Grand Rapids Symphony violin audition

Audition information
Position
Assistant concertmaster
Application deadline
August 4, 2018
Audition date
September 14–17, 2017
Payment
$45,619.20 per year
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(Posted on July 13, 2017; last updated over 6 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One of the following concerto movements
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, K. 216
  • Mvt. I: exposition and cadenza
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, K. 218
  • Mvt. I: exposition and cadenza
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219
  • Mvt. I: exposition and cadenza
A Romantic era concerto of your choice
Concertmaster solos
Brahms—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. II: solo
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • All solos
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • All solos
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • All solos
First violin orchestral excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. III: 1–170
Beethoven—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: 1–52
  • Mvt. IV: 100–119
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: 41–80
  • Mvt. IV: 161–199
  • Mvt. IV: 253–289
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Overture: 6–39
Mozart—Symphony No. 39, K. 543
  • Mvt. II: 1–39
  • Mvt. II: 96–109
  • Mvt. IV: 1–104
Schumann—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. II: 1–98
  • Mvt. II: coda
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • 1–62
  • 2 before R to 3 after U
Possible sight-reading
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