Oregon Symphony viola audition

Audition information
Position
Principal viola
Application deadline
April 22, 2022
Audition date
June 6–8, 2022
Weeks in season
40
Payment
$74,761.39 per year
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(Posted on March 19, 2022; last updated almost 3 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One of the following solos
Bartók—Viola Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Hindemith—Der Schwanendreher
  • Mvt. I
Walton—Viola Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Also the following solo
Mozart—Sinfonia Concertante, K. 364
  • Mvt. I
Orchestral excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 1–9
  • Mvt. II: 49–59
  • Mvt. II: 72–86
  • Mvt. II: 98–106
Berlioz—Roman Carnival Overture
  • 2 after 1 to 1 after 4
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. II: 64–71
  • Mvt. III: 282–end
Mahler—Symphony No. 10
  • Mvt. I: 1–15
  • 12 for 10 measures
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. IV
Ravel—Daphnis and Chloé, Suite No. 2
  • 158–166
  • 212–end
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 15–17
  • Mvt. I: 32–39
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • beginning–D
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 77 to 3 after 79
  • Pickup to 94 to 6 before 98
Wagner—Tannhäuser
  • Overture: H–L
Orchestral solos
Enescu—Romanian Rhapsody No. 1
Ginastera—Variaciones concertantes, Op. 23
Strauss—Don Quixote
Possible sight-reading
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