Audition information

Position
Section cello (2 openings)
Application deadline
September 1, 2017
Audition date
September 18, 2016
Weeks in season
38
Payment
$131.22 per service
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(Posted on August 4, 2016; last updated over 7 years ago)


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Audition Repertoire
The first movement of a standard concerto
The prelude from any unaccompanied Bach cello suite of your choice
Orchestral excerpts
BeethovenSymphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 1–10
  • Mvt. II: 49–59
  • Mvt. II: 98–106
  • Mvt. III
BrahmsSymphony No. 2
  • Mvt. II: 1–15
MahlerSymphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: “Langsam” after 11 to 13
MendelssohnA Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: CD
  • Scherzo: NO
MozartSymphony No. 40
  • Mvt. I: 115–138
  • Mvt. IV: 49–62
StraussDon Juan, Op. 20
  • beginning–D
TchaikovskySymphony No. 4
  • Mvt. II: 21 before A to 1 before A
TchaikovskySymphony No. 6
  • Mvt. II: 1–A
VerdiRequiem
  • Offertorio: opening cello soli passage
Sight-reading
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