Grant Park Symphony Orchestra violin audition

Audition information
Position
Assistant concertmaster
Application deadline
January 19, 2018
Audition date
February 5–14, 2018
Weeks in season
9
Payment
$1,533.79 per week
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(Posted on December 19, 2017; last updated about 7 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One of the following concerto movements
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, K. 216
  • Mvt. I: exposition and development
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, K. 218
  • Mvt. I: exposition and development
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219
  • Mvt. I: exposition and development
The first movement from a major 19th or 20th century concerto (exposition and development only)
Orchestral excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. III: 99–114
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I: 118–156
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I: 392–440
Copland—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. IV: 3 after 90 to 93
Mahler—Symphony No. 9
  • Mvt. I: 223–13
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: 17–99
Mozart—Symphony No. 39, K. 543
  • Mvt. I: 1–142
Schumann—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. II: 1–54
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • 1–62
Solo violin excerpts
Bach—St. Matthew Passion
  • “Erbame Dich, mein Gott”: 1–9
Beethoven—Missa solemnis
  • Sanctus: 110–134
Brahms—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. II: solo
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. II: solos
  • Mvt. III: solos
  • Mvt. IV: Solos
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. II: solo
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 2 after 22 to 32
Sight-reading
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