Fall 2013 Auditions for Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, and Symphonic Band
** Percussion and Jazz Ensemble participants will audition separately.
Saturday, September 14 in SH163
New Violins: 1:00-2:30p
New Violas: 3:00-3:30p
New Cellos: 4:00-5:00p
Sunday, September 15 in SH163
ALL Clarinets: 9-11:30a
LSO-only Clarinets: 12-1:00p
Returning Violins: 2:30-5:00p
ALL Basses: 5:30-6:30p
Returning Violas: 7:00-8:20p
Returning Cellos: 8:30-9:30p
Sunday, September 15 in SH156
All Trumpets: 9:00-11:00a
All Horns: 11:30a-1:00p
All Trombones: 1:30-3:00p
All Tubas: 3:30-4:00p
All Euphoniums: 4:18-5:00p
All Saxophones: 5:30-9:00p
Sunday, September 15 in Harper
All Flutes: 9:00-11:30a
All Oboes: 12:00-1:30p
All Bassoons: 2:00-3:00p
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 10 and 11. 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 in the morning of Monday, September 16, 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 may need all of them.
* All but the Mozart can be found in the Baxtresser book
** All clarinet students will audition with band excerpts; add orch excerpts if audtioning for the orchestra as well.
*** Alto saxophone is preferred although another sax will be acceptable.
+ Within each printed excerpt, all rests should be observed in performance; students should contact J. DeCorsey if questions arise concerning details of specific excerpts.
++ Play letter B to D at 120mm.
+++ Trombone students will be asked to sight-read as well.
