Orchestras

WIU Orchestra String Auditions | Fall 2026

Winds/Brass/Percussion

See University Bands website for audition material.

String Auditions

  • The WIU Orchestra String Auditions will be held through audio recording submissions.
  • The due date for all submissions is Monday, August 24, 2026.
  • All string players (new and returning) must submit their recorded audition to the appropriate faculty below.

Recording Instructions

  • Please record only audio.
  • Record the excerpts listed below.
  • All recordings must be done in a single take.
  • Please do not speak in the recording to preserve anonymity.

Please submit audition recording to you applied professor

Repertoire Requirements

Link to the excerpts (Listen to pieces on youtube.com)

  • Violin
    • opening to Jupiter to 3rd measure after I from Holst The Planets
    • Variations on a theme by Haydn – Variation 1
  • Viola
    • opening to Jupiter to 3rd measure after I from Holst The Planets
    • Variations on a theme by Haydn – Variation 1
  • Cello
    • opening to Jupiter to 3rd measure after I from Holst The Planets
    • Variations on a theme by Haydn – Variation 1
  • Bass
    • Variations on a theme by Haydn – Variations 2 and 3