Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra cello audition

Audition information
Position
Assistant principal cello
Application deadline
November 13, 2017
Audition date
January 21–23, 2018
Payment
$72,000 per year
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(Posted on August 8, 2017; last updated about 7 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solo
Haydn—Cello Concerto in D Major
  • Mvt. I: exposition
One of the following solos
Dvořák—Cello Concerto
  • Mvt. I: exposition
Schumann—Cello Concerto
  • Mvt. I: exposition
Orchestral solos
Brahms—Piano Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. III: 1–23
  • Mvt. III: 71–end
Rossini—William Tell Overture
  • First cello solo, beginning to “Allegro”
Saint-Saëns—Carnival of the Animals
  • The Swan
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 1, Op. 10
  • Mvt. IV: 36–40
Suppé—Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna Overture
  • 14–45
Orchestral excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 1–10
  • Mvt. II: 49–59
  • Mvt. II: 98–106
  • Mvt. III: 1–18
  • Mvt. III: 140–213
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. II: 1–15
Debussy—La Mer
  • 2 before 6 to 6 after 9
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: N–O
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. IV: 134–211
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • 1 to 3 before D
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • Beginning before 3 to 3
Verdi—Requiem
  • Offertorio: 1–34
Possible sight-reading
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