OE Orchestra Enrollment and Auditions for 2021-2022

Enrollment / Audition Instructions:

• All incoming 9th grade students will initially enroll in Freshman Orchestra.
• All upcoming 10-12th grade students will initially enroll in Concert Orchestra.
• If you successfully audition into Advanced (Chamber) Orchestra, Mr. Hanf and the OE Counseling Department         will change your schedule accordingly.
• Email Mr. Hanf, mjhanf@olatheschools.org to audition.

*VIRTUAL, blind audition recordings for Advanced (Chamber) Orchestra will be due Friday, March 26th at midnight.
                    (Current Chamber members must work to keep their spot in Chamber Orchestra for next year.)
     

• Your recording must NOT have any talking in it.
• It will be played for the judges without revealing anything that might identify you.
• When you record, take a moment between parts, so you can present your best performance.

 Who: 

• All current Chamber Orchestra 9-11th graders and
• Any incoming 8-11th grade student interested in Chamber Orchestra.

What: 

• Click on your instrument to open view / print your scales and excerpts.

Violin

• Scale:                D melodic minor (3 octaves)
• Excerpts:         Brahms – Symphony No. 2 – Allegro con spirito

                                         Elgar – Enigma Variations, Mvt. XII
 
Viola

• Scale:                 A major (3 octaves)
• Excerpts:          Brahms – Symphony No. 4, Mvt. 2

                                          Symphony No. 5, Mvt. 1
 
Cello

• Scale:                 A major (3 octaves)
• Excerpts:          Mahler – Symphony No. 1, Mvt. 1

                                          Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade
 
Bass

• Scale:                 A major (3 octaves preferred, 2 if necessary)
• Excerpts:          Beethoven – Symphony No. 5, Mvt. 3, Scherzo

                                          Saint-Saens – The Elephant from Carnival of the Animals