Houston Symphony Orchestra violin audition

Audition information
Position
Concertmaster
Application deadline
September 1, 2016
Audition date
October 17–19, 2016
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(Posted on July 6, 2016; last updated almost 8 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solo Bach
Bach—Partita No. 3 in E major for violin, BWV 1006
  • Prelude
One of the following concertos
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, K. 216
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. II
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, K. 218
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. II
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. II
Your choice of a complete standard concerto
Concertmaster solos
Brahms—Symphony No. 1
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
Strauss—Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
  • Mvt. IV, “Entry and Dance of the Tailors”
Tchaikovsky—Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a
  • Mvt. IV (Scene)
Tchaikovsky—Swan Lake
  • Pas de Deux
First violin excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. III: 1–166
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. III: 99–114
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I: 17–66
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. II: 88–101
  • Mvt. IV: 33–80
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: 1 to 16 before E
Mozart—Symphony No. 39, K. 543
  • Mvt. I: 1 to 23 after D
  • Mvt. II: 1–27
  • Mvt. II: C to 10 after D
  • Mvt. IV: 1–B
Schumann—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. II: beginning to 20 after K
Chamber music (first violin)
Beethoven—String Quartet Opus. 18, No. 4
  • Mvt. I
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