Please Note: The following schedule pertains to students participating in Fall Orientation.
Deadlines and dates will be adjusted for students participating in Spring,
but usually occur within the first week of classes each year with same requirements & suggested repertoire.
Audition Schedule!
New Student Auditions for large ensembles (Oberlin Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, Oberlin Sinfonietta, and Wind Ensemble) will be held during Orientation:
Saturday @ Kulas Recital Hall
S T R I N G S: 3:00pm – 7:00pm
3:00pm - Violins
5:00pm - Violas
5:30pm - Cellos
6:00pm - Basses
W I N D S & B R A S S: 7:00pm – 10:00pm
7:00pm - Flutes
7:36pm - Oboes
8:00pm - Clarinets
8:24pm - Bassoons
8:30pm - Horns
8:48pm - Trumpets
9:06pm - Trombones
9:40pm - Tuba
(Warm-Up Central 25)
Please report to Central, room 25 (orchestra rehearsal room) 10-15 minutes prior to the appointed time slot for your instrument. You will sign-up for an audition time, complete an Ensemble Information Form, and be escorted to Kulas for your audition. Audition monitors will be available to assist and answer questions.
CONTACT: You may contact the ensembles manager/librarian, with questions regarding auditions and excerpts: phone: (440) 775-8439. Michael.Roest@oberlin.edu.
New Student excerpts are listed below using ERes.
Click here for more ensemble auditions...
1) As of August 1st, EXCERPTS will be accessible on ERes (electronic reserve).
2) You will need to enter your Obie Mail username & password. (Help!)
3) You may need to enter a password once on ERes– "auditions"
4)
Click on pdf of excerpt & follow instructions to print.
5) Please Note: Excerpts are based on department submission and (though unusual) may be subject to change.
Returning Students Click here for auditions, information, audition material, and updates for (Oberlin Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, Oberlin Sinfonietta, and Wind Ensemble) that will also be posted during orientation and/or the first week of classes Fall & Spring semesters to the ensemble bulletin boards located outside the ensemble rehearsal room (Central 25.)
Non-Conservatory Majors may audition for Oberlin Orchestra, but Chamber Orchestra is currently populated by conservatory majors only. We encourage non-majors to attend an Oberlin Orchestra concert prior to audition to ensure performance readiness. Non-majors may also participate in Oberlin's Community Ensembles. Please contact Philip Highfill for more information. Completion of Theory & Aural Skills is NOT a requirement of Arts and Sciences or Conservatory students prior to audition/registration for Large or Small Ensembles.
Wind Players must be assigned faculty-taught lesson status prior to audition, and therefore cannot audition for Oberlin Orchestra before second semester.
AUDITION REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW STUDENTS
FOR ALL INSTRUMENTAL AUDITIONS:
Prepare a solo of your choice plus the following excerpts. All excerpts are from ‘first’, or ‘principal’ parts, (i.e.: 1st flute, 1st horn, 1st violin), unless otherwise indicated.
VIOLIN:
R. Strauss: Don Juan - page 1
Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D Major, K.385, (“Haffner”) - 1st and 4th mvts.
R. Schumann: Symphony No. 2 in C Major, Op. 61 - 2nd mvt. (Scherzo)
VIOLA
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn (Haydn Variations), Op. 56a
Variations Nos.1, 5, 7, 8
Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K.550 - 1st mvt., mm. 105-134
CELLO
Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D Major, K.385, (“Haffner”) - 4th mvt.
R. Strauss: Don Juan - page 6
Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90 - 3rd mvt.
DOUBLE BASS
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op.56 (“Scottish”)
1st mvt.: Pick-up to 24 mm. before G until H
2nd mvt.: Pick-up to 17 after A until B~and~pick-up to 11 before D to D
4th mvt.: 21 after K until 7 mm. after L
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn (Haydn Variations), Op.56a
Variation VI, second section with repeat
Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K.550
4th mvt.: Pick-up to 8 after C to 17 before E
Bass excerpts are from the Oscar Zimmerman orchestral excerpts books.
