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.
Please Click Here for a summary of audition etudes and material for district auditions at the junior and senior levels.
*Districts 2 and 8 share an orchestra and alternate host years; the 2024 junior and senior orchestras will be hosted by District 8*
Junior Orchestra Auditions
1a. Prepared Selection - Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass
Allegro from Concerto Grosso, Opus 6, no. 1 - Handel, arr. Sandra Dackow
All violin students will audition from BOTH the Violin 1 part and the Violin 2 partViolin 1: Measure 1-23, m. 28-32, m. 49-62
Violin 2: Measure 67-78
Viola: Measure 9-25, m. 28-36, m. 43-54, m. 63-72
Cello: Measure 9-20, m. 28-37, m. 39-55, m. 72-81
Bass: Measure 9-20, m. 27-34, m. 59-68, m. 72-81
Please contact [email protected] or [email protected] if you need assistance obtaining the parts for the audition selection.
1b. Prepared Selection - Harps
Repertoire & Selections for 2023 TBA
2. Scales
Violins: G, Bb, C, D Major (2 octaves) and F Major (1 octave)
Viola/Cello: C, D, F, G Major (2 octaves) and Bb Major (1 octave)
Double Bass: F Major (2 Octaves) and G, Bb, C, D Major (1 octave)
There is no tempo requirement for scales. There is no scale requirement for harps.
Junior Strings Audition Rubric - 60 points
Prepared Selection - 50 points:
Tone: 10 points
Intonation: 10 points
Technique: 10 points
Rhythm: 10 points
Musicianship: 10 points
Scale Skills - 10 points
Senior Orchestra Auditions
District 2/8 Senior Orchestra auditions are open to students in grades 9-12. Please note that beginning in the fall of 2022, all 9th grade students students are now auditioning at the senior level.
Please visit the Orchestra Division Audition Information Page for this year's senior level strings and harp audition material.
In addition to the State audition material for strings, District 2 & D8 Senior Orchestra students will also audition on additional repertoire (see below for the additional repertoire and this year’s statewide audition material) . Please contact [email protected] or [email protected] with any questions!
D2/8 District Excerpt, Die Meistersinger - Violin
D2/8 District Excerpt, Die Meistersinger - Viola
D2/8 District Excerpt, Die Meistersinger - Cello