WIU Orchestra String Auditions | Fall 2024

Auditions

• The Fall 2024 WIU Orchestra String Auditions will be held through audio recording submissions.
• The due date for all submissions is Sunday, August 18, 2024.
• All string players (new and returning) must submit their audition.
• Contact Dr. Julieta Mihai (J-Mihai@wiu.edu)

Recording Instructions

• Please record only audio.
• Record all of the excerpts.
• All recordings must be done in a single take.
• Please do not speak in the recording to preserve anonymity.

Please submit audition recording to you applied professor

• Dr. Mihia, J-Mihai@wiu.edu
• Dr. Szabo, I-szabo@wiu.edu
• Professor Clark, jamieclark330@gmail.com
• Professor Hughes, Mt-hughes@wiu.edu

Repertoire Requirements

• All music majors:
  • Link to the excerpts
    • Grieg - Holberg Suite
    • Grieg Holberg viola excerpt- Fall 2024
    • Grieg Holberg violin excerpts
    • Eugène Ysaÿe Sonata No. 6 for solo violin, Op. 27 - audio, Julieta Mihai (on YouTube)
  • Non-majors:

    Please submit the audition recording to you (YOUR) applied professor Dr. Mihai, (J-Mihai@wiu.edu)

Preparation Guide

• Read carefully through the excerpt list. Listen to recordings of each work. Make observations in your listening such as tempo, the characters/moods of each excerpt as well as the entire movement, phrasing ideas, the accompanying instruments, the passage's difficulties, and the overall effectiveness of the recorded performance.
• Play with a recording, if desired.
• Record yourself and listen back to hear yourself objectively (as if you were on the audition committee)