Vancouver Symphony Orchestra violin audition

Audition information
Position
Section first violin
Application deadline
December 23, 2018
Audition date
January 21, 2019
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(Posted on October 11, 2018; last updated over 5 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
The first movement — including cadenza — of any Mozart concerto
The exposition of the first movement of a standard concerto from the 19th or early 20th century
One movement of unaccompanied Bach (sonatas and partitas)
First violin excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. III
Brahms—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. IV: 92–137
Debussy—La Mer
  • Mvt. II: 19–20
  • Mvt. II: 33–39
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: 8 before A to 7 after D
Mozart—Symphony No. 39, K. 543
  • Mvt. II: 1–54
  • Mvt. IV: 1–104
Prokofiev—Symphony No. 1, “Classical”, Op. 25
  • Mvt. I: 1–86
Schumann—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. II: 1 to 14 after K
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 32 to 1 before 39
Tchaikovsky—The Nutcracker
  • Overture: G–end
Chamber music
Ravel—String Quartet
  • Mvt. I, second violin
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