Audition Information

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Health & Safety Guidelines

• Students in rising 5th to rising 10th grades
• Students who have at least one parent who is either African-American or Latino
• Serious music students who have already reached a high level of proficiency on a standard orchestral instrument

• Weekly private lessons with Atlanta Symphony Orchestra musicians
• Scholarship awards for summer music study
• Family passes to Atlanta Symphony Orchestra classical concerts
• Opportunities to participate in masterclasses, chamber ensembles, and solo performances
• High-profile outreach performance opportunities
• Association with other like-minded, serious music students

Auditions will take place at the Woodruff Arts Center, 1280 Peachtree Street NE, on the NW corner of 15th and Peachtree Streets. Directions will be provided to applicants with the audition time.

All Grades & Instruments: Two unaccompanied solos in contrasting styles plus scales and techniques as outlined below (all scales from memory):

Grades 4-8:

• Knowledge of 3rd position
• Vibrato
• G, A, g, and a scales, 3 octaves (violin)
• C and D scales, 3 octaves (viola)

Grades 9-10 All of the above, plus:

• Knowledge of 5th position
• g and a melodic minor scales, 3 octaves (violin)
• c and d melodic minor scales, 3 octaves (viola)

All Grades & Instruments: Two unaccompanied solos in contrasting styles plus scales and techniques as outlined below (all scales from memory):

Grades 4-7 Knowledge of different neck positions:

• Vibrato
• C and D scales, 3 octaves (cello)
• F and G scales, 2 octaves (bass)

Grades 8-10 All of the above, plus:

• Beginning knowledge of Thumb Position
• c and d melodic minor scales, 3 octaves (cello)
• f and g melodic minor scales, 3 octaves (bass)
   

All Grades & Instruments: Two unaccompanied solos in contrasting styles plus scales and techniques as outlined below (all scales from memory):

• Grades 4-8: All Majors, 1 or 2 octaves
• Grades 9-10: All Majors, 2 octave minimum, and a, d, & e minor
   

All Grades & Instruments: Two unaccompanied solos in contrasting styles plus scales and techniques as outlined below (all scales from memory):

• Two contrasting solos from etude books or standard solo repertoire (only one All-State etude may be used).
• Grades 4-8: C, F, Bb, Eb, Ab, & G
• Grades 9-10: All Majors one octave, except 2 octaves for B, C, Db, & D

*If student’s oboe has a low Bb key, please be prepared to play the Bb Major 2 octaves.

All Grades & Instruments: Two unaccompanied solos in contrasting styles plus scales and techniques as outlined below (all scales from memory):

• Grades 4-8: G, C, F & Bb
• Grades 9-10: Eb, Ab, Db & Gb

All Grades & Instruments: Two unaccompanied solos in contrasting styles plus scales and techniques as outlined below (all scales from memory):

• Grades 4-8: F, Bb, Eb & Ab
• Grades 9-10: Bb, Gb, B & E

All Grades & Instruments: Two unaccompanied solos in contrasting styles plus scales and techniques as outlined below (all scales from memory):

• Grades 4-8: C, F, Bb & Eb
• Grades 9-10: Ab, Db, Gb & B

All Grades & Instruments: Two unaccompanied solos in contrasting styles plus scales and techniques as outlined below (all scales from memory):

• Grades 4-8: F, Bb, Ab, & G
• Grades 9-10: D & G minor, B & E

All Grades & Instruments: Two unaccompanied solos in contrasting styles plus scales and techniques as outlined below (all scales from memory):

• Two solos as noted above on pitched instrument
• Must be able to sight-read rhythms and pitches
• Basic techniques on pitched percussion instruments, snare drum and timpani, including basic snare drum rudiments
• All major scales on pitched percussion instruments

All Grades & Instruments: Two unaccompanied solos in contrasting styles plus scales and techniques as outlined below (all scales from memory):

• Two unaccompanied solos in contrasting styles
• All major and minor scales