Senior / Junior Honors Orchestra 2014-2015
Audition Date: Tuesday, November 18th,
2014
Location: Robert E. Lee HS--6540
Franconia Rd, Springfield, VA 22150
Registration Time: 3:30pm-6:30 pm. DO NOT ARRIVE BEFORE 3:30PM!
Auditions are
first come, first served. Students
should enter Door #1.
Registration Fee: $5.25 to be paid in advance to your
school director
Eligibility:
Senior Honors Orchestra: Students must be a 9th-12th grader in a District
X School Orchestra Program. (9th graders may choose to audition for
Jr. or Sr. Orchestra, but not both).
Directors must be present.
Directors must be present.
Junior Honors Orchestra: Students must be a 7th-9th grader
in a District X School Orchestra Program. (9th graders may choose to
audition for Jr. or Sr. Orchestra, but not both).
Directors must be present.
Directors must be present.
Audition
Requirements:
Senior Honors Orchestra
Scales: Violin – A Major, Bb Major,
g minor 3 octaves AND E Major 2 octaves
Viola
- D Major, c minor 3 octaves AND
A Major, F Major 2 octaves
Cello
- D Major, Eb Major, c minor 3 octaves AND
A Major 2 octaves
Bass - F Major, E Major, g minor 2 octaves
Quarter Note = at least 112
Bowing
for all scales: 2 slurred, 2 martelé
ascending, and 4 slurred descending
(basses 2 slurred
descending).
Excerpts: orchestral
excerpts provided.
Junior Honors Orchestra
Scales: Violin – C Major, G Major, D Major, A Major,
and F Major – all 2 octaves
Viola - C Major,
G Major, D Major, A Major, and F Major – all 2 octaves
Cello - C Major,
G Major, D Major, A Major, and F Major – all 2 octaves
Bass - C Major, G
Major, D Major, A Major, and F major – all 1 octave
Quarter Note =
at least 112
Bowing for all scales: 2 slurred, 2
martelé ascending, and 4 slurred descending
(basses 2 slurred descending).
Excerpts: orchestral excerpts provided.
Special
Instructions:
Enter school
through main entrance #1 Sign in at the SENIOR ORCHESTRA / JUNIOR ORCHESTRA registration
table and receive your audition number.
Registration will begin at 3:30pm and end promptly at 6:30 pm. You will be given a registration card. Hold on to this card and give it to the
runner when your name is called. Proceed to the
warm-up area and listen carefully for your registration number to be
called. Report to the announcer table when
your number is called. Give your
registration card to the runner. Leave
all personal belongings in the warm-up room. A runner will
take you to the audition room. Wait
quietly outside of the room for your turn.
Do not practice or talk in the hallways at any time. Once inside the
audition room, wait for instructions from the judges. DO NOT TALK.
If you have a question, step into the hallway and ask the runner. Students who talk while inside the audition
room may be disqualified. You may use your own music if you choose,
or use the copy that is on the stand in the audition room. Violin
auditions will take place in two separate rooms, a scale room and an excerpt
room. If you are a violin player, do not leave until you have played in both
rooms. After
completing your audition, return to the warm-up area. Do not discuss your performance or auditions
spots with anyone. Results will NOT be
posted. You will be notified of the
results by your teacher.
Students selected through the
audition will participate in the District X Honors
Orchestra event in January at Falls
Church High School.
