Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra violin audition

Audition information
Position
Section violin (2 openings)
Application deadline
December 1, 2021
Audition date
February 6–9, 2022
Payment
$1,945.78 per week
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(Posted on November 8, 2021; last updated over 3 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: exposition and development, no cadenza
  • Mvt. II: without cadenza
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, K. 218
  • Mvt. I: exposition and development, no cadenza
  • Mvt. II without cadenza
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219
  • Mvt. I: exposition and development, no cadenza
  • Mvt. II without cadenza
First violin orchestral excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. IV: 1–86
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
Mozart—Symphony No. 39, K. 543
  • Mvt. II: 1–28
  • Mvt. IV: 1–78
Prokofiev—Symphony No. 1, “Classical”, Op. 25
  • Mvt. I: 1–H
Schoenberg—Verklärte Nacht
  • 155–188
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • First page
Second violin orchestral excerpts
Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra
  • Mvt. V: 265–317
Mozart—Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”, K. 551
  • Mvt. IV
Rachmaninoff—Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27
  • Mvt. II: 11 before 33 to 4 before 35
Smetana—The Bartered Bride
  • Overture: 1 to 5 after A
Strauss—An Alpine Symphony
  • 138–142
Possible sight-reading
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