9/9/2026 - Documents above have been updated to reflect audition information and required material!

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Junior Level Auditions

  1. Junior-Level Scales (Determined by Orchestra Division President)
    **Scales links updated on 5/15/2026 to reflect statewide standardized scales for junior high strings auditions starting in Fall 2026.

  2. ILMEA Commissioned Etudes Cycle 3

  3. Supplemental Material (If Applicable)


Senior LEvel Strings Auditions

For Piano Audition Information, please see Wind & Percussion District Audition Process.

1. 2026-2027: Brahms Set

2. Senior-Level Scales

Click HERE for the Orchestra Scale Sheets

  • C, G, D, A, E, F, and Bb Major

  • c and g melodic minor

  • Violin-Viola-Cello: Three Octaves

  • String Bass: Two Octaves

  • Quarter Note = 120

  • Détaché Bowing

3. District selected supplemental excerpts


Senior Level Harp Auditions

2026-2027: Set A

1. Boscha Etude 32, "Allegro Scherzando" (Entire)

Please find all harp etudes using only the latest edition of Bochsa, Nicholas's 40 (Quarante Celebres Etudes) Easy Studies Op. 318, Book 2 (Salvi Publications).

2. Tchaikovsky "Swan Lake" Scene No. 4; beginning through cadenza


Required Winds & Percussion Audition materials