SECTION VIOLIN Auditions
Tuesday, January 27, 2026
Boston Landmarks Orchestra will hold auditions for Section Violin on Tuesday, January 27, 2026 beginning at 9:00 am, with selected players called back for additional rounds later that day. Qualified players are asked to send a resume by email to [email protected] by December 20, 2025. Those selected for a live audition will be notified of their appointment time by January 6. Auditions will be held in Brookline.
Boston Landmarks Orchestra performs mainly in the summer months, in free outdoor concerts at the Hatch Memorial Shell and in other venues in Boston’s neighborhoods. The orchestra has signed a collective bargaining agreement with the Boston Musicians’ Association, which governs the terms of employment. Copies of the CBA are available on request.
For more information including audition repertoire please visit www.landmarksorchestra.org and select About—>Auditions
NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE
Everyone is encouraged to apply. Boston Landmarks Orchestra is an equal opportunity employer.
SECTION VIOLIN Audition Repertoire 2026
I. SOLOS
Exposition of a Romantic concerto (no cadenza)
Any Mozart Violin Concerto exposition (no cadenza)
II. EXCERPTS
Mozart Symphony No. 39
2nd mvt. mm. 1-27 and mm. 96-126
4th mvt. mm. 1-41
Beethoven Symphony No. 3
3rd mvt. Beginning to 48 mm. after B
4th mvt. m. 117 to A
Mendelssohn Midsummer Night’s Dream
Scherzo mm. 1-99
Brahms Symphony No. 4
4th mvt. mm. 33-80
Strauss Don Juan
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SECTION CELLO Auditions
Wednesday, January 28, 2026
Boston Landmarks Orchestra will hold auditions for Section Cello on Wednesday, January 28, 2026 beginning at 9:00 am, with selected players called back for additional rounds later that day. Qualified players are asked to send a resume by email to [email protected] by December 20, 2025. Those selected for a live audition will be notified of their appointment time by January 6. Auditions will be held in Brookline.
Boston Landmarks Orchestra performs mainly in the summer months, in free outdoor concerts at the Hatch Memorial Shell and in other venues in Boston’s neighborhoods. The orchestra has signed a collective bargaining agreement with the Boston Musicians’ Association, which governs the terms of employment. Copies of the CBA are available on request.
For more information including audition repertoire please visit www.landmarksorchestra.org and select About—>Auditions
NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE
Everyone is encouraged to apply. Boston Landmarks Orchestra is an equal opportunity employer.
SECTION CELLO Audition Repertoire 2026
I. SOLOS
1st movement exposition of a standard concerto
Any movement from a Bach solo suite (no repeats)
Saint-Saens: The Swan from Carnival of the Animals
II. EXCERPTS
Beethoven Symphony No. 5
2nd mvt. mm. 1–10; 49–59; 98–106; 114–123
3rd mvt. Beginning to m. 18; 140–177
NB: this should say “pickup” to 140, and to be thorough we could say “incl. repeat”
Brahms Symphony No. 2
2nd mvt, m. 1-15
Mozart Symphony No. 35
4th mvt. m. 134–[E]
Prokofiev Symphony No. 5
4th mvt, Reh 79-80, top line
Smetana: The Bartered Bride Overture
Beginning to 5 after [A] NB: top line
Strauss Ein Heldenleben
beginning – 2 after Reh 2
Brahms Symphony No. 4
4th mvt. mm. 33-80
Strauss Don Juan
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