Audition Information for Symphonic Wind Ensemble
Membership in the VCU Symphonic Wind Ensemble is determined by auditions that are open to all qualified students. These auditions take place the first week of each semester and are heard by the conductors and the appropriate applied music faculty.
Spring 2012 Auditions
On Monday, January 9, 2012 an audition signup sheet will be posted on the Winds and Percussion bulletin board in the hallway near the Music Department Office. You must sign up for an available time on the board. Auditions for the Spring 2012 semester will take place on the following dates:
Brass - Wednesday, January 18 beginning at noon
Woodwinds - Thursday, January 19 beginning at noon
Warm-up space will be provided . Those students wishing to audition for both Symphonic Wind Ensemble and the VCU Symphony may do so with one audition.
Each audition is five minutes in length. Students are requested to perform the appropriate excerpt for their instrument, listed below.
- Flute
- Clarinet
- Saxophone
- Oboe
- Bassoon
- Trumpet
- French horn:
Excerpt 1
Excerpt 2
Excerpt 3: Use excerpt 3 Horn 1 as printed - Euphonium
- Tenor trombone
- Bass trombone
- Tuba
- Percussion
