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 3 Junior Scales

   Violin Scales
   Viola Scales
   Cello Scales
   Bass Scales

2. Statewide Junior Strings Etudes

   2025-2026 - Cycle 2

Senior Orchestra Auditions

1. Senior-Level Scales

2. Beethoven Excerpts
   From the standing excerpt cycles

3. District-specific Supplemental Material (if applicable)