Students in grades 5 through 12 who play orchestral instruments are eligible to audition.

Auditions are scheduled according to instrument.

Every musician must audition each year.

Members are selected and seated by ability rather than age or grade.

The auditions are six to eight minutes long (twelve minutes for percussionists).

Each student should prepare a piece that demonstrates his/her proficiency on the instrument. Percussionists should include snare, timpani, and mallet selections.

Sight-reading and scales are also included in the audition.

Parents are not permitted in the audition area.  They should wait for their child(ren) in the warm-up area or other designated place.

There is a nonrefundable $10 audition fee to secure an audition appointment.  
 

1. Practice your scales. Two and three octave scales are required of all players except for String Orchestra. String Orchestra players must be able to play one octave scales in the keys of C, G, D and F.
    

2. Choose a solo you can play well. Have it well-prepared. The adjudicator is not interested in when you started learning the solo; s/he will judge you on how well you play it. Choose a solo that shows off your ability. It should not be too easy, but if it is beyond your ability, it will hurt your audition score.
    

3. Sight reading is a part of each audition. Practice sight reading with your teacher at each lesson.
    

4. Be early for your audition, so that you can complete any necessary paperwork, warm up and be ready to do your best. We recommend that you arrive at least 15 minutes before your scheduled audition time.