FLUTE (Piccolo):
Bizet: Entr’acte, from Carmen – (Solo) to letter A
Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op.61 – Scherzo
Pick-up to 11 mm. before letter P to 23 mm. after letter Q
Beethoven: (piccolo) Symphony No.9 in D minor, Op.125
4th mvt. – 16 mm. before letter I (m. 375) through letter K (m. 431)
OBOE
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in Eb, Op.55, 2nd mvt., opening solo
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op.56 (“Scottish”)
2nd mvt., begin at letter A
Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin, Prélude
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, 2nd mvt., solo
CLARINET
Beethoven: Symphony No.6 in F Major, Op.68
1st mvt. – m. 474 (2 before letter K) through m. 492
2nd mvt. – m. 68 (1 before D) through m. 77 (2 before letter E)
Brahms: Symphony No.3 in F Major, Op.90
1st mvt. – 8 mm. before letter C through 3 after C
Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op.61 – Scherzo
Beginning to letter B
BASSOON - Not on ERes.
Mozart: Bassoon Concerto in Bb Major, K.191 (K.186e)
(NOT posted - we assume you have this)
1st mvt. – exposition
Mozart: Overture to the Marriage of Figaro, K.492
m. 139 through down-beat of 198
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.4 in F minor, Op.36
2nd mvt. – solo
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade. Op.35
2nd mvt. - solo and cadenzas
HORN
Hindemith: Sonata for Horn, first 2 lines of solo
R. Strauss: Concerto No. 1, Op.11
First page - beginning through 23 mm. before letter D
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op.68
2nd mvt. (Andante sostenuto), solo (pick-ups to letter E)
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5, Op.47
1st mvt. – (low tutti section) 3rd m. after rehearsal #17 to #21
R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, Op.28
Solo passage, as marked
TRUMPET - solo or etude of your choice
Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3, Op.72b
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition - Promenade
Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C# minor, Op.67 - opening solo
Stravinsky: Petrouchka - Ballerina Danse
Respighi: Pines of Rome - slow solo
TROMBONE
Mozart: Requiem, K.626, trombone II solo, 3rd mvt. (Tuba mirum),
Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in D minor, first solo
Berlioz: Hungarian March, from The Damnation of Faust (Marche Hongroise or Rakoczy march)
‘section’ trombone solo
BASS TROMBONE
Berlioz: Hungarian March, from The Damnation of Faust
‘section’ trombone solo
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op.68, solo
Haydn: The Creation (Die Schöpfung)
Chorus No. 26 (Vivace) - bass trombone solo
TUBA
Berlioz: Hungarian March, from The Damnation of Faust
Rehearsal #4 to 3 mm. after rehearsal #5
R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, Op.28
Rehearsal #13 to rehearsal #14
3rd m. of rehearsal #23 to 6 mm. before #26
3 mm. before #37 to 3 mm. before #38
Wagner: Die Meistersinger Prelude
Beginning to rehearsal letter A
Rehearsal letter J to rehearsal letter L
Wagner: The Ride of the Valkyries (Der Ritt der Walküren) – as marked
PIANO
Performers interested in playing piano with a large ensemble should contact the piano department chair: Alvin.Chow@oberlin.edu. For piano lessons, please sign up outside of Bibbins 340 and visit our small ensembles link for details about piano classes and/or secondary lessons.
PRACTICE ROOMS, KEYS, & LOCKERS
Please consult your Student Handbook under the section titled "Regulations and Procedures of the Conservatory of Music" regarding practice room assignments. For specific questions regarding practice room assignments and keys please contact Deborah.Sutorius@oberlin.edu. For questions regarding locker assignments, please contact heather.martin@oberlin.edu. Bachelor of Music students will be given preference regarding locker and/or practice room assignments. We cannot guarantee storage for non-major students.
