South Dakota Symphony Orchestra cello audition

Audition information
Position
Principal cello
Application deadline
August 1, 2013
Audition date
September 11, 2013
Weeks in season
35
Payment
$30,427 per year
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(Posted on June 18, 2013; last updated almost 11 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
The first movement from any standard concerto
Prelude from any Bach suite
Solo orchestral excerpts
Brahms—Piano Concerto No. 2
  • Third movement solos
Rossini—William Tell Overture
  • Opening solo
Strauss—Don Quixote
  • Theme, 122–138
  • Variation 1: 160b–185
  • Finale
Orchestral excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 49–59
  • Mvt. II: 98–106
  • Mvt. III: 1–18
  • Mvt. III: 140–218
  • Mvt. II: 1–10
Beethoven—Symphony No. 8
  • Mvt. III: Trio
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. II: 1–15
Debussy—La Mer
  • Un peu plus mouvemente (top line)
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: N–O
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. IV: 134–181
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • First page
Verdi—Requiem
  • Offertorio: 1–28
Quartet excerpts
Bach—Ach Gott, erhör’ mein Seufzen, BWV 254
  • Ach Gott, erhör’ mein Seufzen und Wehklagen
Mozart—Quartet in D major, K. 499
  • Mvt. I: Allegretto (Peters Ed.)
Mozart—Quartet in F major, K. 168
  • Mvt. II: Andante (Peters Ed.)
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