Sarasota Orchestra violin audition

Audition information
Position
Principal second violin
Application deadline
August 1, 2016
Audition date
September 14–15, 2016
Payment
$42,165.60 per year
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(Posted on June 8, 2016; last updated almost 8 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
The exposition of the first movement of a Mozart concerto of your choice
The exposition of the first movement of a standard Romantic concerto of your choice
First violin orchestra excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. IV: 1–25
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. III: 99–114
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I: E–F
  • Mvt. IV: opening–60
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: 33–80
Debussy—La Mer
  • Mvt. II: 33 to 4 after 38
Mahler—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. IV: 16–20
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: 1 to 7 after D
Mozart—Symphony No. 39, K. 543
  • Mvt. I: 26–143
  • Mvt. IV: 1–80
Prokofiev—Symphony No. 1, “Classical”, Op. 25
  • Mvt. I: 1 to 4 after 11
Schumann—Symphony No. 2
  • Scherzo: beginning to Trio I
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • First page
Tchaikovsky—The Nutcracker
  • Overture: last 49 measures
Second violin orchestra excerpts
Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra
  • Mvt. V: 265–317
Brahms—Piano Concerto No. 1
  • Mvt. III: 238–274
Mozart—Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”, K. 551
  • Mvt. IV: 1–C
Prokofiev—Symphony No. 1, “Classical”, Op. 25
  • Mvt. IV: 52–63
Rachmaninoff—Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27
  • Mvt. II: 15 after 32 to 4 before 35
Smetana—The Bartered Bride
  • Overture: 1–34
Chamber music
Beethoven—String Quartet Op. 59, No. 1
  • Mvt. I, first violin part: 1–255
Ravel—String Quartet
  • Mvt. I, second violin
Possible sight-reading
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