Alabama Symphony Orchestra viola audition

Audition information
Position
Section viola (2 openings)
Application deadline
August 7, 2015
Audition date
September 15, 2015
Payment
$40,603.20 per year
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(Posted on July 2, 2015; last updated almost 10 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One movement from any of the Bach cello suites
One of the following solos
Bartók—Viola Concerto
  • Mvt. I: first five minutes
Walton—Viola Concerto
  • Mvt. I: first five minutes
Orchestral excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 1–10
  • Mvt. II: 49–59
  • Mvt. II: 98–106
Berlioz—Roman Carnival Overture
  • 1 after 1 to 1 after 4
Brahms—Variations on a Theme by Haydn
  • Variation 5
  • Variation 8
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: C–D
  • Scherzo: 8 after H to 2 after I
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. IV: 1–31
  • Mvt. IV: 134–181
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 15–17
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • 1–8
  • 16–40
  • C–66
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 6
  • Mvt. I: 19–89
Possible sight-reading
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