Akron Symphony Orchestra violin audition

Audition information
Position
Concertmaster
Audition date
September 26, 2016
Payment
$155.16 per service
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(Posted on August 1, 2016; last updated over 7 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
A Mozart concerto plus a standard Romantic concerto
Orchestral excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. III: beginning to 48 after B
  • Mvt. IV: 117–C
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: 33–80
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: 1–99
Mozart—Symphony No. 39, K. 543
  • Mvt. II: 96–126
  • Mvt. IV: 1–78 (B)
  • Mvt. II: 1–27
Schumann—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. II: 1–54
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • Beginning to 1 after D
Solo excerpts
Bach—St. Matthew Passion
  • “Erbarme dich, mein Gott”: 1–22
Brahms—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. II: 90–end (solo at E)
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. I: 14–18
  • Mvt. II: 1–5
  • Mvt. III: 8 after K to N
  • Mvt. IV: 8–10
  • Mvt. IV: 29–30
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 22–30
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • 3 after D to 15 after E
Tchaikovsky—Swan Lake
  • Act V: 26–29
Final round—chamber music with ASO principals
Dvořák—Quartet No. 12 in F, Op. 96, “American”
  • Mvt. II
Mozart—String Quartet No. 4 in C Major, K. 157
  • Mvt. I
Possible sight-reading
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