Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra viola audition

Audition information
Position
Section viola (3 openings)
Application deadline
January 5, 2018
Audition date
February 12–13, 2018
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(Posted on November 9, 2017; last updated over 6 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solo Bach
Bach—Suite No. 1 for cello
  • Prelude
One of the following concerto movements
Bartók—Viola Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Hindemith—Der Schwanendreher
  • Mvt. I
Walton—Viola Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Orchestra excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 1–10
  • Mvt. II: 98–106
  • Mvt. III: 147–213
Berlioz—Roman Carnival Overture
  • Pickup to 3 after 1 to 1 after 4
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I: 114–136
  • Mvt. II: C–55
  • Mvt. IV: G–I
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: first page
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. I: 1–66
  • Mvt. IV: 134–181
Ravel—Daphnis and Chloé, Suite No. 2
  • 158–166
  • 212 to 4 after 220
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • Beginning to five before D
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 6
  • Mvt. I: 19–D
Possible sight-reading
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