Kansas City Symphony violin audition

Audition information
Position
Section first and second violin (2 openings)
Application deadline
April 4, 2014
Audition date
May 12–13, 2014
Payment
$51,369 per year
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(Posted on February 21, 2014; last updated about 10 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
1st movement of any Mozart concerto, with cadenza
1st movement of a 19th or 20th century concerto, with cadenza
1st violin excerpts
Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra
  • Mvt. V: 4 after 52 to 6 after 81
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. III: 99–114
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I: 2 before Q to the end
  • Mvt. II: B to 9 after C
Debussy—La Mer
  • Mvt. II: 33 to 6 after 38
Mahler—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. IV: Beginning–34
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: 1 to 7 after D
Mozart—Symphony No. 39, K. 543
  • Mvt. IV: 1–78 (B)
  • Mvt. II: 1–27
Prokofiev—Symphony No. 1, “Classical”, Op. 25
  • Mvt. I: beginning to 4 after E
Schumann—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. II: 1–54
Strauss—Also Sprach Zarathustra
  • 3–6 (violin 1a)
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • 1 to 13 after C
2nd violin excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. II: Beginning–84 (8 after B)
Brahms—Piano Concerto No. 1
  • Mvt. III: 238–263
Bruckner—Symphony No. 9
  • Mvt. III: 57–64
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