Illinois Symphony Orchestra viola audition

Audition information
Position
Principal viola
Application deadline
August 11, 2014
Audition date
September 8, 2014
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(Posted on July 28, 2014; last updated over 10 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
The first movement of a major concerto of your choice (exposition only, without cadenza)
Orchestral excerpts
Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra
  • Mvt. V: 126–148
Beethoven—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. III: 31–127
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: M–O
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. IV: 134–181
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 15–17
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • beginning to one after D
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. I: 2 after B to D
  • Mvt. III: 1 before A to 8 after A
  • Mvt. III: E to 8 after E
Orchestral solos
Ginastera—Variaciones concertantes, Op. 23
  • Variation V: 32–35
Strauss—Don Quixote
  • 4th bar of 14 to 1 before 18
  • 26 to one before 34
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