The United States Army Band “Pershing’s Own” violin audition

Audition information
Position
Violin
Application deadline
April 1, 2015
Audition date
April 21–22, 2015
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(Posted on January 8, 2015; last updated over 9 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
The first movement from a standard concerto (without cadenza)
One of the following concerto movements
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
Orchestral excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. III: 99–114
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: 33–78
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: 1 to 7 after D
Mozart—Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
  • Mvt. II: 1–35 (cut 17–20)
Mozart—Symphony No. 39, K. 543
  • Mvt. IV: 1–68
Prokofiev—Symphony No. 1, “Classical”, Op. 25
  • Mvt. I: 1–B
  • Mvt. I: F to 12 after G
Schumann—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. II: beginning to 20 after K
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • beginning to 13 after C
Quartet literature
Beethoven—String Quartet Op. 59, No. 3
  • Mvt. III, second violin part: beginning to the first ending after B
Ravel—String Quartet
  • Mvt. I, first violin: 1–10
Strolling literature
Murtha)—What a Wonderful World
Smith)—Take Five
String orchestra literature
Tchaikovsky—Serenade for Strings, Op. 48
  • Mvt. I
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