Illinois Symphony Orchestra viola audition

Audition information
Position
One-year principal viola
Application deadline
August 14, 2019
Audition date
September 10, 2019
Payment
$93.60 per service
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(Posted on July 24, 2019; last updated over 5 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
The first movement of a major concerto of your choice (exposition only, without cadenza)
Any movement from J. S. Bach’s six cello suites
Orchestral excerpts
Bartók—Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta
  • Mvt. II: 324 to 392 (viola 1)
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 1–10
  • Mvt. II: 49–59
  • Mvt. II: 98–106
Berlioz—Roman Carnival Overture
  • Pickup to 3 after 1 to 6 before 4
Brahms—Variations on a Theme by Haydn
  • Variation 5
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: 70–93
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. IV: 134–181
Solo excerpts
Ravel—Ma mère l’oye (Mother Goose) Suite
  • Mvt. V: 4 after 2 to 3 after 3
Strauss—Don Quixote
  • 4 after 29 to 1 before 34
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