Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra violin audition

Audition information
Position
Section first violin
Application deadline
February 17, 2020
Audition date
April 19–21, 2020
Payment
$2,062.30 per week
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(Posted on January 16, 2020; last updated over 4 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One of the following concerto movements (with cadenza)
Bartók—Violin Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. I
Beethoven—Violin Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Brahms—Violin Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Mendelssohn—Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64
  • Mvt. I
Prokofiev—Violin Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. I
Sibelius—Violin Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Tchaikovsky—Violin Concerto
  • Mvt. I
One of the following concertos
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, K. 216
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. II
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, K. 218
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. II
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. II
Orchestral excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. IV: 1–46
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. III: 99–114
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I: 1–53
Copland—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. IV: 3 after 90 to 93
Mahler—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. I: 7–11
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: 17–99
Mozart—Symphony No. 39, K. 543
  • Mvt. II: 1–27
  • Mvt. IV: 1–78
Prokofiev—Symphony No. 1, “Classical”, Op. 25
  • Mvt. I: 1–86
Schoenberg—Verklärte Nacht
  • 155–188
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
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