Audition information

Position
Associate principal cello
Application deadline
April 25, 2017
Audition date
May 16, 2017
Payment
$110.83 per service
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(Posted on February 23, 2017; last updated about 7 years ago)


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Audition Repertoire
A concerto from the standard repertoire of applicant’s choice (excerpt of 4–5 minutes)
Orchestral excerpts
BeethovenSymphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 1–10
  • Mvt. II: 49–59
  • Mvt. II: 98–106
  • Mvt. III: 1–78
  • Mvt. III: 140–177
BrahmsSymphony No. 3
  • Mvt. III: beginning–B
DebussyLa Mer
  • Mvt. I: 2 before 9 to 6 after 9, top part
MozartSymphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. IV: 134–181
ProkofievSymphony No. 5
  • Mvt. IV: 7980, top part
  • Mvt. IV: 2 before 88 to 6 after 88
  • Mvt. IV: 3 before 106 to 1 before 107
ShostakovichSymphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. III: 8992
SmetanaThe Bartered Bride
  • Overture: first two pages
Orchestral solos
BrahmsPiano Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. III: 1–9
GinasteraVariaciones concertantes, Op. 23
  • Opening solo
RossiniWilliam Tell Overture
  • Opening solo, first cello part
ShostakovichSymphony No. 1, Op. 10
  • Mvt. IV: 3640
Possible sight-reading
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