Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra violin audition

Audition information
Position
Section violin (3 openings)
Application deadline
March 21, 2018
Audition date
April 30, 2018
Weeks in season
39
Payment
$2,127.94 per week
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(Posted on February 7, 2018; last updated about 7 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One of the following concertos
Bartók—Violin Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. I: exposition
Beethoven—Violin Concerto
  • Mvt. I: exposition
Brahms—Violin Concerto
  • Mvt. I: exposition
Dvořák—Violin Concerto
  • Mvt. I: exposition
Mendelssohn—Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64
  • Mvt. I: exposition (no cadenza)
Paganini—Violin Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. I: exposition
Prokofiev—Violin Concerto No. 2
Sibelius—Violin Concerto
  • Mvt. I: exposition (with both cadenzas)
Tchaikovsky—Violin Concerto
  • Mvt. I: exposition
Wieniawski—Violin Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. I: exposition
One of the following Mozart concertos
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, K. 216
  • Mvt. I: exposition
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, K. 218
  • Mvt. I: exposition
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219
  • Mvt. I: exposition
First violin excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. III: 99–114
Mendelssohn—Symphony No. 4, “Italian”
  • Mvt. I: 1–110
Mozart—Symphony No. 39, K. 543
  • Mvt. IV: 1–104
Schumann—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. II: 1–54
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • 1 to 5 before D
Tchaikovsky—The Nutcracker
  • Overture: last 49 measures, top line
Second violin excerpts
Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra
  • Mvt. V: 265–317
Brahms—Piano Concerto No. 1
  • Mvt. III: 238–263
Bruckner—Symphony No. 9
  • Mvt. III: I–K
Possible sight-reading
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