Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra viola audition

Audition information
Position
Section viola (2 openings)
Application deadline
December 3, 2018
Audition date
February 6–12, 2019
Payment
$1,907.63 per week
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(Posted on November 27, 2018; last updated about 6 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
The first or third movement from any standard Classical or twentieth century concerto
A prelude of your choice from Bach cello suite 2–5
Orchestral excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. III: 1–A
  • Mvt. IV: B to 24 after C
Copland—Appalachian Spring
  • 6 to 1 before 14
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. IV
Ravel—Daphnis and Chloé, Suite No. 2
  • 158 to 3 after 163
  • 5 after 212 to 216
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 15–17
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 77 to 4 after 79
  • 1 before 85 to 6 after 85
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
Wagner—Tannhäuser
  • Overture: 220–304
Mozart solo
Mozart—Sinfonia Concertante, K. 364
  • Mvt. I
Possible sight-reading
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