Baltimore Symphony Orchestra viola audition

Audition information
Position
Section viola (2 openings)
Application deadline
November 22, 2022
Audition date
January 19–21, 2023
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(Posted on November 16, 2022; last updated over 1 year ago)

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Audition Repertoire
A prelude from any of the Bach cello suites
The first movement from one of the following
Bartók—Viola Concerto
Hindemith—Der Schwanendreher
Walton—Viola Concerto
Orchestral tutti excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 1–10
  • Mvt. II: 49–59
  • Mvt. II: 98–106
Berlioz—Roman Carnival Overture
  • 3 after 1 to 8 after 3
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: B–D
Brahms—Variations on a Theme by Haydn
  • Variation 5
  • Variation 7
  • Variation 8
Bruckner—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. II: 51–83
Copland—Appalachian Spring Suite
  • 6 to 1 before 14
Mahler—Symphony No. 10 (Ratz)
  • Upbeat to 4 after 12 to 13
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: B–D
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. I: 41–66
  • Mvt. IV: 134–181
Price—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. IV: 57–72
  • Mvt. IV: 295–end
Ravel—Daphnis and Chloé, Suite No. 2
  • 158–166
  • 3 after 212 to 1 after 216
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: second bar of 15 to 17
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • 1 to 5 before D
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 6
  • Mvt. I: 19–32
  • Mvt. I: 50–62
Possible sight-reading
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