Kansas City Symphony violin audition

Audition information
Position
Associate principal second violin
Application deadline
April 24, 2015
Audition date
June 1–2, 2015
Payment
$60,960 per year
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(Posted on April 3, 2015; last updated over 9 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 with cadenza
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, K. 218
  • Mvt. I with cadenza
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219
  • Mvt. I with cadenza
The first movement of a 19th or 20th century concerto with cadenza
First violin excerpts
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I: 2 before Q to the end
  • Mvt. II: 88–101
Brahms—Variations on a Theme by Haydn
  • Variation 1: 30–58
  • Variation 6: 274–292
Mendelssohn—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61
  • Scherzo: 1 to 7 after D
Mozart—Symphony No. 39, K. 543
  • Mvt. IV: 1–78 (B)
  • Mvt. II: 1–54
Prokofiev—Symphony No. 1, “Classical”, Op. 25
  • Mvt. I: beginning to 4 after E
  • Mvt. II: 1–C
Schumann—Symphony No. 2
  • Mvt. II: 1–54
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • 1 to 8 before D
Second violin excerpts
Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra
  • Mvt. I: 76–134
  • Mvt. III: 86–99
  • Mvt. V: 265–317
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. II: Beginning–84 (8 after B)
Schubert—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: 63–113
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