Atlanta Symphony Orchestra viola audition

Audition information
Position
Principal viola
Application deadline
June 6, 2018
Audition date
November 11–13, 2018
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(Posted on May 3, 2018; last updated over 6 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One movement from a Bach unaccompanied cello suite or viola sonata or partita
Solo
Mozart—Sinfonia Concertante, K. 364
  • Mvt. I
One of the following concerto movements
Bartók—Viola Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Hindemith—Der Schwanendreher
  • Mvt. I
Walton—Viola Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Orchestral solos
Enescu—Romanian Rhapsody No. 1
  • 7–8
Kodály—Háry János Suite
  • Mvt. III: beginning–1
Prokofiev—Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 2
  • Mvt. V: 1 before 44 to 3 before 45
Ravel—Ma mère l’oye (Mother Goose) Suite
  • Mvt. V: 5 after 2 to 3 after 3
Strauss—Don Quixote
  • 4 after 14 to 1 before 18
  • 26–34
Tutti excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II
  • Mvt. III: 146–197
Brahms—Variations on a Theme by Haydn
  • Variation 5
  • Variation 7
  • Variation 8
Bruckner—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. II: 51–83
Copland—Appalachian Spring
  • 6 to 1 before 14
Mahler—Symphony No. 10
  • Mvt. I: 1–1
  • Mvt. I: 12–13
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. IV: 134–181
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 15–17
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • beginning–D
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 6
  • Mvt. I: 19–68
Chamber music
Brahms—String Sextet No. 1 in B♭, Op. 18
  • Mvt. II, first viola
Mozart—Divertimento in E♭ Major, K. 563
  • Mvt. I
Possible sight-reading
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