Audition program

Candidates should meet the following minimum requirements for application:

1. Bachelor degrее
2. A minimum of three years of orchestral experience 

FIRST ROUND

– A. Mozart: Violin Concerto (G, A, D major) – I movement with cadenza

Orchestral parts

– L. van Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, III movement (Scherzo)
– R. Strauss: Don Juan

Concertmaster solos

– R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben

SECOND ROUND

– Violin Concerto of choice: Beethoven / Brahms / Tchaikovsky / Sibelius / Shostakovich* / Prokofiev (G minor) – 1st movement with cadenza

Orchestral parts

– J. Brahms: Symphony No. 4
– R. Wagner: Sigfried

Concertmaster solos

– R. Strauss: Le bourgeois gentilhomme
– N. Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade

* If the candidate chooses the Shostakovich Concerto for their audition program, they are expected to play the 1st and 2nd movement.

NOTE: In both the first and second round, the audition committee will be choosing orchestral parts for the candidate to play.