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Orchestra NEW AUDITION OPTIONS & REQUIREMENTS!
The Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute Orchestra is a full concert orchestra. All participants rehearse and perform with professional orchestral musicians under the direction of internationally recognized conductors. The daily schedule includes full orchestra rehearsals as well as individual and sectional coaching. Repertoire consists of standard and contemporary symphonic literature. Students may also participate in chamber music and ensemble work. The orchestra performs two concerts during the Institute.
Application Requirements:
1) Calll the Oklahoma Arts Institute office at (405) 321-9000 to schedule an audition. Audition spaces fill quickly, and videotapes are not accepted as a substitute for live auditions. Click here for audition dates and locations.
2) Download and submit a complete application.
Audition Requirements:
Please arrive early to check in and warm up. Auditions are blind and will be taped for adjudication at a later date.
All auditions must be unaccompanied.
Play a scale with one of the following techniques:
(1) A 2-octave chromatic scale at a tempo that’s comfortable for you. Violins start on “D,” violas start on “G,” cellos start on “G,” and double bass start on “A.” (There is no specific starting note requirement for other instruments.)
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(2) A major scale in slow quarter notes - 2 octaves for winds, brass, and double bass; 3 octaves for violin, viola, and cello.
Perform a solo, etude, orexcerpt from a symphonya maximum of three minutes long. All-State etudes are allowed. The work should demonstrate your ability to play lyrically and technically and does NOT have to be memorized.
Sight-read
Percussionists: Perform a short solo or etude on snare, timpani, and marimba, up to 3 minutes each. Sight-read on snare and marimba.
Harpists: Perform two solos of contrasting periods and styles. Each solo should be up to 3 minutes long.
Students may NOT audition on the following instruments: piccolo, piano, saxophone, english horn, contrabassoon, bass clarinet, and E-flat clarinet.
Judging Criteria
Tone
Technique
Musicality
Sight-reading
Download a Sample Orchestra Adjudication Form
Adjudicators are college faculty, professional musicians, and members of the Oklahoma Arts Institute's Music Advisory Panel.
The orchestra program of the Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute is endowed by the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation Orchestra Fund.
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