The Registration Form, tuition payment, and Health Form are ALL due by June 10, 2018.
Gold and Silver Auditions will be held Tuesday, May 15th in McCain Auditorium room 135 starting at 4:30 PM. To sign up for an audition, email cody.toll@gmail.com
Audition Requirements: Each audition will include two scales, a prepared solo and sight-reading. Refer to information below for details pertaining to your instrument/orchestra. Further details of what to expect at your audition (and what we expect from your audition) are in a PDF at the bottom of the page.
Silver Orchestra
SCALES (prepare 1 Major AND 1 minor scale from the options below)
Violin: 2-octave B-flat or C Major scale AND 2-octave C or D melodic minor scale
Viola: 2-octave E-flat or F Major scale AND 2-octave F or G melodic minor scale
Cello: 2-octave D or E-Flat Major scale AND 2-octave C or D melodic minor scale
Bass: 2-octave E or F Major scale AND 1-octave E or G melodic minor scale
PREPARED SOLO
This should be a SOLO piece (not part of an orchestral piece) of your choice that shows you off to the best of your ability. An ideal piece will have both lyrical and technical sections. You will play without piano accompaniment.
SIGHT-READING
We never expect perfection from anyone, but we can discern how well and quickly a student grasps rhythms, key and time signatures, and correct bow directions. Sight-reading will be selected from last year's Silver Orchestra repertoire.
Gold Orchestra
SCALES (prepare 1 Major AND 1 minor scale from the options below)
Violin: 3-octave Major scale with 0-3 sharps or flats in the key signature AND 3-octave A or C melodic minor scale
Viola: 3-octave Major scale with 0-3 sharps or flats in the key signature AND 3-octave C or D melodic minor scale
Cello: 3-octave Major scale with 0-3 sharps or flats in the key signature AND 3-octave C or D melodic minor scale
Bass: 2-octave Major scale with 0-3 sharps or flats in the key signature AND 2-octave E or F melodic minor scale
PREPARED SOLO
This should be a SOLO piece (not part of an orchestral piece) of your choice that shows you off to the best of your ability. An ideal piece will have both lyrical and technical sections. You will play without piano accompaniment. Typically Gold Orchestra members can play well at a Suzuki book 3-4 level at a minimum.
SIGHT-READING
We never expect perfection from anyone, but we can discern how well and quickly a student grasps rhythms, key and time signatures, and correct bow directions.
ALL AUDITIONS should demonstrate: proper posture and position, good tone, developing (SO) or mature (GO) vibrato.
Audition Requirements: Each audition will include two scales, a prepared solo and sight-reading. Refer to information below for details pertaining to your instrument/orchestra. Further details of what to expect at your audition (and what we expect from your audition) are in a PDF at the bottom of the page.
Silver Orchestra
SCALES (prepare 1 Major AND 1 minor scale from the options below)
Violin: 2-octave B-flat or C Major scale AND 2-octave C or D melodic minor scale
Viola: 2-octave E-flat or F Major scale AND 2-octave F or G melodic minor scale
Cello: 2-octave D or E-Flat Major scale AND 2-octave C or D melodic minor scale
Bass: 2-octave E or F Major scale AND 1-octave E or G melodic minor scale
PREPARED SOLO
This should be a SOLO piece (not part of an orchestral piece) of your choice that shows you off to the best of your ability. An ideal piece will have both lyrical and technical sections. You will play without piano accompaniment.
SIGHT-READING
We never expect perfection from anyone, but we can discern how well and quickly a student grasps rhythms, key and time signatures, and correct bow directions. Sight-reading will be selected from last year's Silver Orchestra repertoire.
Gold Orchestra
SCALES (prepare 1 Major AND 1 minor scale from the options below)
Violin: 3-octave Major scale with 0-3 sharps or flats in the key signature AND 3-octave A or C melodic minor scale
Viola: 3-octave Major scale with 0-3 sharps or flats in the key signature AND 3-octave C or D melodic minor scale
Cello: 3-octave Major scale with 0-3 sharps or flats in the key signature AND 3-octave C or D melodic minor scale
Bass: 2-octave Major scale with 0-3 sharps or flats in the key signature AND 2-octave E or F melodic minor scale
PREPARED SOLO
This should be a SOLO piece (not part of an orchestral piece) of your choice that shows you off to the best of your ability. An ideal piece will have both lyrical and technical sections. You will play without piano accompaniment. Typically Gold Orchestra members can play well at a Suzuki book 3-4 level at a minimum.
SIGHT-READING
We never expect perfection from anyone, but we can discern how well and quickly a student grasps rhythms, key and time signatures, and correct bow directions.
ALL AUDITIONS should demonstrate: proper posture and position, good tone, developing (SO) or mature (GO) vibrato.
| goso_may_2018_audition_expectations.pdf |
| goso_handbook_2017.pdf |
| goso_excused_absence_practice_chart.pdf |
| GO Poster.pdf |
| finger_patterns_vln_va.pdf |
| finger_patterns_cello.pdf |
| finger_patterns_bass.pdf |
