Principal Second Violin
Tuesday, Sep 9, 2025
Preliminary round begins at 9:00 AM
Winston-Salem, NC
Applications must be received by Saturday, Aug 30, 2025
The Winston-Salem Symphony is a regional, per-service orchestra. The current rate for Principal Second Violin is $123.00/service with a guaranteed minimum of 74 services offered in the 2025/2026 performing season.
Repertoire Requirements
1. Solo Requirement
A movement from a standard Classical- or Romantic-period concerto
2. Orchestral Excerpts
a. Excerpts listed below are from the second violin part:
| Bartók: | Concerto for Orchestra, mvt. 5 (Finale) a. m. 12 – m. 50 b. m. 265 – m. 317 |
| Beethoven | Symphony No. 1, Op. 21 mvt. 2: beginning to [B] |
| Brahms | Piano Concerto No. 1 , Op. 15 mvt. 3: m. 238 – downbeat of m. 274 |
| Haydn, F. J. | Symphony No. 45 mvt. 4 (Finale): [T] to the end |
| Mozart, W. A. | Overture to The Magic Flute m. 16 – m. 59 |
| Mozart, W. A. | Symphony No. 41, K551 mvt. 4: m. 1 – downbeat of m. 19 |
| Rachmaninoff | Symphony No. 2, Op. 27 mvt. 2: 15 measures after [32] – 4 measures before [35] (top line divisi) |
| Strauss, R. | Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64 pick-up to [138] to [142] (top line) |
b. Excerpts listed below are from the first violin part:
| Brahms | Symphony No. 4, Op. 98 mvt. 4: m. 33 through end of m. 80 (rehearsal [D]) |
| Handel | Messiah, HWV 56 1. Sinfony |
| Tchaikovsky | Symphony No. 5, Op. 64 mvt. 2: m. 108 – 127 (8 before [G] to 5 after [H]) |
c. Concertmaster solo excerpt:
| Brahms | Symphony No. 2, Op. 73 mvt. 2: upbeat to [E] to the end |
The Winston-Salem Symphony does not provide preparatory copies of audition excerpts. Parts for all of the above excerpts can be purchased, or can also be downloaded from the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP) at www.imslp.org.
How to apply
Applications must be received by Saturday, Aug 30, 2025
Please send a one-page résumé and a $25.00 Application Fee (refunded at the audition) by check or money order made payable to Winston-Salem Symphony:
Jeff Whitsett, Orchestra Personnel Manager
Attn: Principal 2nd Violin Audition
Winston-Salem Symphony
P.O. Box 1545
Winston-Salem, NC 27102
Résumés may be submitted via email and must be in .pdf, .doc, or .docx format, but candidates will not be confirmed to audition until the $25.00 Audition Fee is received.
No phone calls, please.
Only highly qualified candidates should apply.
The audition committee reserves the right to immediately dismiss any candidate not displaying the highest artistic standard.
All rounds of the audition are held behind a screen.
The winning candidate must be able to provide proof of eligibility to work in the U. S. A. before an offer of employment is made.
The Winston-Salem Symphony is an Equal Opportunity Employer.