Toronto Symphony Orchestra viola audition

Audition information
Position
Associate principal viola
Application deadline
December 23, 2018
Audition date
January 31 through February 1, 2019
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(Posted on November 27, 2018; last updated over 5 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
The first movement of an unaccompanied Bach cello suite
Solo
Mozart—Sinfonia Concertante, K. 364
  • Mvt. I: 72–158
  • Mvt. II: 16–25
One of the following solos
Bartók—Viola Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Hindemith—Der Schwanendreher
  • Mvt. I
Walton—Viola Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Solo orchestral excerpts
Britten—Peter Grimes
  • Passacaglia: 1–1
Ginastera—Variaciones concertantes, Op. 23
  • 32–35
Kodály—Háry János Suite
  • Mvt. III: beginning–1
Ravel—Ma mère l’oye (Mother Goose) Suite
  • Mvt. V: 27–35
Strauss—Don Quixote
  • 4 after 14 to 18
  • 29–34
Orchestral excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 1–106
Brahms—Variations on a Theme by Haydn
  • Variation 5
  • Variation 7
  • Variation 8
Copland—Appalachian Spring Suite
  • 6 to 1 before 14
Mahler—Symphony No. 10
  • Mvt. I: 104–111
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: 1–D
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. I: 1–66
  • Mvt. IV: 134–181
Ravel—Daphnis and Chloé, Suite No. 2
  • 158–166
  • 2 after 212 to 216
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 15–17
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • beginning–D
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 6
  • Mvt. I: 19–62
Chamber music
Mozart—Divertimento in E♭ Major, K. 563
  • Mvt. I
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