Audition Information
Sunday afternoon, August 25, 2019
Location: Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
1006 N. 21st Street, Lafayette
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Details
Auditions for the Wabash Valley Youth Symphony’s 2019-2020 season will be Sunday afternoon, August 25, at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 1006 N. 21st Street, Lafayette. Specific audition times will be scheduled through the website after the student has registered. The registration form, audition requirements, downloadable excerpts, and further information will be posted on this page by July 26, 2019.

Please complete the registration information on this website and read all the requirements carefully. We try to schedule like instruments together, but if you know of a conflict that cannot be resolved on August 25 between 2 and 6, please inform Mrs. Letcher by email (CDLetcher@comcast.net). Times will not be assigned until August 18, please complete your registration prior to August 15.

Scales, solo excerpt, and music excerpts will all be heard. Please make sure you have listened to excerpts on YouTube or somewhere else to be familiar with the pieces. Some judges comment in past years were that it was obvious some people had not bothered to listen to the piece, and it made a huge difference in their audition!

Please contact Carol Letcher, 765-490-3464 (text first) or CDLetcher@comcast.net for questions.

Note: please plan on arriving at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church at least 15 minutes before your scheduled audition time.


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All instruments should prepare:
1) one minute of a prepared solo from ISSMA group I list. Choose a section that highlights your technique and musicality.
2) play a scale of your choice with the stipulations as outlined for your instrument.
3) the prepared excerpts which are found below with the name of your instrument. You are to play all portions bracketed.

Audition Pieces ​STRINGS
  • Solo piece. (From ISSMA Group I)
  • Perform 3 octave scale (2 octave for bass) of your choosing in triplet rhythm slur 3. Quarter note = 60.
  • Excerpts: to be uploaded on July 26.  Violinists, please note:  If you wish to be considered for the First Violin section at any point during the year, you should prepare the Violin I excerpts.  For any particular concert cycle, the conductor or music administrators, in conjunction with the audition judges, may assign you to the Second Violin section.  Please prepare the Second violin excerpts if you are relatively young or have never played in WVYS before. As always, your private teacher will be able to give you the best advice.

  • ​​​Violin I
  • Violin II
  • Viola
  • Cello
  • Double Bass
  • Harp (no excerpts, solo piece & 4 octave scale only)

WOODWINDS
  • Scale of your choice - 2 octaves and perform in given rhythm (1 eighth note followed by 6 sixteenth notes), slurring by the quarter beat. Quarter note = 60. Player chooses the starting octave.

BRASS
  • Solo piece. (From ISSMA Group I)
  • Scale of your choice - 2 octaves and perform in given rhythm (1 eighth note followed by 6 sixteenth notes), slurring by the quarter beat. Quarter note = 60. Player chooses the starting octave.
  • Excerpts: to be uploaded July 26
    • Horn
    • Trumpet
    • Trombone
    • Bass Trombone
    • Tuba

PERCUSSION (audition will be held prior to the retreat on Sept. 8)
  • Solo piece of your choice, between 2-4 minutes.
  • Excerpts: to be uploaded July 26
    • Timpani
    • Mallets (no excerpt: solo piece of your choice on the xylophone, marimba, or vibraphone)
Header Photo by gabe.g.k
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Wabash Valley Youth Symphony
P.O. Box 2242
West Lafayette, IN 47996
Artistic Director - Wilbur Lin
Music Administrators - Regan Eckstein, Carol Letcher
President - Margot Marlatt