Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra violin audition

Audition information
Position
Principal second violin
Application deadline
March 11, 2020
Audition date
May 6–8, 2019
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(Posted on March 22, 2019; last updated about 5 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One of the following concerto movements
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, K. 216
  • Mvt. I with cadenza
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, K. 218
  • Mvt. I with cadenza
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219
  • Mvt. I with cadenza
The first movement — with cadenza — of a 19th or 20th century concerto of your choice
First violin excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. III: 1–165
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. III: 1–45
  • Mvt. IV: 33–81
Mozart—Symphony No. 39, K. 543
  • Mvt. I: 26–97
  • Mvt. II: 1–28
  • Mvt. II: 30–54
  • Mvt. IV: 1–79
Prokofiev—Symphony No. 1, “Classical”, Op. 25
  • Mvt. I: 1–62
  • Mvt. II: A to 1 after C
  • Mvt. IV: 1–42
Schumann—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. II: 1–trio
  • Mvt. II: coda
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • 1 to 13 after C
Second violin excerpt
Rachmaninoff—Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27
  • Mvt. II: “meno mosso” 14 after 32 to 4 before 35
First violin solos
Beethoven—Missa solemnis
  • Sanctus: 110–134
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. IV: solo beginning “Lento” recit. after Z to the end
Possible sight-reading
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