Virginia Symphony Orchestra horn audition

Audition information
Position
Third horn
Application deadline
June 1, 2016
Audition date
June 15–16, 2016
Weeks in season
42
Payment
$29,638.33 per year
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(Posted on April 12, 2016; last updated about 8 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One of the following solos
Mozart—Horn Concerto No. 4, K. 495
  • Mvt. I: exposition
Mozart—Horn Concerto No. 2, K. 417
  • Mvt. I: exposition
First horn excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 7, Op. 92
  • Mvt. I: 84–102
Ravel—Pavane pour une infante défunte (Pavane for a dead princess)
  • 1–11
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 1–2
Third horn excerpts
Berlioz—Roméo et Juliette
  • Queen Mab Scherzo: 58–60
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I: 73–79
  • Mvt. I: 206–213
  • Mvt. II: 1–5
Brahms—Piano Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. I: 188–199
  • Mvt. II: 159–215
Dvořák—Symphony No. 9, “New World”
  • Mvt. I: 16–27
  • Mvt. III: 6 before 3 to 8 before 4
Mahler—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. I: 29–31
Mendelssohn—Symphony No. 3, “Scottish”
  • Mvt. II: A–B
  • Mvt. II: 4 before F to 2 before G
  • Mvt. III: 6 after D to 4 before E
Saint-Saëns—Symphony No. 3, “Organ”
  • Mvt. I: Q–R
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 17–21
Strauss—Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
  • 13 before 29 to 30
  • 37–38
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I: 1–20
Section playing, third horn parts
Dvořák—Cello Concerto
  • Mvt. II: 6 to 13 after 6
Weber—Der Freischütz
  • Overture: 1–25
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