2023/24 Auditions (String only) will be held on Saturday, September 30, 2023 at Harter Room, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden St., Cambridge, MA. For audition invitation and consideration for substitute positions, please email us a one page resumé to our Personnel Manager Phaedra Sassano.
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2023/24 String Audition Information
Date: Saturday, September 30, 2023
Time: To be assigned
Location: Harter Room, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden St., Cambridge, MA
Rounds
1st round: Email 1 page resumé for a live audition invitation
2nd round: Live blind audition
3rd round: In person call back audition (required for principal; optional for section)
All Strings
1. Movement from a standard concerto/sonata
2. Movement of Bach (NO 1st movement of a sonata or suite)
3. All assigned excerpts (complete as indicated)
4. Sight-reading
Violin
Mozart: Symphony No. 35 – 1st movement (exposition)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 – 3rd movement (beg. to trio)
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Scherzo
Brahms: Symphony No. 4; 4th movement (8 before reh. B to reh. D)
Strauss: Don Juan – (beg. to 9 before reh. D)
Viola
Mozart: Symphony No. 35 – 4th movement
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Scherzo
Brahms: Symphony No. 3 – 1st movement (mm. 77-100; mm. 187-201)
Strauss: Don Juan- (beg. to reh. D)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 – 1st movement (Allegro non troppo to reh. C)
Cello
Mozart: Symphony No. 35 – 4th movement
Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Scherzo
Brahms: Symphony No. 2 – 2nd movement (beg. to reh. B)
Smetana: The Bartered Bride Overture – beg. to A (top line)
Strauss: Don Juan – (beg. to reh. C)
Bass
Mozart: Symphony No. 35 – 4th movement
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 – 4th movement (beg. to reh. A)
Brahms: Symphony No. 2 – 1st movement (reh. E to reh. F)
Strauss: Don Juan – (reh. A to C)
Stravinsky: Pulcinella – Duetto