Vancouver Symphony Orchestra violin audition

Audition information
Position
Section violin
Application deadline
April 23, 2022
Audition date
May 23–24, 2022
Weeks in season
42
Payment
$64,400 per year
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(Posted on March 22, 2022; last updated about 2 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
The first movement — including cadenza — of any Mozart concerto
The first movement of a standard concerto from the 19th or early 20th century
One movement of unaccompanied Bach (sonatas and partitas)
First violin excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. III: 99–114
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. III: 1–63 (C)
Debussy—La Mer
  • Mvt. II: 19–20
  • Mvt. II: 33–39
Mahler—Symphony No. 9
  • Mvt. IV: 1–34
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: 8 before A to 7 after D
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. I : 1–95
Mozart—Symphony No. 39, K. 543
  • Mvt. IV: 1–104
Prokofiev—Symphony No. 1, “Classical”, Op. 25
  • Mvt. I: 1–86
Schumann—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. II: 1 to 14 after K
Tchaikovsky—The Nutcracker
  • Overture: G–end
Chamber music
Ravel—String Quartet
  • Mvt. I, first violin
Possible sight-reading
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