Portland Symphony Orchestra violin audition

Audition information
Position
Principal second violin
Application deadline
October 21, 2019
Audition date
November 4, 2019
Payment
$187.52 per service
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(Posted on July 26, 2019; last updated over 4 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
The exposition of the first movement (no cadenza) of one of the following concertos
Bartók—Violin Concerto No. 2
Beethoven—Violin Concerto
Brahms—Violin Concerto
Dvořák—Violin Concerto
Mendelssohn—Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64
Prokofiev—Violin Concerto No. 2
Prokofiev—Violin Concerto No. 1
Sibelius—Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky—Violin Concerto
First violin excerpts
Bach—St. Matthew Passion
  • “Gebt mir meinem jesum wieder”, orchestra 2, violin 1: 1–C
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I: 1 to 4 before C
  • Mvt. II: E–F
  • Mvt. III: 10 after G to the end
  • Mvt. IV: 8 before B to D
Debussy—La Mer
  • Mvt. II: 19–20
  • Mvt. II: 33–39
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: 1 to 7 after C
Mozart—Symphony No. 39, K. 543
  • Mvt. I: 1–96
  • Mvt. II: 1–27
  • Mvt. IV: 1–42
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • First page
Second violin excerpts
Mozart—Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”, K. 551
  • Mvt. IV: 1–B
Smetana—The Bartered Bride
  • Overture: 1 to 5 after A
Strauss—An Alpine Symphony
  • 129–134
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