UI Ensemble
Auditions
Jazz Bands
Auditions will be on Monday of
the first
week of classes. Call backs will be on
Friday at 2:30 in Room 216 with the full group to hear students
in sections.
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).
Vandaleers
Fall Semester
- Auditions
occur during the first four class periods (MTWR
1:30 – 2:20). The final list will be posted on Friday of that week.
Spring Semester -
Auditions are by appointment with the director,
Professor Michele Paise.
No special songs
or solos are required for the audition…just show up for the first
four rehearsals.
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
Professor 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
second 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.
