Fall 2012 Auditions for Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, and Symphonic Band
** Percussion and Jazz Ensemble participants will audition separately.
Friday, September 7: New violas and new cellos
Saturday, September 8: New violins
Sunday, September 9: Returning violas and cellos; all bassoons, clarinets, flutes, oboes, trombones, saxophones, trumpets, horns, tubas and euphoniums
Monday, September 10: Returning violins and all basses
Auditions will be 5-6 minutes in length. Teachers have selected audition excerpts and you will find them below. If you have any questions regarding excerpts, please contact your studio teacher. Conductors reserve the right to request sight-reading with all auditioning students. Returning students should also be prepared to audition behind a screen.
Upon your arrival at school, please sign up for an audition time. Sheets will be at the Conservatory Help Desk on September 4 and 5. After those dates the sheets will be posted on the Orchestra Board (strings) or Wind Band board (woodwinds/brass), located behind the main office in the Conservatory building. Time slots will be available on a first come/first serve basis. Please sign up in order and do not leave any time slots empty.
We encourage all non-music majors to audition for any ensemble. (Students who are NOT music majors and would like to audition for Symphonic Band ONLY may prepare an etude or solo of their choice rather than the excerpts on the printed audition list.)
LSO audition results will be posted on the orchestra ensemble’s board by Tuesday, September 11, and LSO rehearsals begin that evening.
PLEASE EMAIL QUESTIONS TO: conservatory@lawrence.edu
EXCERPTS
If there is more than one link for an instrument, you will need ALL of them.
* Alto saxophone is preferred although another sax will be acceptable.
