Kansas City Symphony violin audition


Audition information

Position
Section second violin
Application deadline
March 3, 2023
Audition date
April 16–18, 2023
Weeks in season
42
Payment
$69,186 per year
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(Posted on January 29, 2023; last updated about 1 year ago)


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Audition Repertoire
The exposition from the first movement of one of the following concertos
MozartViolin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, K. 216
MozartViolin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, K. 218
MozartViolin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219
The first movement of a 19th- or 20th-century concerto, with cadenza
First violin excerpts
BrahmsSymphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I: 2 before Q to the end
  • Mvt. II: B to 9 after C
MahlerSymphony No. 5
  • Mvt. I: 7 to 8 before 11
MendelssohnA Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: 1 to 7 after D
MozartSymphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. I : 1–35
  • Mvt. II: 1–35 (cut 18–21)
  • Mvt. IV: 1–37
ProkofievSymphony No. 5
  • Mvt. I: 4 before 12 to 1 before 14
  • Mvt. II: 1 after 31 to 2 before 33
StraussDon Juan, Op. 20
  • 1 to 13 after C
Second violin excerpts
BartókConcerto for Orchestra
  • Mvt. III: 86–99
  • Mvt. V: 265–317
BeethovenSymphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. II: 1–84
BrahmsPiano Concerto No. 1
  • Mvt. III: E–263
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