Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra cello audition

Audition information
Position
Section cello
Application deadline
February 14, 2023
Audition date
March 13–15, 2023
Weeks in season
41
Payment
$69,039 per year
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(Posted on November 27, 2022; last updated about 2 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
The first and last movement of a standard concerto
Solo
Haydn—Cello Concerto in D Major
  • Mvt. I: exposition
A Bach prelude of choice
Orchestral excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II
Brahms—Variations on a Theme by Haydn
  • Variation 5
Brahms—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. III
Debussy—La Mer
  • Mvt. I: 2 before 9
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo
Montgomery—Starburst
  • 1–28
Mozart—Symphony No. 40
  • Mvt. I: 114–138
  • Mvt. IV: 49–63
  • Mvt. IV: 229–236
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • beginning–C
  • 7 before G to H
  • “Tempo I” after V to W
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 1 to 3 before 3
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. II: 21–A
Verdi—Requiem
  • Offertorio: 1–34
Chamber music
Schubert—String Quintet in C, D. 596
  • Mvt. I, second cello part
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