Orchestra Iowa violin audition

Audition information
Position
Concertmaster
Application deadline
January 8, 2015
Audition date
January 17, 2015
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(Posted on November 6, 2014; last updated over 10 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
The first movement of any standard concerto of the repertory from Beethoven on
Solo selections
Bach—St. Matthew Passion
  • “Erbame Dich, mein Gott”
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
  • 1 after 22 to 32
Tchaikovsky—Swan Lake
  • Act II, No. 13: 2 after 26 to 6 before 31
Orchestral excerpts
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I: 392–end
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: beginning–B
Prokofiev—Symphony No. 1, “Classical”, Op. 25
  • Mvt. IV: 1–52
  • Mvt. IV: 2 before 62 to 3 after 67
Schumann—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. II: 1–54
Tchaikovsky—The Nutcracker
  • Overture: 5 after 8 to the end
Chamber music excerpt
Debussy—String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10
  • Mvt. I: 1–4
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