Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra violin audition

Audition information
Position
Section first violin (4 openings)
Application deadline
September 17, 2016
Audition date
October 1, 2016
Weeks in season
40
Payment
$48,958.40 per year
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(Posted on July 25, 2016; last updated over 8 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One movement of an unaccompanied Bach sonata or partita
The exposition and cadenza of the first movement of a Mozart violin concerto of the candidate’s choice
The first movement from a Romantic violin concerto of the candidate’s choice
First violin excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. III: 99–114
Brahms—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. I: 1–9
  • Mvt. I: 41–70
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: 33–80
Mozart—Symphony No. 39, K. 543
  • Mvt. I: 1–14
  • Mvt. II: 96–108
  • Mvt. IV: 1–78
Prokofiev—Symphony No. 1, “Classical”, Op. 25
  • Mvt. I: 1–H
  • Mvt. II: 1 to 1 after C
  • Mvt. IV: 3 after J to 5 before N
Schumann—Symphony No. 2
  • Scherzo: beginning to Trio I
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 9–12
  • Mvt. I: 32 to 3 after 38
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • First page
Possible sight-reading
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