Houston Symphony Orchestra violin audition

Audition information
Position
Associate principal second violin
Application deadline
September 14, 2017
Audition date
November 13–15, 2017
Weeks in season
52
Payment
$1,805 per week
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(Posted on August 7, 2017; last updated over 7 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One of the following concertos
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
The first movement—with cadenza—of one of the following concertos
Beethoven—Violin Concerto
Brahms—Violin Concerto
Mendelssohn—Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64
Sibelius—Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky—Violin Concerto
First violin excerpts
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I: 1–53
  • Mvt. III: 247–end
  • Mvt. IV: 33–D
Debussy—La Mer
  • Mvt. II: 33 to 4 after 38
Mahler—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. IV: Beginning–34
Mozart—Symphony No. 39, K. 543
  • Mvt. II: 1–28
  • Mvt. IV: 1–104
Schumann—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. II: 1–54
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • 1 to 13 after C
Tchaikovsky—The Nutcracker
  • Overture: 12 before G to the end
Second violin excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. III: 1–165
Mozart—Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”, K. 551
  • Mvt. IV: 1–157
Mozart—The Magic Flute
  • Overture: 16–59
Smetana—The Bartered Bride
  • Overture: 1 to 5 after A
Chamber music
Beethoven—String Quartet Opus. 18, No. 4
  • Mvt. I, first violin: exposition
Beethoven—String Quartet Opus. 18, No. 6
  • Mvt. I, second violin: exposition
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