REGISTER TO PLAY WITH WSCO
Sign up for one of our ensembles or classes
Winter/Spring 2025 Registration is now open!
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1. Check the details below for tentatively scheduled dates, and audition criteria.
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Note: Our Student beginning strings class 🎻and Adult beginning strings class🎻are a year-long curriculum and are not open for new musicians to join at this time. Only returning musicians should register for those two classes. New interested beginning string musicians, please check back in fall of 2025.
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If you have any questions or concerns, don't hesitate to reach out to us at info@wscorchestras.org.
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2. Fill in the registration form.
Provide your contact and ensemble preferences
https://forms.gle/XDd5Rwy3UoHhRV3u8
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3. Pay musician fees on our Payments page
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Returning Adult Members or Adult Beginning Strings registrants can use the link below to pay online.
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New Adult Members should wait to pay until after audition results are determined
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K-12 Students are FREE​
WINTER/SPRING 2025 SCHEDULE (Tentative)
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Please note that dates are subject to change based on venue availability. Any changes will be communicated as soon as information is available.
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WINTER
Tuesday, January 7 – Rehearsal #1
Tuesday, January 14 – Rehearsal #2
Tuesday, January 21 – Rehearsal #3
Tuesday, January 28 – Rehearsal #4
Tuesday, February 4 – Rehearsal #5
Tuesday, February 11 – Rehearsal #6
Tuesday, February 18 - NO REHEARSAL (Winter Break)
Tuesday, February 25 – Rehearsal #7
Tuesday, March 4 – Rehearsal #8
Monday, March 10 – Dress Rehearsal (Debut and Concert Orchestras)
Tuesday, March 11 – Concert DO and CO; Beg Strings Rehearsal; WS and SO Dress Rehearsal
Friday, March 14 – WS and SO Concert
SPRING
Tuesday, March 18 – Rehearsal #1
Tuesday, March 25 – Rehearsal #2
Tuesday, April 1 – Rehearsal #3
Monday, April 7 – Rehearsal #4
Tuesday, April 15 NO REHEARSAL (Spring Break)
Tuesday, April 22 – Rehearsal #5
Tuesday, April 29 – Rehearsal #6
Tuesday May 6 – Rehearsal #7
Tuesday May 13 – Dress Rehearsals (All Ensembles)
Friday May 16 - WS/SO Concert
Tuesday May 20 - BS/DO/DO Concert
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AUDITION REQUIREMENTS
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In lieu of in-person auditions for Winter/Spring 2025, we will have interested musicians submit a video auditions. Please look at the requirements below and submit a video recording to info@wscorchestras.org. If in doubt, email us with any questions.
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For placement in the Symphony Orchestra or Wind Symphony, please be prepared to play:
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2 Major scales of your choice (2 octaves)
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2 Minor scales of your choice (2 octaves)
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2 minutes of your choice of excerpts, or a piece you have prepared.
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Expect some sight-reading (which will be an excerpt of current repertoire) - NO SIGHTREADING THIS SESSION
For placement in the Concert Orchestra, please be prepared to play:
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2 Major scales of your choice from C, G, D, A, F, B-flat, E-flat, or A-flat (2 octaves preferred)
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2 Minor scales of your choice (2 octaves preferred)
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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.
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Expect some sight-reading (which will be an excerpt of current repertoire) - NO SIGHTREADING THIS SESSION
To participate in the Debut Orchestra you should be able to:
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Play C, G, D, F, and B-flat major scales (one octave)
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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.
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Read music for your instrument
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Read and play eighth-note rhythms
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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