Dallas Symphony Orchestra cello audition

Audition information
Position
Section cello
Application deadline
November 30, 2018
Audition date
January 14 through March 27, 2019
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(Posted on November 19, 2018; last updated over 5 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
The first movement of a standard concerto (Haydn or Dvorak preferred)
The prelude from any Bach cello suite
Tutti excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 1–10
  • Mvt. II: 49–59
  • Mvt. II: 98–106
  • Mvt. III: 1–18
  • Mvt. III: 140–218
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. II: 1–57
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. II: C–55
  • Mvt. IV: B–D
Mahler—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 12 after 11 to 4 after 13
  • Mvt. V: pick-up to 2 to 3 before 3
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: N–O
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. IV: 134–181
Prokofiev—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. IV: 79–80, top part
Schubert—Symphony No. 9, D. 944, “The Great”
  • Mvt. III: 1–56
  • Mvt. IV: 1–36
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • 1 to 5 before D
Verdi—Requiem
  • Offertorio: 1–34
Possible sight-reading
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