Colorado Springs Philharmonic violin audition

Audition information
Position
Tutti first violin (2 openings)
Application deadline
May 7, 2013
Audition date
May 21, 2013
Payment
$95 per service
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(Posted on April 15, 2013; last updated almost 10 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
First movement from Mozart Violin Concerto No. 3, 4, or 5 (5 minutes)
First movement of a concerto from the 19th or 20th century (5 minutes)
Excerpts, first violin parts
Beethoven—Leonore Overture No. 3
  • “Allegro” through B
  • “Presto” through I
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I: 392–end
  • Mvt. II: 30–39
  • Mvt. II: 88–101
  • Mvt. III: 246–end
  • Mvt. III: 1–B (44)
  • Mvt. IV: 33–80
Mendelssohn—Symphony No. 4, “Italian”
  • Mvt. I: 1–110
  • Mvt. III: 1–40
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: 1 to 7 after D
Mozart—Symphony No. 39, K. 543
  • Mvt. II: 1–27
  • Mvt. II: 96–125
  • Mvt. IV: beginning to repeat
Schumann—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. II: 1–49
  • Mvt. II: coda
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: beginning to 2 after 5
  • Mvt. I: 9–12
  • Mvt. I: 32–39
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • First page
Excerpts, second violin parts
Brahms—Piano Concerto No. 1
  • Mvt. III: E–274
Rachmaninoff—Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27
  • Mvt. II: “meno mosso” after 32 to 34
Possible sight-reading
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