Dallas Symphony Orchestra viola audition

Audition information
Position
Principal viola
Application deadline
December 29, 2017
Audition date
February 26 through March 12, 2018
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(Posted on December 12, 2017; last updated almost 7 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One movement from any Bach suite, sonata, or partita
One of the following solos
Bartók—Viola Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Hindemith—Der Schwanendreher
  • Mvt. I
Walton—Viola Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Solo
Mozart—Sinfonia Concertante, K. 364
  • Mvt. II
Orchestra excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. III
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II
Berlioz—Roman Carnival Overture
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. III
Brahms—Variations on a Theme by Haydn
  • Variation 5
  • Variation 7
  • Variation 8
Bruckner—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. II: 51–83
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. IV
Prokofiev—Symphony No. 1, “Classical”, Op. 25
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. IV
Ravel—Daphnis and Chloé, Suite No. 2
  • 196–197
  • 3 after 212 to 216
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 15–17
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • beginning–D
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 77 to 4 after 79
  • 1 before 85 to 6 after 85
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 6
  • Mvt. I: 19–79
Orchestra solos
Elgar—Enigma Variations
  • Mvt. X: 39–40
Enescu—Romanian Rhapsody No. 1
  • 1 after 7 to 8
Ginastera—Variaciones concertantes, Op. 23
  • Variation V: 1 before 32 to 36
Liszt—Piano Concerto No. 1
  • Mvt. I: 8 after G to 8 before H
Ravel—Ma mère l’oye (Mother Goose) Suite
  • Mvt. V: 5 after 2 to 3 after 3
Strauss—Don Quixote
  • 14 to Variation I
  • 26–34
  • 72–74
Possible sight-reading
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