Ferris High School Orchestras
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**All auditions will be in person in the Black Box (room M407) at Ferris. Please be 5 - 10 minutes early before your scheduled audition so you can tune and warm up. I will have you come into the room when it is your audition time.**
Ferris Advanced & Chamber Auditions 2022
May 9th - May 13th
1. Scale
** Major: 4 notes per beat - Quarter note = 72 (detache/sixteenth notes)
** Minor: 2 notes per beat - Quarter note = 106 (slur two notes per bow/eighth notes)
Violin
D Major – 2 octave
F Major – 2 octave
E minor – 2 octave
Viola
D Major – 2 octave
B flat Major – 2 octave
A minor – 2 octave
Cello
D Major – 2 octave
B flat Major – 2 octave
A minor – 2 octave
Bass
D Major – 2 octave
G Major – 2 octave
A minor – 2 octave
2. Excerpt
Please play the assigned etude for your particular instrument. Take the tempo that is marked on the etude and aim for consistent technique and intonation.
**All Excerpts are from the first two movements of Suite in F "Lady Radnor's Suite" by Parry.
Click the link below to listen to the piece.
1. Prelude starts at 0:00 2. Allemande starts at 2:32 **Tempos on the YouTube video are faster than the marked tempo on the music. Please use the tempos on the music. They are marked in RED.
*Each student will have a total of 10 minutes to complete their audition.
*Auditions will take place in the Ferris High School orchestra room (black box theatre) Room M407.