Elgin Symphony Orchestra viola audition

Audition information
Position
Principal viola
Application deadline
August 24, 2017
Audition date
September 9–11, 2017
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(Posted on June 7, 2017; last updated almost 8 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One of the following solo movements
Bartók—Viola Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Hindemith—Der Schwanendreher
  • Mvt. I
Stamitz—Viola Concerto in D Major, Op. 1
  • Mvt. I
Solo Bach
Bach—Suite No. 2 for cello
  • Prelude
Orchestral solos
Ginastera—Variaciones concertantes, Op. 23
  • Variation V: 32–35
Ravel—Ma mère l’oye (Mother Goose) Suite
  • Mvt. V: solo
Strauss—Don Quixote
  • 4 after 14 to 2 before 18
  • 1 after 29 to 2 before 34
  • 26 to 3 before 28
Orchestral repertoire
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 1–10
  • Mvt. II: 50–59
  • Mvt. II: 98–106
  • Mvt. III: trio
Brahms—Variations on a Theme by Haydn
  • Variation 5
  • Variation 7
  • Variation 8
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: B–D
Prokofiev—Symphony No. 1, “Classical”, Op. 25
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. IV
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 6
  • Mvt. I: 1–88
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