Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra cello audition

Audition information
Position
Section cello (2 openings)
Application deadline
August 10, 2015
Audition date
October 12 through November 16, 2015
Weeks in season
43
Payment
$86,052.75 per year
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(Posted on July 20, 2015; last updated almost 10 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solo
Schubert—Arpeggione Sonata
  • Mvt. I: 1–72
The first movement (without cadenza) of a standard cello concerto of the candidate’s choice
Orchestral excerpts
Adams—City Noir
  • Mvt. I: 384–426
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 1–10
  • Mvt. II: 49–59
  • Mvt. II: 98–106
Beethoven—Symphony No. 8
  • Mvt. III: 45–78
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. II: 1–15
Debussy—La Mer
  • Mvt. I: 83–91, top line
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: 296–323
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. IV: 134–181
Prokofiev—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. IV: 79–80
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • beginning–C
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 6
  • Mvt. II: 1–24
Verdi—Requiem
  • Offertorio: 1–28
Chamber music
Mozart—String Quartet No. 14 in G Major, K. 387
  • Mvt. I
Possible sight-reading
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