Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra violin audition

Audition information
Position
Associate concertmaster
Application deadline
September 10, 2021
Audition date
October 17–18, 2021
Weeks in season
38
Payment
$46,092.48 per year
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(Posted on December 21, 2019; last updated over 2 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
The exposition from the first movement of a standard concerto of your choice
One of the following concerto movements
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, K. 218
  • Mvt. I: exposition and cadenza
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219
  • Mvt. I: exposition and cadenza
First violin orchestra excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. III: 99–114
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. II: 88–105
  • Mvt. IV: 33–D
Debussy—La Mer
  • Mvt. II: 33 to 6 after 38
Mahler—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. I: 7 to 7 before 11
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: 1 to 7 after D
Mozart—Symphony No. 39, K. 543
  • Mvt. I: 26–142
  • Mvt. II: 1–27
  • Mvt. II: 96–126
  • Mvt. IV: 1 to the double bar
Prokofiev—Symphony No. 1, “Classical”, Op. 25
  • Mvt. I: exposition
  • Mvt. II: 1–C
Schumann—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. II: beginning to the first trio
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • 1 to 9 before D
Chamber music
Beethoven—String Quartet Opus. 18, No. 4
  • Mvt. I, first violin: exposition
  • Mvt. I, second violin: exposition
Concertmaster solos
Bach—St. Matthew Passion
  • “Erbame Dich, mein Gott”: 1–9
Beethoven—Missa solemnis
  • Sanctus: 110–134
Brahms—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. II: solo
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Solos from second and third movements
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 22–31
Tchaikovsky—Swan Lake
  • Scene No. 4: 26–29
Possible sight-reading
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