Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra viola audition

Audition information
Position
Section viola (4 openings)
Application deadline
December 13, 2018
Audition date
January 13 through February 4, 2019
Weeks in season
43
Payment
$93,569.15 per year
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(Posted on December 18, 2018; last updated over 5 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
The prelude from any Bach solo suite for cello
One of the following concerto movements
Bartók—Viola Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Hindemith—Der Schwanendreher
  • Mvt. I
Walton—Viola Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Orchestral Excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 1–10
  • Mvt. II: 49–59
  • Mvt. II: 98–106
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. III: 1–A
  • Mvt. III: 125–139
  • Mvt. III: 294–I
  • Mvt. IV: B–D
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: 1–D
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. I: 41–B
  • Mvt. IV: 134–E
Ravel—Daphnis and Chloé, Suite No. 2
  • 158–166
  • 3 after 212 to 216
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 15–17
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • beginning–D
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 77 to 2 before 80
  • Pickup to 94 to 2 after 97
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 6
  • Mvt. I: 19–C
Mozart solo
Mozart—Sinfonia Concertante, K. 364
  • Mvt. I: exposition
Chamber music
Mozart—String Quintet No. 4 in G Minor, K. 516
  • Mvt. I, viola 2: exposition
Possible sight-reading
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