Lake Forest Symphony viola audition

Audition information
Position
Assistant principal viola
Application deadline
September 6, 2017
Audition date
October 2–3, 2017
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(Posted on August 28, 2017; last updated over 6 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One of the following solo movements
Bartók—Viola Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Hindemith—Der Schwanendreher
  • Mvt. I
Walton—Viola Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Orchestral excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 1–10
  • Mvt. II: 23–37
  • Mvt. II: 72–86
  • Mvt. II: 99–106
Brahms—Variations on a Theme by Haydn
  • Variation 5
  • Variation 7
  • Variation 8
Bruckner—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. II: 51–83
  • Mvt. II: 113–150
Mahler—Symphony No. 10
  • Mvt. I: 1–15
  • Mvt. I: 105–111
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: B–D
  • Scherzo: 9 after H to 4 before L
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. I: 41–66
  • Mvt. IV: 134–181
Prokofiev—Symphony No. 1, “Classical”, Op. 25
  • Mvt. I: 8 before I to 1 before J
  • Mvt. I: L to 11 after M
  • Mvt. IV: D to the first ending
  • Mvt. IV: 7 before O to the end
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 1 after 15 to 17
  • Mvt. I: 3 after 22 to 25
  • Mvt. I: 36 to 3 after 38
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • 1 to 5 before D
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 6
  • Mvt. I: 19–62
Orchestral solos
Ginastera—Variaciones concertantes, Op. 23
  • 32–35
Ravel—Ma mère l’oye (Mother Goose) Suite
  • Mvt. V: 4 after 2 to 2 after 3
Possible sight-reading
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