Baltimore Symphony Orchestra viola audition

Audition information
Position
Section viola
Application deadline
March 18, 2018
Audition date
April 26–30, 2018
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(Posted on February 23, 2018; last updated over 6 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One movement of an unaccompanied Bach composition
The first movement from one of the following
Bartók—Viola Concerto
Hindemith—Der Schwanendreher
Walton—Viola Concerto
Orchestral tutti excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 1–10
  • Mvt. II: 49–59
  • Mvt. II: 98–106
Berlioz—Roman Carnival Overture
  • Pickup to 3 after 1 to 8 after 3
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: B–D
Brahms—Variations on a Theme by Haydn
  • Variation 5
  • Variation 7
  • Variation 8
Bruckner—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. II: C–83
  • Mvt. II: I–L
Copland—Appalachian Spring
  • 6 to 1 before 14
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: B–D
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. I: 1–66
  • Mvt. IV: 1–37
  • Mvt. IV: 134–181
Ravel—Daphnis and Chloé, Suite No. 2
  • 158–166
  • 2 after 212 to the end
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: second bar of 15 to 17
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • Beginning to five before D
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 6
  • Mvt. I: 19–62
Possible sight-reading
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