Houston Symphony Orchestra viola audition

Audition information
Position
Substitute viola
Application deadline
August 24, 2016
Audition date
October 23, 2016
Weeks in season
52
Payment
$1,745 per week
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(Posted on July 22, 2016; last updated almost 8 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One of the following concerto movements
Bartók—Viola Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Hindemith—Der Schwanendreher
  • Mvt. I
Walton—Viola Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Orchestral excerpts
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: 17–93
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. I: 41–66
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 15–17
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • beginning–D, without the pizzicato section
Possible sight-reading
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