Santa Barbara Symphony Orchestra violin audition

Audition information
Position
Section violin (5 openings)
Application deadline
April 1, 2014
Audition date
May 12–13, 2014
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(Posted on March 13, 2014; last updated over 10 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
The first movement of a concerto from the standard repertoire
Chamber music
Schubert—String Quartet No. 14, D. 810, “Death and the Maiden”
  • Mvt. II: 1–49, first violin part
  • Mvt. II: 1–49, second violin part
First violin excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. I: 1–83 (C)
  • Mvt. II: 1–27
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I: 18–66 (B)
  • Mvt. I: E–F
  • Mvt. II: 51–57
  • Mvt. IV: opening–60
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: 1–135
Mozart—Symphony No. 39, K. 543
  • Mvt. I: 1–97 (C)
  • Mvt. II: 1–53
  • Mvt. II: C–E
  • Mvt. IV: 1–104
Prokofiev—Symphony No. 1, “Classical”, Op. 25
  • Mvt. I: 1–12 (H)
  • Mvt. II: A–C
Schumann—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. II: beginning to Trio
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 1 to 2 before 6
  • Mvt. I: 32 to 3 after 38
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • 1 to 13 after C
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