
Wagner Gotterdammerung
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
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]
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.
