All seating audition submissions are due December 13, 2024 at 11:59:59pm in nominate.ilmea.org.
Wind & Percussion Seating Audition Material
Strings Seating Audition Material
Questions about seating auditions? Please contact Mark Corey at [email protected]
Junior Level Auditions
Please see the above links for audition excerpts and information.
Senior LEvel Strings Auditions
For Piano Audition Information, please see Wind & Percussion District Audition Process.
1. 2024-2025: Berlioz/Mendelssohn Set
Click HERE for the state required excerpts for Fall 2024 auditions.
2. Senior-Level Scales
Click HERE for the Orchestra Scale Sheets
C, G, D, A, E, F, and Bb Major
c and g melodic minor
Violin-Viola-Cello: Three Octaves
String Bass: Two Octaves
Quarter Note = 120
Detached Bowing
3. District selected supplemental excerpts.
Senior Level Harp Auditions
1. 2024-2025 Harp Etude
Etude #40 - Moderato (Quarter note = 80)
Please find all harp etudes using only the latest edition of Bochsa, Nicholas's 40 (Quarante Celebres Etudes) Easy Studies Op. 318, Book 2 (Salvi Publications). Any previous editions are permanently out of print, and may contain different etude titles and numbers.
2. 2024-2025 Harp Excerpt
Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Suite No. 1, Waltz of the Flowers Cadenza (mm. 1-33)