Fall 2025 Audition Info
Any student interested in auditioning for ensembles on a string instrument (violin, viola, cello, bass) should email Dr. Emily Schaad (schaad@fredonia.edu).
Audition excerpts will be chosen from these pieces and sent out 1-2 weeks before the auditions.
Audition Times: August 24 & 25, 2025
Fall 2025 CSO Repertoire
Fall CSO Concert - Saturday, October 11th, 8pm (dress rehearsal: Saturday, October 11th, 10am-12:30pm)
Gioachino Rossini: Overture to William Tell
(Be sure to listen to all and not just the finale - it’s about 13 min)
Mozart: Bassoon Concerto
Cate Palanski, bassoon
- Allegro
Dai Wei: The Dancing Moonlight (unconfirmed)
Sibelius: Symphony No. 7
Adagio—Vivacissimo—Adagio—
Allegro molto moderato—Allegro moderato—
Vivace—Presto—Adagio—
Largamente molto—Affettuoso—Tempo I
Allegro molto moderato—Allegro moderato—
Vivace—Presto—Adagio—
Largamente molto—Affettuoso—Tempo I
(These contrasting “episodes” are performed as a single movement. We will be performing the entire work.)
Hillman Opera - November 14-17 (tech week: Saturday, October 9-Wednesday, October 13)
Gian Carlo Menotti: The Consul
Sinfonia/Wind Symphony Concert – Tuesday, November 19, 2025 – King Concert Hall
Repertoire TBD
Chamber Orchestra Concert – Wednesday, December 3, 2025 – Rosch Recital Hall
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, arr. Tai Fraction: Intermezzo from Forest of Wild Thyme
Giovanni Bottesini: Bass Concerto No. 2 in B minor
Kieran Hanlon, double bass
- Allegro
- Andante
- Allegro
Parts on IMSLP, scroll down to “Trapkus” arrangement under Parts tab: https://imslp.org/wiki/Double_Bass_Concerto_No.2_in_B_minor_(Bottesini%2C_Giovanni)
David Diamond: Rounds for String Orchestra
I. Allegro, molto vivace
II. Adagio
- Allegro vigoroso