UW Orchestra & UW Bands Auditions Requirements
Please see here for the audition schedule and information about signing up for an audition
Bassoon
For Symphonic Band and Campus Philharmonia (view music): edited 5/29/24
For UW Wind Ensemble and UW Symphony Orchestra (view music): edited 5/29/24
Clarinet
For Symphonic Band, UW Wind Ensemble, UW Symphony Orchestra and Campus Philharmonia:
Bb Clarinet for all groups (view music): edited 6/3/24
Euphonium
For Symphonic Band and UW Wind Ensemble (view music) edited 6/10/24
Flute
For Symphonic Band, Campus Philharmonia, UW Wind Ensemble and UW Symphony Orchestra (view music): edited 5/6/24
Horn
For Symphonic Band, Campus Philharmonia, UW Wind Ensemble, and UW Symphony Orchestra (view music): edited 5/21/24
Note: If you are not a music major or music minor, you need only prepare the etude “Tango Caliente”.
Oboe/English Horn
For Symphonic Band and Campus Philharmonia: (view music) edited 5/16/24
Students should prepare these excerpts:
-
Barret Etude 28
- Rimsky-Korsakov
- Strauss to 17 after M
For UW Wind Ensemble and UW Symphony Orchestra: (view music) edited 5/16/24
Students should prepare all excerpts.
Percussion
For Symphonic Band and Campus Philharmonia (view music): edited 6/3/24
For UW Wind Ensemble and UW Symphony Orchestra (view music): edited 6/3/24
Contact Dr. Whiting, Chair of Percussion Studies with questions at: bwhiting@uw.edu.
Saxophone
For UW Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band (view music): edited 8/20/24
Trombone
Tenor Trombone (view music) edited 6/3/24
Bass Trombone (view music) edited 6/3/24
Tuba
For UW Wind Ensemble, UW Symphony Orchestra, and Campus Philharmonia:
Prepare all excerpts. (view music) edited 6/10/24
-
Vaughn Williams Toccata Marziale
- Prokofiev Symphony No. 5
- Respighi Fountains of Rome
- Wagner Die Meistersinger
- Wagner Ride of the Valkyries
For Symphonic Band:
Prepare the following three excerpts. (view music) edited 6/10/24
Trumpet
For Campus Philharmonia and Symphonic Band:
Prepare the first excerpt. (view music) edited 6/17/24
For UW Wind Ensemble and UW Symphony Orchestra:
Prepare all excerpts. (view music) edited 6/17/24