Dallas Symphony Orchestra viola audition

Audition information
Position
Associate principal viola
Application deadline
November 3, 2019
Audition date
January 6–13, 2020
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(Posted on November 2, 2019; last updated over 4 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One movement from any Bach suite, sonata, or partita
One of the following solos
Bartók—Viola Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Hindemith—Der Schwanendreher
  • Mvt. I
Walton—Viola Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Solo
Mozart—Sinfonia Concertante, K. 364
  • Mvt. I: 72–158
  • Mvt. II: 16–53
Orchestra excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. III: 1–166
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 1–106
Brahms—Variations on a Theme by Haydn
  • Variation 5
  • Variation 7
  • Variation 8
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. III
Copland—Appalachian Spring
  • 6 to 2 before 14
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: 1–O
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. I: 1–66
  • Mvt. IV: 134–181
Prokofiev—Symphony No. 1, “Classical”, Op. 25
  • Mvt. I
Ravel—Daphnis and Chloé, Suite No. 2
  • 158–166
  • 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
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • beginning–D
  • V–Y
Orchestra solos
Enescu—Romanian Rhapsody No. 1
  • 1 after 7 to 8
Ginastera—Variaciones concertantes, Op. 23
  • Variation V: 32–36
Prokofiev—Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 2
  • Mvt. V: 1 before 44 to 3 before 45
Ravel—Ma mère l’oye (Mother Goose) Suite
  • Mvt. V: 5 after 2 to 3 after 3
Strauss—Don Quixote
  • 14–18
  • 26–34
Possible sight-reading
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