...More Ensembles and Auditions!
Auditions Requirements and/or Excerpts will be posted to door:
Women's Chorale - Sign-Up outside Conservatory Kohl 330.
Friday: 9:00am-12:00pm & 1:00pm-3:00pm, Kohl 330.
College Choir & Chamber Choir - Sign-Up outside Bibbins 232.
Friday: 9:00-12:00PM & 2:00-5:00PM, Conservatory Bibbins 232.
Saturday: 9:00-12:00PM & 2:00-5:00PM, Conservatory Bibbins 232.
Collegium Musicum - Sign-Up outside Conservatory Kohl Bldg. 310.
Friday: 10:00am-12:00pm & 1:30pm-4:30pm, Fairchild Chapel.
Saturday: 4:00pm-6:00pm, Fairchild Chapel.
Sunday: 2:30pm-4:30pm, Fairchild Chapel.
College Community Wind Orchestra - Sign-Up outside Central 5 WCH Lobby.
Friday: 9:30am-12:00pm & 1:00pm-4:30pm, Central 5 WCH Lobby.
Saturday: 4:00-7:00pm, Central 5 WCH Lobby.
College Community String Orchestra - Sign-Up outside Bibbins 108
(Two contrasting solo pieces of the auditioner's choice.)
Sunday: 12:00-4:00pm (new students) Bibbins 108.
Monday: 10:00-1:00pm (returning students) Bibbins 108.
College Choir & College Singers (For Returning Students)
TBD, Sign-Up outside Conservatory Bibbins 232.
Musical Union is a non-auditioned Ensemble
Please Note: If participating in any of these ensembles YOU must register, add, or drop before the add/drop deadline via PRESTO or using a gray add/drop card. While you may be "consented," or "added to a list," you will not be "automatically registered" for any courses in the Conservatory. Students must select the correct credit option of 1, 2, or 0 option (only for Conservatory students at 17 credit hours). Please confirm this registration on PRESTO or print a copy of your schedule prior to the add/drop deadline and see your instructor or the Office of the Registrar if you experience problems.
Please contact Michael.Roest@oberlin.edu regarding audition material or any questions regarding faculty or auditions.
Obie Mail Username & Password for ERes:
You will need to use your Obie Mail Username & Password to access ERes. For new students this can be found on the front label of your Big Book of Forms (issued late May-early June.) During initial use of this account, username is usually your first initial and last name; the student's password is preset to the mmddyyyy of the student's birthdate; it will be immediately disabled when the student logs in and the student will be required to assign a new password. If you have problems with your username or password, please contact cit@oberlin.edu.
FALL PRINCIPAL RETURNING STUDENT STRING AUDITION EXCERPTS:
Monday (Labor Day)
MANDATORY RETURNING STUDENT AUDITIONS!
This is only for returning string players - Not incoming students.
The entire repertoire is listed on the website and can be downloaded here:
http://sites.google.com/a/oberlin.edu/fall-string-auditions/
Attention All Returning String Players for
Oberlin Orchestra & Oberlin Chamber Orchestra
All returning string players are required to play a mandatory auditions on Labor Day, Monday. This audition will determine the first two stands of each section for fall semester. Concertmaster and principal positions for each concert will be selected from the first two stands. All subsequent stands will rotate for each concert cycle.
Returning students include: sophomores, juniors, seniors, 5th year students, 2nd year artist diploma students, and 2nd year performance diploma students.
Prior to the beginning of the spring semester, another audition (not mandatory) will be held for students who wish to be considered for the firs two stands of each section.
Monday - Kulas Recital Hall
Students should report to Central 25 - ten minutes prior to the audition time for their instrument to sign up for audition order.
10:00am - 12:00pm (Viola)
12:00pm - 3:30pm (Violin)
4:00pm - 5:00pm (Bass)
5:00pm - 7:00pm (Cello)
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact Michael.Roest@oberlin.edu.
