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.

• Junior Orchestra Scale

  • Violin Scales

  • Viola Scales

  • Cello Scales

  • Bass Scales

2. District 1 Junior Orchestra Required Excerpts

• Students should prepare all excerpts for their instrument

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 either Florence Price Symphony No. 3, or Tchaikovsky's Polonaise from Eugene Onegin. Click Here for excerpts.