SSU Symphony Orchestra and Wind Ensemble Fall 2017 Audition Information Fall 2017 auditions for the SSU Symphony Orchestra and Symphonic Wind Ensemble will be held Monday August 21 (saxophones, percussion, brass, and strings) and Tuesday August 22 (flutes, oboes, clarinets, and bassoons), at the Green Music Center. All students and community members wishing to participate in either the Orchestra or the Wind Ensemble must audition. The Symphony Orchestra rehearses Mondays and Wednesdays from 46pm; the Wind Ensemble rehearses Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3-5pm. Please hold these times open in your schedule until after ensemble placements are made. Music majors focused on classical performance or music education whose principal instrument is a brass, woodwind, or percussion instrument are required to perform in Wind Ensemble or Symphony Orchestra every semester while in residence at Sonoma State. Students are required to participate in one major ensemble and may be invited to perform in both. String majors are required to participate in Symphony Orchestra every semester. Auditionees should prepare two major and two minor scales of their choice (as well as the corresponding arpeggios) and one chromatic scale. Please make sure to prepare the scales using the tempi and articulations below. Auditionees should also prepare the excerpts from solo and ensemble literature found below. Please make sure to scroll down to find the relevant excerpts for your instrument (the excerpts have been posted in score order). The audition process takes approximately 10 minutes. To schedule an audition, please visit the audition schedule on Google Docs and sign yourself up for a time (please indicate your name, email address, phone number, and your instrument): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JK77Vnx9q3ofY1tg5rjzPTf-RBzAXvnZPtSzbfGLFlg/edit

Please take steps to carefully prepare for your audition to the best of your

ability! You are strongly encouraged to work on the audition material with a private teacher and to listen to recordings of the audition repertoire on youtube or other websites for appropriate tempi, phrasing, etc. Recordings of all of the excerpted material can be easily found on youtube; in addition there are many on-line resources with advice on how to prepare for an audition and how to prepare specific excerpts. For suggestions on websites and recordings please contact Dr. Collinsworth or Dr. Kahn. Good luck and best wishes, Alexander Kahn Andy Collinsworth

SCALE REQUIREMENTS Sonoma State Symphony Orchestra and Wind Ensemble Fall 2017 Auditions All instrumentalists should prepare a 2-octave chromatic scale, two 2-octave major scales, and two 2-octave minor scales, as well as the appropriate arpeggio for the major and minor scales. The choice of keys for the major and minor scales is up to the SSU ORCHESTRA AUDITIONS auditionee, as is the choice of starting pitch for the chromatic scale. Scales should be FALL 2015 prepared using the tempi and articulations below: VIOLIN

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