Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra viola audition

Audition information
Position
Associate principal viola
Application deadline
November 14, 2022
Audition date
January 9–10, 2023
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(Posted on October 24, 2022; last updated about 2 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solos
Bach—Suite No. 1 for cello
  • Prelude
Mozart—Sinfonia Concertante, K. 364
  • Mvt. I without cadenza
One of the following concerto movements
Bartók—Viola Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Hindemith—Der Schwanendreher
  • Mvt. I
Walton—Viola Concerto
  • Mvt. I
Orchestral solos
Berlioz—Harold in Italy
  • Mvt. I: 12 before 3 to 10 after 5
Ginastera—Variaciones concertantes, Op. 23
  • Variation V: 1 before 32 to the end
Ravel—Ma mère l’oye (Mother Goose) Suite
  • Mvt. V: 5 after 2 to 3 after 3
Strauss—Don Quixote
  • All solos between 14 and 34
Orchestral excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 1–10
  • Mvt. II: 98–106
  • Mvt. III: 147–213
Berlioz—Roman Carnival Overture
  • 3 after 1 to 1 after 4
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I: C–105
  • Mvt. I: 114–136
  • Mvt. I: 194–224
  • Mvt. II: C–55
  • Mvt. IV: G–I
  • Mvt. IV: 244–275
  • Mvt. IV: M to 1 after N
Brahms—Variations on a Theme by Haydn
  • Variation 5
  • Variation 7
  • Variation 8
Copland—Appalachian Spring
  • 6 to 9 after 13
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. I: 1–66
  • Mvt. IV: 134–181
Ravel—Daphnis and Chloé, Suite No. 2
  • 158–166
  • 212 to 4 after 220
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • 1 to 5 before D
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 77 to 5 after 79
  • Pickup to 94 to 2 after 97
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 6
  • Mvt. I
Possible sight-reading
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