AUDITION REQUIREMENTS

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For placement in the Symphony Orchestra or Wind Symphony, please be prepared to play:

1. 2 Major scales of your choice (2 octaves)

2. 2 Minor scales of your choice (2 octaves)

3. 2 minutes of your choice of excerpts, or a piece you have prepared.

4. Expect some sight-reading (which will be an excerpt of current repertoire)

For placement in the Concert Orchestra, please be prepared to play:

1. 2 Major scales of your choice from C, G, D, A, F, B-flat, E-flat, or A-flat (2 octaves preferred)

2. 2 Minor scales of your choice (2 octaves preferred)

3. 2 minutes of your choice of excerpts, or a piece you have prepared. The "excerpt" can be anything! A piece you are currently playing, an etude, a piece from your friend's clarinet book... whatever you are comfortable performing. 

4. Expect some sight-reading (which will be an excerpt of current repertoire)

To participate in the Debut Orchestra you should be able to:

1. Play C, G, D, F, and B-flat major scales (one octave)

2. Play a prepared short excerpt. The "excerpt" can be anything! About 20 measures: from a piece you are currently playing, from a book of etudes, from your friend's clarinet book... whatever you are comfortable performing.

3. Read music for your instrument

4. Read and play eighth-note rhythms

5. Strings:

Violin and Viola - play in first position; play in third position recommended

Cello - play in first position; play in fourth position recommended

Bass - be comfortable with shifting