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WIU Orchestra String Auditions | Spring 2024
Auditions
- The Spring 2024 WIU Orchestra String Auditions will be held through audio recording submissions.
- The due date for all submissions is Sunday, January 14, 2024.
- All string players (new and returning) must submit their audition using the Audition Form.
Recording Instructions
- Please record only audio.
- Record all of the bracketed excerpts for both Brahms' Haydn Variations and Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 in order.
- All recordings must be done in a single take.
- Please do not speak in the recording to preserve anonymity.
Repertoire Requirements
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All music majors:
- Prepare the bracketed excerpts from Brahms' Haydn Variations and Mahler's Symphony No. 1.
- Link to the excerpts
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Non-majors:
- Please record 1-2 pieces of your choice OR prepare the required music-major excerpts
- Contact Dr. Kenny Lee, Director of Orchestral Activities (K-Lee6@wiu.edu) for any questions.
Preparation Guide
- Read carefully through the excerpt list. Listen to recordings of each work. Make observations in your listening such as tempo, the characters/moods of each excerpt as well as the entire movement, phrasing ideas, the accompanying instruments, the passage's difficulties, and the overall effectiveness of the recorded performance.
- Play with a recording, if desired.
- Record yourself and listen back to hear yourself objectively (as if you were on the audition committee)
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