In an effort to continually align auditions statewide at the junior and senior levels, the Board of Directors voted at their Summer 2024 meeting to implement a cycle of commissioned etudes for Strings, Winds, Percussion and Instrumental Jazz at the Junior and Senior levels.
Instrumental Jazz etudes will be implemented in the Fall of 2024; Strings, Winds and Percussion etudes will be implemented in the Fall of 2025.
Junior Orchestra Auditions
1. District 1 Junior Orchestra Required Scales
Students should prepare all six scales and will be asked to play two on audition day.
Junior Orchestra Scale
2. District 1 Junior Orchestra Required Excerpts
Students should prepare all excerpts for their instrument and will be asked to play two on audition day:
Senior Orchestra Auditions
Please visit the Orchestra Division Audition Information Page for this year's audition material.
In addition to the state strings audition material, District 1 will also include an excerpt from Verdi's Overture to Nabucco for the 2023-2024 school year. Click Here for excerpts.