Baltimore Symphony Orchestra viola audition

Audition information
Position
Section viola (2 openings)
Application deadline
April 25, 2016
Audition date
June 10–13, 2016
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(Posted on March 14, 2016; last updated over 8 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One movement of an unaccompanied Bach composition
The first movement from one of the following
Bartók—Viola Concerto
Hindemith—Der Schwanendreher
Walton—Viola Concerto
Orchestral solos
Ravel—Ma mère l’oye (Mother Goose) Suite
  • Mvt. V: 5 after 2 to 3 after 3
Strauss—Don Quixote
  • 4th bar of 14 to 1 before 18
Orchestral tutti repertoire
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 1–10
  • Mvt. II: 49–59
  • Mvt. II: 98–106
Berlioz—Roman Carnival Overture
  • Pickup to 3 after 1 to 8 after 3
Brahms—Variations on a Theme by Haydn
  • Variation 5
  • Variation 7
  • Variation 8
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: B–D
Bruckner—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. II: C–83
  • Mvt. II: I–L
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: B–D
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. I: 1–66
  • Mvt. IV: 1–37
  • Mvt. IV: 134–181
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: second bar of 15 to 17
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • Beginning to five before D
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 6
  • Mvt. I: 19–32
  • Mvt. I: 50–62
Chamber music repertoire
Beethoven—String Trio in G Major, Op. 9, No. 1
  • Mvt. I
Possible sight-reading
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