Detroit Symphony Orchestra viola audition

Audition information
Position
Section viola
Application deadline
April 3, 2018
Audition date
May 21–23, 2018
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(Posted on February 2, 2018; last updated about 7 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One of the following concerto movements
Bartók—Viola Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Hindemith—Der Schwanendreher
  • Mvt. I
Walton—Viola Concerto
  • Mvt. I
One movement from a Bach cello suite
Orchestral excerpts
Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra
  • Mvt. I: 233–248
  • Mvt. IV: 42–60
  • Mvt. V: 300–317
  • Mvt. V: 384–444
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. II: 64–71
  • Mvt. III: 1–A
  • Mvt. III: 125–139
  • Mvt. IV: 41–80
Brahms—Variations on a Theme by Haydn
  • Variation 5
  • Variation 7
  • Variation 8
Copland—Appalachian Spring
  • 6–10
  • 11 to 1 before 14
Mahler—Symphony No. 10
  • Mvt. I: Beginning to 1
  • Mvt. I: 12–13
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: 1–D
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. I: 41–66
  • Mvt. IV: 134–181
Ravel—Daphnis and Chloé
  • 212–216
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 15–17
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 77 to 4 after 79
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • Beginning to five before D
  • 5 before Q to S
  • 14 after V to W
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 6
  • Mvt. I: 19–38
  • Mvt. I: 50–62
Possible sight-reading
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