Toronto Symphony Orchestra violin audition

Audition information
Position
Principal second violin
Application deadline
March 17, 2022
Audition date
April 18–19, 2022
Weeks in season
43
Payment
$85,000 per year
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(Posted on March 22, 2022; last updated about 2 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
The exposition of the first movement from one of the following concertos
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, K. 216
  • Mvt. I: exposition
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, K. 218
  • Mvt. I: exposition
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219
  • Mvt. I: exposition
Also the exposition of the first movement from one of the following concertos
Bartók—Violin Concerto No. 2
Beethoven—Violin Concerto
Brahms—Violin Concerto
Mendelssohn—Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64
Prokofiev—Violin Concerto No. 2
Sibelius—Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky—Violin Concerto
First violin parts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. III: 99–114
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I: 1–B
Brahms—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. I: 1–B
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: 8 before A to 7 after D
Mozart—Symphony No. 39, K. 543
  • Mvt. IV: 1–104
Schumann—Symphony No. 2
  • Scherzo: beginning to Trio I
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • 1 to 13 after C
Stravinsky—Apollo
  • Coda: 71–86
Second violin parts
Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra
  • Mvt. V: 265–317
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. II: 1–B
Brahms—Piano Concerto No. 1
  • Mvt. III: 238–264
Bruckner—Symphony No. 9
  • Mvt. III: 57–69
Mahler—Symphony No. 9
  • Mvt. I: 346–375
  • Mvt. IV: 1–28
Mozart—The Magic Flute
  • Overture: “Allegro” to 4 after A
Mozart—Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”, K. 551
  • Mvt. IV: 1–157
Rachmaninoff—Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27
  • Mvt. II: “meno mosso” 14 after 32 to 4 before 35
Strauss—An Alpine Symphony
  • 138–142
Possible sight-reading
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