UI
ENSEMBLE AUDITIONS
Jazz Bands
Orchestra
Vandaleer
Concert Choir
Wind Ensemble and
Orchestra Winds
and Percussion
Marching Band
Percussion Placement
Jazz Bands
All auditions will be held early in the first week of classes.
Audition information and sign-up sheets will be on the Jazz Bands
corkboard (across from Music 210). For additional information
please contact Vern Sielert: verns@uidaho.edu
Jazz band auditions will consist of:
1. A short prepared excerpt of your choosing (jazz ensemble part,
transcribed solo, etc.)
2. Sight-reading
3. Improvisation - optional, but STRONGLY encouraged.
Play along accompaniment will be provided.
A sign-up sheet
will be on the Jazz Bands corkboard (across from Music 210).
Orchestra
String
players audition with Dr. Ferenc Cseszko on Tuesday
afternoon, first week of classes (during fall semester). A sign-up sheet will be on the
Orchestra board (across from Music 210). For more details,
please visit the UI
Symphony Orchestra webpage.
All other players
are auditioned by the faculty members of those instruments (see Wind
Ensemble audition information).
Vandaleer
Concert Choir
Fall Semester - first
week of classes
When:
M 1:00 – 2:30
T 1:30 - 10:00
W 1:30-2:30
Th 1:30 – 6:30
Where:
Dr. Michael Murphy’s Studio - Music Room 211
Sign-up:
Choral Board
(across from Music Room 210)
What:
Sing a prepared, short solo piece that demonstrates your best
level of technical and expressive ability. Should be secure enough
to be sung a cappella. Also sight singing and tonal memory.
Posting:
Thursday evening - Choral Board
Contact:
Dr. Michael Murphy,
michaelm@uidaho.edu, if you have any questions/concerns!
*Choirs will meet
on Friday, August 29.
Spring Semester
- Auditions are by appointment with the director,
Dr. Michael Murphy.
The Vandaleer
Concert Choir is a select auditioned group that seeks musicians who
are disciplined and punctual, and who possess excellent
musicianship, reading ability, and leadership qualities.
Audition
requirements include a prepared, short solo piece that demonstrates
the applicant’s best level of technical and expressive ability. The
solo should be secure enough to be sung a cappella. Additional
audition components include sight singing and tonal memory.
Auditions are by appointment only.
Wind Ensemble and
Orchestra Winds
and Percussion
Auditions (except for
percussion) occur early in the first week of classes (by end-of-day
Wednesday). Students audition for the professor of their
instrument. Sign-up sheets for auditions will be placed on faculty
doors by noon on Monday. Students should be prepared to play an
etude or solo piece, scales and sight-reading.
Audition Locations and Contact Person
flute - Music 310 - Contact
Dr. Leonard Garrison
oboe - Music 304 - Contact
Dr. Carol Padgham Albrecht
clarinet - Music 305 - Contact
Dr. Roger Cole
saxophone - Ridenbaugh 327 - Contact
Dr. Vanessa Sielert
bassoon - Music 204 - Contact
Dr. Susan Hess
trumpet - Ridenbaugh 227 - Contact
Dr. Vern Sielert
trombone - Music 313 - Contact
Professor Alan Gemberling
horn - Music 307 - Contact
Dr. Robert Dickow
euphonium - Music 309 - Contact
Professor Torrey Lawrence
tuba - Music 309 - Contact
Professor Torrey Lawrence
percussion - auditions are by appointment during the
first week of classes (see Music 213 for information)
Marching Band
Percussion Placement
Auditions
will be Wednesday afternoon, on the Wednesday before classes start. Exact time TBA.
Auditions are not required for instruments other than percussion.
See Marching Band
website for more information.
