Kansas City Symphony violin audition

Audition information
Position
Section first violin
Application deadline
April 15, 2016
Audition date
May 23–24, 2016
Payment
$54,284 per year
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(Posted on March 6, 2016; last updated about 8 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
The exposition of any Mozart concerto
The exposition of a 19th or 20th century concerto, with cadenza
First violin excerpts
Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra
  • Mvt. I: 51–137
  • Mvt. V: 21–86
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I: 2 before Q to the end
  • Mvt. II: B to 9 after C
Bruckner—Symphony No. 9
  • Trio: 5–106
Copland—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. IV: 5 after 90 to 93
Debussy—La Mer
  • Mvt. II: 33 to 6 after 38
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: 1 to 7 after D
Mozart—Symphony No. 39, K. 543
  • Mvt. II: 1–27
  • Mvt. IV: 1–78 (B)
Prokofiev—Symphony No. 1, “Classical”, Op. 25
  • Mvt. I: beginning to 4 after E
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • 1 to 13 after C
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