New Century Chamber Orchestra viola audition

Audition information
Position
Section viola
Application deadline
November 14, 2014
Audition date
December 13–14, 2014
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(Posted on September 1, 2014; last updated almost 10 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
The first three to five minutes of a major viola concerto of your choice
Solo
Mozart—Sinfonia Concertante, K. 364
  • Mvt. I: B to 4 before C
  • Mvt. I: 5 after C to 15 after E
  • Mvt. II: 16 to 9 before C
Excerpts
Bartók—Divertimento for String Orchestra, BB. 118
  • Mvt. I: 1–73
Mendelssohn—Octet in E♭ Major, Op. 20
  • Mvt. II: 27–39
  • Mvt. III: 1–56
  • Mvt. IV: viola entrance to 51
Schoenberg—Verklärte Nacht
  • 29–49
  • 121–132
Shchedrin/Bizet—Carmen Suite
  • No. VII: 1–69
Shostakovich—Chamber Symphony Op. 110a (arr. Barshai, from the 8th quartet)
  • Mvt. II: 6 before 17 to 20
  • Mvt. II: 221–29
Tchaikovsky—Souvenir de Florence
  • Mvt. III: “L’istesso tempo” before F to 12 after G
  • Mvt. IV: “Tempo Guisto” to the key change at 8 before O
Tchaikovsky—Serenade for Strings, Op. 48
  • Mvt. I: D–F
  • Mvt. II: D to 2 after E
  • Mvt. IV: 108 to 2 after C
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