School Of Music

Symphony Orchestra/Wind Symphony Audition Information

Click here to download the Fall 2012 Auditions / Chair Placement Form

Strings - Friday, August 24th | Reynolds Recital Hall

8:15-9:15 a.m. Basses
9:15-10:15 a.m. Cellos
10:15-noon Violins
Noon-1:00 p.m. Violas

Requirements

  • Major and/or minor scales
  • 3 prepared excerpts from the Brahms Violin Concerto parts (Please start practicing the whole thing, but see the attached pdfs for specific audition sections)
  • Sight reading

Audition Materials (PDF downloads)

Double Reeds - Friday, August 24th | 1:30 p.m. | Reynolds Recital Hall

Clarinets - Friday, August 24th | 2:30 p.m. | Reynolds Recital Hall

Flutes (picc) - Friday, August 24th | 3:30 p.m. | Reynolds Recital Hall


Saxophones - Monday, August 27th | 5:00 p.m. | Rehearsal Room 130

Trumpets and Horns - Monday, August 27th | 6:00 p.m. | Reynolds Recital Hall

Low Brass - Monday, August 27th | 7:00 p.m. | Reynolds Recital Hall

Requirements

  • Major scales up to 3 sharps and 4 flats - preferably 2 octaves
  • Chromatic scale - preferably 3 octaves
  • Excerpts - see attached pdfs
  • Sight Reading

Audition Materials (PDF downloads)

Percussion - Monday, August 27th | 8:00-9:00 p.m. | Rehearsal Room 130

  • The auditionee only needs to perform the music in the bracketed sections
  • It is EXTREMELY beneficial for you to listen to many different recordings to hear how these excerpts are played within the context of the music (style, tempo, articulations, etc.) FYI-there is no recording for the xylophone excerpt
  • The audition is MANDATORY for admittance into these two large ensembles (though you can pick which one you will participate in)
  • Instruments will be set up in the practice rooms one week before the audition
  • NEW**- chair status will determine who is on first call for paying gigs with the Bozeman Symphony, as well as paying gigs in and around the Bozeman area (Helena Symphony, Billings Symphony, etc..). This will be extremely beneficial for you to be able to put on your resume

Piano/Harp

The ensembles occasionally employ the use of piano/harp when a composition calls for it. If you are interested in playing piano in either the Symphony Orchestra or the Wind Symphony, please plan to attend the percussion audition session on Monday evening. You will be asked to play a 2-minute piece of your choosing and a brief sight-reading excerpt. For questions or more information, please contact bands@montana.edu.

Audition Materials (PDF downloads)