Auditions

Section Violin

Monday May 13, 2024

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Section Bass

Tuesday May 14, 2024

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Solo

  1. Exposition from the first movement of one of the following concerti:
    Tchaikovsky
    Brahms
    Beethoven
    Sibelius
  2. One movement from any unaccompanied Sonata or Partita by JS Bach
    (2-3 minutes)

First Violin Excerpts

  • Strauss Don Juan
    • Measures 1-62
  • Brahms Symphony #4:
    • Mvt 2 – measures 74-101
    • Mvt 4 – measures 33-80
  • Mozart Symphony #39:
    • Mvt 2 – measures 1-54
  • Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream
    • Scherzo – measures 17-99
  • Schumann Symphony #2
    • Mvt 2 – Scherzo beginning up to Trio 1 (with repeat)
  • Debussy La Mer
    • Mvt 2 – Rehearsal 32 to 39
  • Puccini Madama Butterfly
    • Act 3 – Pick up to 6 before Reh 3 to 6 after Reh 4

Possible sight reading

Solo: first movement (no cadenzas) from one of the following concerti:

  • Bottesini #2
  • Koussevitzky
  • Andres Martin
  • Vanhal

Orchestra Excerpts

  • Mozart Symphony #39, K.543
    • 1st movement
      • mm. 40—105
      • mm. 302—end
  • Beethoven Symphony #5, op. 67
    • 3rd movement
      • Beginning—m.100
      • Trio: pickup to m.141—m.218
  • Beethoven Symphony #9, op. 125
    • 4th movement
      • Beginning—m.131 (off on beat 3)
  • Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique, op.14
    • 5th movement:
      • Witches’ Round Dance Pickups to bar 3 of Rehearsal 70—9th Bar of Rehearsal 74
  • Brahms Symphony #2, op. 73
    • 4th movement
      • mm.244—279
  • Verdi Otello
    • Act IV, Double Bass soli

For questions about upcoming Auditions please email Charla@sacphilopera.org

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Section: $165.00 per service 2024-2025 Season