Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra violin audition

Audition information
Position
Section violin (3 openings)
Application deadline
April 28, 2018
Audition date
May 12, 2018
Weeks in season
40
Payment
$50,672 per year
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(Posted on March 19, 2018; last updated about 6 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One movement of an unaccompanied Bach sonata or partita
The exposition of the first movement of a Mozart violin concerto of the candidate’s choice
The exposition of the first movement from a Romantic violin concerto — Beethoven or later — of the candidate’s choice
First violin excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. III: 99–114
Brahms—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. I: 1–9
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. III: 247–end
  • Mvt. IV: 33–80
Mozart—Symphony No. 39, K. 543
  • Mvt. II: 1–27
  • Mvt. IV: 1–78
Prokofiev—Symphony No. 1, “Classical”, Op. 25
  • Mvt. I: 1–H
Schumann—Symphony No. 2
  • Scherzo: beginning to Trio I
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 9–12
  • Mvt. I: 32 to 3 after 38
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • First page
Second violin excerpts
Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra
  • Mvt. V: 265–317
Mozart—The Magic Flute
  • Overture: 16–59
Chamber music
Beethoven—String Quartet Opus. 18, No. 4
  • Mvt. I, first violin: exposition
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