Virginia Symphony Orchestra viola audition

Audition information
Position
Principal viola
Application deadline
March 17, 2022
Audition date
March 31, 2022
Weeks in season
42
Payment
$41,485.43 per year
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(Posted on February 25, 2022; last updated about 3 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
A concerto of the candidate’s choice
Excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: 41–77
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: C–D
Mozart—Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”, K. 551
  • Mvt. IV: 94–135
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 1 after 15 to 17
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • 1 to 1 after D
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 6
  • Mvt. I: 19–62
Orchestral solos
Ginastera—Variaciones concertantes, Op. 23
  • Variation V: 1 before 32 to 35
Prokofiev—Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 2
  • Mvt. V: 1 before 44 to 7 after 44
Ravel—Ma mère l’oye (Mother Goose) Suite
  • Mvt. V: 5 after 2 to 4 after 3
Strauss—Don Quixote
  • 4 after 14 to 6 after 16
  • 2 after 29 to 2 before 34
Vaughan Williams—Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
  • I to 7 after K
Possible sight-reading
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