Kansas City Symphony violin audition

Audition information
Position
Associate concertmaster
Application deadline
August 15, 2014
Audition date
September 8–9, 2014
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(Posted on July 28, 2014; last updated over 10 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One movement of solo Bach piece of your choice
The first movement exposition and cadenza of any Mozart concerto
The first movement of any Romantic or 20th century concerto
Solo excerpts
Brahms—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. II: 90–end (solo at E)
Dvořák—Cello Concerto
  • Mvt. III: 17 after 11 to 1 before 12
Rimsky-Korsakov—Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
  • Mvt. III: H–I
  • Mvt. III: K–end
  • Mvt. IV: 1–L
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. II: 1–5
  • Mvt. III: 8 after K to N
  • Mvt. IV: solo at measure 8
  • Mvt. IV: solo at measure 29
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 22–32
First violin excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. III: 99–114
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I: beginning to B
  • Mvt. I: E–F
Debussy—La Mer
  • Mvt. II: 33 to 6 after 38
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: 1 to 7 after D
Mozart—Symphony No. 39, K. 543
  • Mvt. IV: 1–78 (B)
  • Mvt. II: 1–27
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • 1 to 13 after C
Chamber music
Mendelssohn—String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13
  • Mvt. I, first violin part
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