Chicago Symphony Orchestra viola audition

Audition information
Position
Section viola
Application deadline
September 15, 2013
Audition date
November 4, 2013 through January 27, 2014
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(Posted on August 14, 2013; last updated over 8 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solo
Stamitz—Viola Concerto in D Major, Op. 1
  • Mvt. I: exposition
The first movement of one of the following concertos
Bartók—Viola Concerto
Hindemith—Der Schwanendreher
Walton—Viola Concerto
Orchestra excerpts
Bartók—Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta
  • Mvt. II: 324 to 385 (viola 1)
  • Mvt. III: 6–9 (viola 1)
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. II
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II
Brahms—German Requiem
  • Mvt. I: beginning–19, both parts divisi
Brahms—Variations on a Theme by Haydn
  • Variation 5
  • Variation 7
  • Variation 8
Bruckner—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. II
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. IV
Rossini—La Gazza Ladra
  • Overture
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 15–17
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 6
  • Mvt. I
Wagner—Tannhäuser (Dresden version)
  • Overture
Sight-reading
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