Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra viola audition

Audition information
Position
Principal viola
Application deadline
July 8, 2019
Audition date
September 9–11, 2019
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(Posted on June 13, 2019; last updated over 5 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One of the following solo movements
Bartók—Viola Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Hindemith—Der Schwanendreher
  • Mvt. I
Walton—Viola Concerto
  • Mvt. I
One of the following solos
Hoffmeister—Viola Concerto
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. II
Stamitz—Viola Concerto in D Major, Op. 1
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. II
Solo
Mozart—Sinfonia Concertante, K. 364
  • Mvt. I: 72–158
  • Mvt. II: 16–53
Orchestral solos
Berlioz—Harold in Italy
  • Mvt. I: 12 before 3 to 3 after 4
  • Mvt. I: 20 after 6 to 20 after 7
Enescu—Romanian Rhapsody No. 1
  • 1 after 7 to 10
Ravel—Ma mère l’oye (Mother Goose) Suite
  • Mvt. V: 2–4
Strauss—Don Quixote
  • 4 after 14 to 18
  • 26 to 3 before 28
  • 29–34
Vaughan Williams—Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
  • I to 6 after L (79–114)
  • 3 after U to 1 before X (198–211)
Orchestral excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. II: 64–71
  • Mvt. III: 1–A
  • Mvt. III: 125–139
  • Mvt. III: 294–317
  • Mvt. IV: 41–80
Bruckner—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. II: 51–83
Copland—Appalachian Spring Suite
  • 6–10
Mahler—Symphony No. 10
  • Mvt. I: 1–1
  • Mvt. I: 4 after 12 to 13
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. I: 41–66
  • Mvt. IV: 134–181
Prokofiev—Symphony No. 1, “Classical”, Op. 25
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. IV
Ravel—Daphnis and Chloé, Suite No. 2
  • 158–170
  • 212 to 1 after 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
  • 1 before 94 to 2 after 97
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • beginning–D
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 6
  • Mvt. I: 19–38
  • Mvt. I: 50–62
Possible sight-reading
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