ORCHESTRAL WINDS
SYMPHONIC WIND ENSEMBLE
CONCERT BAND
Fall 2009
FRIDAY, August 28
Schedule (6 minutes per audition) - Location TBA
9:00 am - FLUTE
10:00 am - OBOE, BASSOON
11:00 am - CLARINET, BASS CLARINET
12 NOON - Lunch break
1:00 pm - HORN
2:00 pm - TRUMPET
3:00 pm - TROMBONE, EUPHONIUM, TUBA
4:00 pm - PERCUSSION
5:00 pm - SAXOPHONE
(String players will audition at a later date)
If you cannot make the scheduled time, please come when you can.
All music majors must auditon each year/semester for LPE placement.
Auditions determine wind/percussion membership and seating for the Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Concert Band and Symphony Orchestra for this academic year.
Advanced students are encouraged to play in more than one ensemble.
Symphonic Wind Ensemble and Symphony Orchestra membership is available only through audition.
Concert Band membership is available to non-majors without audition.
Rehearsal Times
Symphonic Wind Ensemble.....Noon-1:50pm, Monday/Wednesday
Concert Band...........................2:00-3:20pm, Monday/Wednesday
Symphony Orchestra................5:30-7:30pm, Tuesday/Thursday
Questions? Email Dr. Halseth
In some cases, studio faculty have assigned certain pieces/excerpts as audition material. Check with your applied teacher to see if that is the case. If not, each audition should consist of the following:
- a 2 octave chromatic scale ascending (slurred) and descending (tongued), one breath each way;
- (60 seconds) a prepared solo/etude displaying slow, sustained playing to show beauty of tone, expression and tuning;
- (60 seconds) a prepared solo/etude displaying rapid, slurred and articulated music to show technique, time and tonguing;
- sight reading.