Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra viola audition

Audition information
Position
Section viola (2 openings)
Application deadline
March 23, 2022
Audition date
April 3–4, 2022
Weeks in season
38
Payment
$46,092.48 per year
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(Posted on March 21, 2022; last updated about 2 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One of the following solos
Bartók—Viola Concerto
  • Mvt. I: first three pages
Hindemith—Der Schwanendreher
  • Mvt. I: first three pages
Walton—Viola Concerto
  • Mvt. I: 1 to 5 after 8
One movement of a Bach solo cello suite
Orchestral excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 1–10
  • Mvt. II: 49–59
  • Mvt. II: 98–106
Berlioz—Roman Carnival Overture
  • 3 after 1 to 8 after 3
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: 41–80
Brahms—Variations on a Theme by Haydn
  • Variation 5
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: C–L
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • 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–D
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 77 to 4 after 79
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 6
  • Mvt. I: 19–67
Possible sight-reading
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