Audition Information
Location: Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Time & Date: 2-6 PM
Details
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 26 between 2 and 6, please inform Mrs. Letcher by email. Times will not be assigned until August 19, please complete your registration prior to August 16.
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, 765-463-0302 or CDLetcher@comcast.net for questions.
Note: YOU MUST BRING A PARENT WITH YOU WHEN YOU AUDITION.
Questions about becoming a member?
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.
Location: Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Time & Date: 2-6 PM
Details
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 26 between 2 and 6, please inform Mrs. Letcher by email. Times will not be assigned until August 19, please complete your registration prior to August 16.
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, 765-463-0302 or CDLetcher@comcast.net for questions.
Note: YOU MUST BRING A PARENT WITH YOU WHEN YOU AUDITION.
Questions about becoming a member?
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
WOODWINDS
BRASS
PERCUSSIONS
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 before mid-June
- 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.
- Solo piece. (From ISSMA Group I)
- Excerpts: to be uploaded before mid-June
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 before mid-June
PERCUSSIONS
- Solo piece of your choice, between 2-4 minutes.
- Excerpts: to be uploaded before mid-June
- Timpani
- Mallets (no excerpt: solo piece of your choice on the xylophone, marimba, or vibraphone)
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Wabash Valley Youth Symphony
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Artistic Director - Wilbur Lin
Music Administrators - Regan Eckstein, Carol Letcher President - Margot Marlatt |
