Toronto Symphony Orchestra violin audition

Audition information
Position
Assistant principal second violin
Application deadline
February 11, 2015
Audition date
March 11–12, 2015
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(Posted on December 30, 2014; last updated over 8 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One of the following concerto movements
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, K. 216
  • Mvt. I: exposition
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, K. 218
  • Mvt. I: exposition
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219
  • Mvt. I: exposition
One of the following concerto movements
Brahms—Violin Concerto
  • Mvt. I: exposition
Mendelssohn—Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64
  • Mvt. I: exposition
Sibelius—Violin Concerto
  • Mvt. I: exposition
Tchaikovsky—Violin Concerto
  • Mvt. I: exposition
First violin orchestral excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. III: 99–114
Brahms—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. I: beginning to B
Brahms—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. I: 1–B
Elgar—Enigma Variations
  • Variation II
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: 8 before A to 7 after D
Mozart—Symphony No. 39, K. 543
  • Mvt. I: 26–99
  • Mvt. II: 1–54
  • Mvt. IV: 1–104
Prokofiev—Symphony No. 1, “Classical”, Op. 25
  • Mvt. I: 1 to 4 before C
  • Mvt. IV: 3 after J to 9 after N
Schumann—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. II: first page
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 32 to 3 after 38
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • 1 to 13 after C
Second violin orchestral excerpts
Mozart—The Magic Flute
  • Overture: “Allegro” to 4 after A
Rachmaninoff—Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27
  • Mvt. II: “meno mosso” 14 after 32 to 4 before 35
Chamber music
Mozart—Divertimento in E♭ Major, K. 563
  • Mvt. I
Possible sight-reading
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