Houston Symphony Orchestra viola audition

Audition information
Position
Section viola (3 openings)
Application deadline
February 1, 2022
Audition date
April 16–26, 2022
Weeks in season
52
Payment
$101,140 per year
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(Posted on December 26, 2021; last updated over 2 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One of the following concerto movements
Bartók—Viola Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Hindemith—Der Schwanendreher
  • Mvt. I
Walton—Viola Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Orchestral excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 1–10
  • Mvt. II: 49–59
  • Mvt. II: 98–106
Beethoven—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. III: Beginning to 127
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: 41–80
Mahler—Symphony No. 10
  • Mvt. I: passage at 12
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: 17–93
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. I: 41–66
  • Mvt. IV: 134–181
Ravel—Daphnis and Chloé, Suite No. 2
  • 158–166
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 15–17
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • Beginning to 4 before D (omit pizzicato section)
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 77–80
Wagner—Tannhäuser
  • Overture: H to 11 before L
Chamber music
Mozart—String Quartet No. 23 in F, K. 590
  • Mvt. I
Possible sight-reading
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