San Diego Symphony viola audition

Audition information
Position
Principal viola
Application deadline
September 7, 2013
Audition date
October 7–8, 2013
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(Posted on June 4, 2013; last updated almost 12 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One of the following solos
Bartók—Viola Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Hindemith—Der Schwanendreher
  • Mvt. I
Walton—Viola Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Orchestral repertoire
Bartók—Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta
  • Mvt. II: 324 to 392 (viola 1)
Brahms—Variations on a Theme by Haydn
  • Variation 5
  • Variation 7
  • Variation 8
Bruckner—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. II: 51–83
  • Mvt. II: 155–187
Kodály—Háry János Suite
  • Mvt. III: 1–12
Mahler—Symphony No. 10
  • Beginning to 1
  • 12–13
  • 19 to 2nd beat of 20
  • 35 to third bar of 37
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: 8 before A to 1st bar of O
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. I: 1–66
  • Mvt. I: 129–172
  • Mvt. IV: 1–164
Ravel—Daphnis and Chloé
  • 5 after 212 to 1 after 216
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: second bar of 15 to 17
  • Mvt. I: 3 after 22 to 27
  • Mvt. I: 32 to 5 after 38
  • Mvt. IV: 7 after 97 to 6 after 109
Sibelius—Symphony No. 3 in C Major, Op. 52
  • Mvt. I: 8 after 7 to 13
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • Beginning to 11 after Dd
Strauss—Don Quixote
  • Beginning to 13 after 82
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