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Orchestral Ensembles

For more information visit 2008-2009 Ensemble Audition Information.

Audition Information

CAMPUS ORCHESTRA: No formal audition required
Attendance is required for the first class meeting of this ensemble should you wish to participate.

STRINGS
Symphony Orchestra

All new and returning orchestra students must audition. Auditions are 7 minutes in length and consist of required excerpts. Excerpt packets can be picked up in room 10, Ferguson Hall or can be mailed to you. Email ensemble@umn.edu if you require the excerpts to be mailed.

WINDS
Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, and Symphony Orchestra
Ferguson Hall, Room 85

All new and returning students must audition. Auditions are 7 minutes in length and consist of two contrasting etudes or solo works of your choice (one more technical and one more lyrical) plus sight reading.

PERCUSSION
Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, and Symphony Orchestra
Ferguson Hall, Room 95

All new and returning percussionists must audition. Auditions are 6 minutes in length and consist of required excerpts. Required audition excerpts for percussion are available from Ferguson Hall, room 10.


About the Orchestral Ensembles

CAMPUS ORCHESTRA
The Campus Orchestra offers students who are not music majors the opportunity to play in a University ensemble with limited performance demands. The orchestra usually performs one major concert per semester. No formal audition is required, but a minimum level of competence is expected as this adds to everyone’s enjoyment of the orchestra experience.

SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
The Symphony Orchestra is a select ensemble of 80 to 90 students who are primarily music majors. The orchestra rehearses and performs the finest orchestral literature available, from well-known works to premieres of new compositions. The orchestra performs four to six concerts per year, in addition to working with the University Opera Theatre and performing in the annual Bach Festival. Members also occasionally have the opportunity to participate in Side-by-Side, where they work and perform with the Minnesota Orchestra. Admission is by audition only.

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