Viola associate - Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal

THE ORCHESTRE SYMPHONIQUE DE MONTRÉAL AND
KENT NAGANO, MUSIC DIRECTOR
announce the following audition:
Viola associate
The national audition will be held on Saturday, December 17th, 2016.
Employment to begin: as soon as possible
Highly qualified applicants are asked to send us the requested documents
before Friday, November 25th, 2016.
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A one-page resume
A $50 deposit (a cheque made out to the order of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal)
NB: The deposit is refundable the day of the audition. However, if you decide to withdraw from this audition after
Friday, December 9th, 2016, the deposit will not be returned.
Camille Lambert-Chan - 1600, rue Saint-Urbain, Montréal QC H2X 0S1 - 514-840-7400, poste 7442 [email protected]
NATIONAL AUDITION
Saturday, December 17th, 2016
Viola associate
A)
SOLO
Bach
One movement from a Suite for Unaccompanied Cello or from a Sonata or Partita for
Solo Violin.
Concerto
One movement from a standard concerto (including the cadenza or
One movement from the Sinfonia concertante by Mozart.
One movement of your choice from one of these concertos:
Bartok
Hindemith, Der Schwanendreher
Walton
B)
C)
D)
ORCHESTRAL SOLOS
Enesco
Rhapsodie roumaine in A Major, op. 11 no. 1
Ginastera
Variaciones Concertantes, op. 23 (Variazione drammatica per Viola)
Kodály
Háry János, suite (3rd mvt, starts at 1 )
Ravel
Ma mère l’Oye, (Le jardin féerique)
R. Strauss
Don Quichotte, op. 35
ORCHESTRAL EXCERPTS
Beethoven
Symphony no. 5, 2nd mvt
Brahms
Haydn Variations, variations V, VII and VIII
Mahler
Symphony no. 10 (Adagio, from 12 to 13 )
Mendelssohn
Songe d’une nuit d’été, (Scherzo)
Mozart
La flûte enchantée, overture
Shostakovich
Symphony no. 5 in D Minor, op. 47 (1st mvt, from 12 to 17 )
R. Strauss
Don Juan, op. 20 (from the start to 4 bars before D and from 14 bars before W until the end)
Tchaikovski
Symphony no. 6 in B Minor, op. 74 Pathetic (1st mvt)
Wagner
Tannhauser, overture
SIGHT READING
Be prepared to play excerpts chosen from the standard repertoire.
An accompanist is supplied; please bring your own piano part. The pitch of the OSM is A-442.
Camille Lambert-Chan - 1600, rue Saint-Urbain, Montréal QC H2X 0S1 - 514-840-7400, poste 7442 [email protected]