Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra violin audition

Audition information
Position
Section violin (3 openings)
Application deadline
July 5, 2022
Audition date
September 12–15, 2022
Payment
$2,062.30 per week
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(Posted on June 14, 2022; last updated over 2 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
The first movement — with cadenza — from a standard concerto from the 19th- or early 20th-century repertoire
One of the following concerto movements
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, K. 216
  • Mvt. I
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, K. 218
  • Mvt. I
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219
  • Mvt. I
First violin orchestral excerpts
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. II: 74–102
  • Mvt. IV: 33–80
Copland—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. IV: 3 after 90 to 93
Mozart—Symphony No. 39, K. 543
  • Mvt. II: 1–53
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • First page
Second violin orchestral excerpts
Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra
  • Mvt. IV: 265–317
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. II: Beginning–84 (8 after B)
  • Mvt. IV: K to 8 before M
Bruckner—Symphony No. 9
  • Mvt. IV: D to 8 after D
Mahler—Symphony No. 9
  • 9–13
Mendelssohn—Symphony No. 3, “Scottish”
  • Mvt. II: 10 before F to 14 before H
Mozart—Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”, K. 551
  • Mvt. IV: 1–C
Rachmaninoff—Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27
  • Mvt. II: 11 before 33 to 4 before 35
Smetana—The Bartered Bride
  • Overture: 1 to 5 after A
Strauss—An Alpine Symphony
  • 138–142
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