Instrumental Ensemble Audition Information
**1/18/24: Due to severe winter weather, the audition schedule has changed. Please refer to the information on this page for details.
SPRING 2024 INSTRUMENTAL (Non-String) AUDITION INFORMATION
Questions? Please contact Dr. Paula Holcomb, Director of Bands
One need not be a music major to audition for any ensemble.
All Music Majors enrolled in curricular lessons are required to audition for ensemble placement.
Concert Attire for Bands:
Professional standards. Learn how to dress appropriately so you are prepared for the professional world.
Option One: Black tuxedo, white shirt, black bow tie, long, black socks and black dress shoes.
Option Two: Long (floor length or tea length) black skirt, black full-leg dress pants (no denim), long sleeves to the wrist, or a black dress meeting all specifications. No skinny leg pants. Long-sleeved black blouse/shirt or jacket. Simple jewelry. Full length dress meeting all of the above specifications is acceptable but no slits beyond mid-calf. (No décolletage, bare shoulders or necklines.) Black/off-black hose, black dress shoes, simple jewelry. Material must be opaque. Equal to a tux in quality.
All: Professional level required at all performances
Instrumental Auditions (Non-string)
*Click on instrument name (scroll down) for audition excerpts.
**THE FOLLOWING AUDITIONS WILL BE HELD ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 20 IN KING CONCERT HALL. WARM-UP IN MASON 1080.
9:00 Trumpets
10:30 Trombones
1:00 Bassoons
2:00 Oboes
2:45 Percussion
5:15 Saxophones
7:15 Euphoniums
8:00 Flutes
**THE FOLLOWING AUDITIONS WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY, JANUARY 21 IN KING CONCERT HALL. WARM-UP IN PRACTICE ROOMS.
11:00 Horns
1:00 Harps
2:30 Tubas
5:00 Clarinets
Euphonium
Oboe
Horn
Tuba
Trombone
Clarinet
Saxophone (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
Trumpet
Flute
Bassoons
Harp
Percussion (1, 2)
- Auditions - King Concert Hall in Rockefeller Arts Center - enter through the connector between Mason and King, go through the connector double doors straight ahead to the double doors, walk straight backstage.
- Only two people in the backstage area prior to auditioning and leave immediately after you play.
- No talking backstage.
- There will be three “stations" for you to play behind a screen. Someone will let you know which station to use when you enter for your audition. This will provide time for the aerosols to clear as we rotate the stations.
Brass: https://forms.gle/
Harp: https://forms.gle/
Woodwinds: https://forms.gle/
PLEASE NOTE: The audition schedule is subject to change. Please re-confirm with studio teachers and the website the week of auditions.