Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra viola audition

Audition information
Position
Section viola (3 openings)
Application deadline
February 10, 2020
Audition date
March 30 through April 22, 2020
Payment
$2,062.30 per week
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(Posted on January 16, 2020; last updated about 5 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One of the following concerto movements
Bartók—Viola Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Hindemith—Der Schwanendreher
  • Mvt. I
Walton—Viola Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Also one of the following solos
Mozart—Sinfonia Concertante, K. 364
  • Mvt. I: exposition
Stamitz—Viola Concerto in D Major, Op. 1
  • Mvt. I: exposition
A prelude of your choice from a J. S. Bach cello suite
Orchestral excerpts
Bartók—Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta
  • Mvt. II: 324 to 392 (viola 1)
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II
Brahms—Variations on a Theme by Haydn
  • Variation 5
  • Variation 7
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: B to 24 after C
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. IV
Ravel—Daphnis and Chloé, Suite No. 2
  • 158 to 3 after 163
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 15–17
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • 1–36
  • C to 17 after C
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 16–19
  • 3 before 45 to 4 after 49
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