Utah Symphony Orchestra cello audition

Audition information
Position
Section cello
Application deadline
November 1, 2014
Audition date
February 16–17, 2014
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(Posted on October 1, 2013; last updated over 8 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solo: Sarabande from any J.S. Bach solo suite
Concerto: choose one
Dvořák—Cello Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Schumann—Cello Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Solo Orchestral Repertoire
Brahms—Piano Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. III: Beginning–25
  • Mvt. III: 71–end
Puccini—Tosca
  • Act III: Cello quartet (top line) 5 after 9 to 11
Rossini—William Tell Overture
  • 1–48
Strauss—Don Quixote
  • Theme
  • Variation 2: 214–221
  • Variation 2: 233–248
  • Variation 5
Orchestral Excerpts
Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra
  • Finale: fugue, 292–317 (upper line)
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 1–10
  • Mvt. II: 49–59
  • Mvt. II: 98–106
  • Mvt. III: 1–18
  • Mvt. III: 140–177
Beethoven—Symphony No. 8
  • Mvt. III: 45–78
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. II: 1–15
Debussy—La Mer
  • Mvt. I: 2 before 9 to 6 after 9
Mahler—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. III: 4–5 (top line)
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: N–O
Possible sight-reading
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