Kansas City Symphony violin audition

Audition information
Position
Associate concertmaster
Application deadline
April 18, 2014
Audition date
May 26–27, 2014
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(Posted on March 5, 2014; last updated almost 11 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One movement of solo Bach piece of your choice
The first movement of any Mozart concerto with cadenza
The first movement of any 19th or 20th century concerto with cadenza
Solo excerpts
Dvořák—Cello Concerto
  • Mvt. III: 17 after 11 to 1 before 12
Rimsky-Korsakov—Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
  • Mvt. III: H–I
  • Mvt. III: K–end
  • Mvt. IV: 1–L
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. II: 1–5
  • Mvt. III: 8 after K to N
  • Mvt. IV: solo at measure 8
  • Mvt. IV: solo at measure 29
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. II: pickup to 57 to 59
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 22–39
First violin excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. III: 99–114
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I: beginning to B
  • Mvt. I: E–F
  • Mvt. II: 62–80
  • Mvt. IV: 1–44
Debussy—La Mer
  • Mvt. II: 33 to 3 after 38 (top line)
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
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 32–37
Strauss—Also Sprach Zarathustra
  • 3–6 (violin 1a)
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • 1 to 13 after C
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