Cleveland Orchestra violin audition

Audition information
Position
Assistant concertmaster
Application deadline
January 5, 2018
Audition date
April 9, 2018
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(Posted on December 12, 2017; last updated over 7 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
The first movement of a major concerto
One of the following concertos
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, K. 218
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. II
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. II
First violin orchestral excerpts
Brahms—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. II
Debussy—La Mer
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo
Mozart—Symphony No. 39, K. 543
Schumann—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. II
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
Second violin orchestral excerpts
Strauss—An Alpine Symphony
  • 129–134
  • 138–142
Concertmaster solos
Bach—B minor Mass
  • Laudamus Te
Beethoven—Missa solemnis
Mozart—Serenade No. 7, K. 250, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. III
  • Mvt. V: 33–114
  • Mvt. V: 214–274
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
Strauss—Also Sprach Zarathustra
  • 14 before 26 to 9 after 35
  • 8 before 42 to 44
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
Tchaikovsky—Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a
One movement from a Bach sonata or partita for solo violin
Sight-reading
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