Colorado Symphony Orchestra violin audition

Audition information
Position
Section violin
Audition date
March 21–22, 2022
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(Posted on March 8, 2022; last updated about 2 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Approximately five minutes of one of the following solos (no cadenza)
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, K. 216
  • Mvt. I
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, K. 218
  • Mvt. I
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219
  • Mvt. I
Also five minutes of the first movement — without cadenza — of any major concerto (e.g., Mendelssohn, Sibelius, Tchaikovsky, Brahms)
Orchestra excerpts
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I: 392–end
  • Mvt. II: 30–39
  • Mvt. II: 88–101
  • Mvt. III: 1–44
  • Mvt. III: 246–end
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: first page
Mozart—Symphony No. 39, K. 543
  • Mvt. II: 1–28
  • Mvt. II: 96–125
  • Mvt. IV: 1–78
Prokofiev—Symphony No. 1, “Classical”, Op. 25
  • Mvt. I: 1–86
  • Mvt. II: 1–20
  • Mvt. IV: 1–41
Schumann—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. II: 1–49
  • Mvt. II: coda
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: beginning to 2 after 5
  • Mvt. I: 9–12
  • Mvt. I: 32 to 2 after 38
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • First page
Possible sight-reading
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