Auditions
Viola Audition Repertoire List
Preliminaries: Sunday, December 7, 2008
Finals: Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Please note that any of these works, as well as sight reading, may be asked of any candidate at any time or during either round of this audition. (NB: Please Ignore any bowings, fingerings, or interpretive markings found in the accompanying excerpts.)
A 3-5 minute solo work of your choice
Excerpts:
- Alberto Ginastera, Concerto per Corde, Op. 33: Viola Solo (Pickup to measure 41 through measure 60)
- W. A. Mozart: Symphonia Concertante, K364:
- 1st movement, Letter B through the downbeat of 4 before C
- 1st movement, 5 after Letter C to 15 after E
- 1st movement, Full Cadenza (Mozart)
- 2nd movement, measure 16 through 9 before Letter C
- P. Tchaikovsky, Serenade for Strings:
- 1st movement, Letter D to Letter F
- 2nd movement, Letter D to 2 after Letter E
- B. Bartok, Divertimento:
- 1st movement: Measure 1 through the downbeat of Measure 73
- P. Tchaikovsky, Souvenir de Florence:
- 3rd movement, measure 3 through Measure 20 (A)
- 4th movement, 2 before Letter A through 9 after B
- 4th movement, Tempo Guisto (Fugue) to key change at 8 before Letter O
- F. Mendelssohn, Octet for Strings, Op. 20:
- 2nd movement (Andante), Measure 27 through 39
- 4th movement (Presto), viola entrance through Measure 51
Click here for a PDF of the audition music
To reserve your audition slot or if you have questions, please write to Everett Doner, Director of Operations, New Century Chamber Orchestra, 665 3rd Street, Suite 200, San Francisco, CA 94107 or email:
