Chicago Symphony Orchestra violin audition

Audition information
Position
Second violin
Application deadline
July 27, 2015
Audition date
November 30, 2015
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(Posted on June 6, 2015; last updated over 9 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Choose one Mozart concerto, both first and second movements
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, K. 216
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, K. 218
Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219
The first movement of one of the following concertos
Beethoven—Violin Concerto
Brahms—Violin Concerto
Mendelssohn—Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64
Sibelius—Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky—Violin Concerto
First Violin Excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. III: 1–170 (without Trio)
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. III: 99–114
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I: beginning–53 (first page)
  • Mvt. I: 394–end
  • Mvt. III: 246–end
  • Mvt. IV: 33–D
Copland—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. IV: 5 after 90 to 93
Mendelssohn—Symphony No. 4, “Italian”
  • Mvt. I: 369–405
Mozart—Symphony No. 39, K. 543
  • Mvt. II
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
  • Mvt. I: 9–12
Strauss—Don Juan, Op. 20
  • Beginning to 4 before D
Second Violin Excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. II: Beginning to A
Beethoven—Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral,” Op. 68
  • Mvt. IV: beginning–19
Brahms—Piano Concerto No. 1
  • Mvt. III: 238–274
Mozart—Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”, K. 551
  • Mvt. IV: 272–313
Schubert—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: 63–114
Sight-reading
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