San Diego Symphony viola audition

Audition information
Position
Section viola (4 openings)
Application deadline
October 2, 2019
Audition date
November 2–5, 2019
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(Posted on July 26, 2019; last updated over 4 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solo (select one of the following)
Bartók—Viola Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Hindemith—Der Schwanendreher
  • Mvt. I
Walton—Viola Concerto
  • Mvt. I
A prelude from a J. S. Bach cello suite of the applicant’s choice
Orchestral repertoire
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 1–106
Berlioz—Roman Carnival Overture
  • Pickup to 3 after 1 to 1 after 4
Brahms—Variations on a Theme by Haydn
  • Variation 5
  • Variation 7
  • Variation 8
Mahler—Symphony No. 10
  • Mvt. I: 1–1
  • Mvt. I: 12–13
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: 8 before A to 4 before L
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. I: 1–66
  • Mvt. I: 129–172
  • Mvt. IV: 1–181
Ravel—Daphnis and Chloé, Suite No. 2
  • 158–166
  • 212–216
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 1 after 15 to 17
  • Mvt. I: 32 to 5 after 38
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • 1 to 5 before D
  • 3 before H to 3 before I
  • 7 after O to 6 before Q
  • 14 after V to 4 before Y
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 6
  • Mvt. I: 4 before “Allegro non troppo” to 88
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