Cleveland Orchestra violin audition

Audition information
Position
Assistant principal second violin
Application deadline
October 1, 2022
Audition date
January 9, 2023
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(Posted on August 10, 2022; last updated over 2 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
The exposition from the first movement of a standard concerto
One of the following concertos
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, K. 218
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. II
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. II
A movement of the candidate’s choice from the J. S. Bach Sonatas and Partitas
First violin orchestral excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. III
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
Debussy—La Mer
  • Mvt. II: 19–20
  • Mvt. II: 33–39
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo
Mozart—Symphony No. 39, K. 543
Schumann—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. II
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • beginning to D
Second violin orchestral excerpts
Bruckner—Symphony No. 9
  • Mvt. III: I–K
Mozart—Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”, K. 551
  • Mvt. IV: 1–115
Strauss—An Alpine Symphony
  • 129–134
  • 138–142
Concertmaster solos
Bach—B minor Mass
  • Laudamus Te
Brahms—Symphony No. 1
Sight-reading
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