Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra viola audition

Audition information
Position
Associate principal viola
Application deadline
August 31, 2021
Audition date
October 4 through November 8, 2021
Weeks in season
43
Payment
$98,303.88 per year
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(Posted on July 26, 2020; last updated over 3 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
The prelude to any J. S. Bach solo cello suite
Solo
Mozart—Sinfonia Concertante, K. 364
  • Mvt. I: exposition
The first movement of one of the following concertos
Bartók—Viola Concerto
Hindemith—Der Schwanendreher
Walton—Viola Concerto
Solo excerpts
Britten—Peter Grimes
  • Passacaglia: 6 after 44 to 45
Ginastera—Variaciones concertantes, Op. 23
  • Variation V: 32–39
Ravel—Ma mère l’oye (Mother Goose) Suite
  • Mvt. V: 27–35
Strauss—Don Quixote
  • 4 after 14 to 18
  • 26–28
  • 29–34
Orchestral excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 1–10
  • Mvt. II: 49–59
  • Mvt. II: 98–106
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: B–D
Copland—Appalachian Spring
  • 6 to 1 before 14
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: 17–D
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. I: 41–66
  • Mvt. IV: 134–181
Ravel—Daphnis and Chloé, Suite No. 2
  • 158–166
  • 2 after 212 to 216
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 77 to 2 before 80
  • Pickup to 94 to 2 after 97
Chamber music (TBA)
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