New York City Ballet violin audition

Audition information
Position
Section violin
Application deadline
December 1, 2015
Audition date
February 7–9, 2016
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(Posted on November 10, 2015; last updated over 8 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One of the following concerto movements
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, K. 218
  • Mvt. I with cadenza
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219
  • Mvt. I with cadenza
Also one of the following concerto movements
Sibelius—Violin Concerto
  • Mvt. I with cadenza
Tchaikovsky—Violin Concerto
  • Mvt. I with cadenza
Excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. III: 3–18
  • Mvt. III: 99–114
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I: 392–end
  • Mvt. II: 88–102
Debussy—La Mer
  • Mvt. II: 33 to 6 after 38
Delibes—Coppelia
  • 1 after 36 to the end
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Overture: 6–78
  • Overture: 197–232
  • Scherzo: 17–99
Mozart—Divertimento, K. 287
  • Mvt. I: 1–114
  • Mvt. III: 1–19
  • Mvt. IV: 185–235
Prokofiev—Romeo and Juliet
  • No. 22, Folk dance: 151–161
Schumann—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. II: 1–97
Stravinsky—Apollo
  • Coda: 71–86
  • Coda: 93–end
Stravinsky—Jeu de cartes
  • Première donne: 21–27
Tchaikovsky—The Nutcracker
  • Overture
Chamber music
Brahms—String Quartet in A minor, Op. 51, No. 2
  • Mvt. I, first violin part
Haydn—String Quartet in D Major, Op. 76, No. 5
  • Mvt. I, second violin part
Possible sight-reading
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