Florida Orchestra viola audition

Audition information
Position
Principal viola
Application deadline
April 16, 2016
Audition date
May 2–3, 2016
Weeks in season
30
Payment
$41,250 per year
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(Posted on February 3, 2016; last updated almost 9 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
The first movement of one of the following concertos
Bartók—Viola Concerto
Hindemith—Der Schwanendreher
Walton—Viola Concerto
Solo
Mozart—Sinfonia Concertante, K. 364
  • Mvt. I: exposition
Orchestral solo excerpts
Bach—Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
  • Mvt. III, viola I part: 28–38
Britten—Peter Grimes
  • Passacaglia: 5 after 44 to 18 after 44
Enescu—Romanian Rhapsody No. 1
  • 1 after 7 to 8
Prokofiev—Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 2
  • Mvt. V: 1 before 44 to 45
Ravel—Ma mère l’oye (Mother Goose) Suite
  • Mvt. V: 5 after 2 to 3 after 3
Strauss—Don Quixote
  • 4 after 14 to Variation I
  • 26–34
Orchestral excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 1–10
  • Mvt. II: 49–60
  • Mvt. II: 98–106
Brahms—Variations on a Theme by Haydn
  • Variation 5
  • Variation 7
  • Variation 8
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: 17–D
  • Scherzo: E to 4 before L
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. I: 1–66
  • Mvt. IV: 10 after D to E
Ravel—Daphnis and Chloé, Suite No. 2
  • 158–166
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 15–17
  • Mvt. I: 4 before 23 to 25
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 77 to 4 after 79
  • 1 before 94 to 2 after 97
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 6
  • Mvt. I: 19–62
Possible sight-reading
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