Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra violin audition

Audition information
Position
Section second violin (2 openings)
Application deadline
March 23, 2020
Audition date
May 4–5, 2020
Weeks in season
40
Payment
$52,759.60 per year
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(Posted on March 12, 2020; last updated almost 5 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One of the following concerto movements
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, K. 216
  • Mvt. I: exposition and cadenza
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
Also the exposition and cadenza from the first movement of a concerto of your choice
First violin orchestral excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. III: 99–115
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I: 392–end
  • Mvt. III: 1–B
  • Mvt. IV: 33–D
Debussy—La Mer
  • Mvt. II: 35–39
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: 1–F
Mozart—Symphony No. 39, K. 543
  • Mvt. I: 1–14
  • Mvt. IV: 1–105
Prokofiev—Romeo and Juliet
  • “Death of Tybalt”: 7 before 70 to 74 (Mvt. VII in Suite No. 1)
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • First page
Tchaikovsky—The Nutcracker
  • Overture: G–end
Second violin orchestral excerpts
Mozart—Symphony No. 39, K. 543
  • Mvt. IV: 1–41
Rachmaninoff—Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27
  • Mvt. II: 15 after 32 to 13 after 37
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. III: 1 to 2 before 78
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