Junior Regional Orchestra Student Audition Letter 2016
Junior Regional Orchestra auditions are Saturday, October 1, 2016
Audition Location: Lake Ridge Middle School,
12350 Mohican Road,
Woodbridge, VA 22192
Date: Saturday, October 1, 2016
Eligible Students: 7th, 8th, and 9th grade orchestra students are eligible to audition if they are
enrolled in their school and are regular performing members of their school orchestra program.
Registration: On-line registration begins on Friday, September 16, 2016 at 12:00 p.m. Once open, you can register here:
https://myportal.pwcs.edu/portal/page/portal/Intranet/Curriculum/Jr_Regional_Orchestra
After your teacher has checked your Student Registration Commitment Form for the required signatures, your teacher will give you the password you will need in order to do your on-line registration.
On-line registration ends at 3:00 p.m. Friday, September 30, 2016.
Audition Cost: $5.25 per student. No checks accepted. Only exact cash or money order.
Students are to bring the completed STUDENT COMMITMENT FORM to the audition.
Audition consists of the following:
Scales: 2 Octaves, D-Major (basses drop down to E string) and G- harmonic minor.Scales are to be bowed separately with the top note repeated upon descending.
Quarter note equal to 96 beats per minute.
SCALES MUST BE MEMORIZED
Prepared Piece: “Siciliano and Allegro” by Johann Galliard
Sight-Reading: There will be a sight reading component to the audition.
Additional Information
* Selection is based on the student audition scores.
* Instrumentation for the Orchestra is as follows: 44 violins, 16 violas, 14 cellos, 8 basses
* Auditions are tabulated by the assigned adjudicators.
* Results of the audition will be available from the student’s teacher on the following Monday.
* The event will take place on November 4 & 5, 2016 at Massaponax High School in Fredericksburg, VA
* Students who successfully audition will receive a copy of the Regional Music from their teacher.
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