Fall 2025 Instrumental (Non-String) Audition Information
Questions? Please contact Dr. Paula Holcomb, Director of Bands
One need not be a music major to audition for any ensemble.
All Music Majors enrolled in curricular lessons are required to audition for ensemble placement.
Concert Attire for Bands
Professional standards. Learn how to dress appropriately so you are prepared for the professional world.
Option One: Black tuxedo, white shirt, black bow tie, long, black socks and black dress shoes.
Option Two: Long (floor length or tea length) black skirt, black full-leg dress pants (no denim), long sleeves to the wrist, or a black dress meeting all specifications. No skinny leg pants. Long-sleeved black blouse/shirt or jacket. Simple jewelry. Full length dress meeting all of the above specifications is acceptable but no slits beyond mid-calf. (No d茅colletage, bare shoulders or necklines.) Black/off-black hose, black dress shoes, simple jewelry. Material must be opaque. Equal to a tux in quality.
All: Professional level required at all performances
Instrumental Auditions (Non-string)
Please check back for dates and times
12:15 Bassoons
2:00 Oboes
3:15 Flutes
5:45 Saxophones
Saturday, August 23
10:00 Trombones
12:30 Horns
2:15 Trumpets
5:15 Clarinets
Sunday, August 24
10:00 Euphoniums
10:55 Tuba
12:15 Harp
12:30 Percussion
Excerpts:
Euphonium
Oboe
Horn
Tuba
Trombone: Bass, Tenor
Clarinet
Saxophone
Trumpet
Flute
Bassoon
Harp (ex 1; ex 2)
Percussion notes: In the excerpts below, DO NOT PLAY KIJE. Do play, xylophone - Polka and if you are at the 300 level lessons, have had timpani class, or want to play timpani in ensemble, play the Tchaik IV excerpt. For snare drum please play Del茅cluse 6.
- Auditions - King Concert Hall in Rockefeller Arts Center - enter through the connector between Mason and King, go through the connector double doors straight ahead to the double doors, walk straight backstage.
- Only two people in the backstage area prior to auditioning and leave immediately after you play.
- No talking backstage.
- There will be three 鈥渟tations" for you to play behind a screen. Someone will let you know which station to use when you enter for your audition. This will provide time for the aerosols to clear as we rotate the stations.
- PLEASE NOTE: The audition schedule is subject to change. Please re-confirm with studio teachers and the website the week of auditions.