Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra viola audition

Audition information
Position
Principal viola
Application deadline
April 25, 2022
Audition date
May 5, 2022
Weeks in season
38
Payment
$1,397.43 per week
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(Posted on April 19, 2022; last updated over 2 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Two contrasting movements from a cello suite by J. S. Bach
The first movement — including cadenza — of one of the following concertos
Hoffmeister—Viola Concerto
Stamitz—Viola Concerto in D Major, Op. 1
The first movement of one of the following concertos
Bartók—Viola Concerto
Hindemith—Der Schwanendreher
Walton—Viola Concerto
Solo symphonic repertoire
Adam—Giselle
  • Act II: 47 to 7 after 49
Enescu—Romanian Rhapsody No. 1
  • Solo
Ginastera—Variaciones concertantes, Op. 23
  • Variation V: 32–36
Ravel—Ma mère l’oye (Mother Goose) Suite
  • Mvt. V: solo
Strauss—Don Quixote
  • 14–18
  • 26–34
Weber—Der Freischütz
  • Act III: Romanze und Arie (Einst träumte …)
Symphonic repertoire
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II
Berlioz—Roman Carnival Overture
  • 1 after 1 to 8 after 3
Brahms—Variations on a Theme by Haydn
  • Variation 5
  • Variation 7
  • Variation 8
Copland—Appalachian Spring
  • 6–14
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: E–O
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. I: 1–66
  • Mvt. IV: 134–181
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 15–17
  • Mvt. I: 32 to 3 after 38
Smetana—The Bartered Bride
  • Overture: first page
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • beginning–D
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 6
  • Mvt. I: 19–79
Possible sight-reading
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