Viola Audition

William Hunt
Auditions Coordinator

Required Repertoire

Solos:

Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante, First movement, exposition only
One of the following concerti, First movement, first three pages only: Bartok, Hindemith (“Der Schwanendreher”), OR Walton
Brahms: Viola Quintet in G Major, Opus 111, Second Mvt., Second Viola Part

Orchestral Tutti Excerpts

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, 2nd Mvt., measures 1-10, 49-59, and 98-106

Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture, Rehearsal [1] to Rehearsal [4]

Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Haydn - Variation V

Mendelssohn: Scherzo from Midsummernight's Dream, Reh [C] to 14 measures before [K]

Mozart: Symphony No. 35, Last Mvt., measures 124 -181

Strauss: Don Juan, beginning to 5 measures before Rehearsal [D]

Possible Sight Reading



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