Junior Level Auditions
Please see your ILMEA District Junior Orchestra page for more information on Junior Chorus Auditions in your District.
Senior LEvel Strings Auditions
For Piano Audition Information, please see Wind & Percussion District Audition Process.
1. 2024-2025: Berlioz/Mendelssohn Set
Click HERE for the state required excerpts for Fall 2024 auditions.
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
Detached Bowing
3. District selected supplemental excerpts.
Please contact your district Orchestra Representative for more information.
Senior Level Harp Auditions
1. 2024-2025 Harp Etude
Etude #40 - Moderato (Quarter note = 80)
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). Any previous editions are permanently out of print, and may contain different etude titles and numbers.
2. 2024-2025 Harp Excerpt
Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Suite No. 1, Waltz of the Flowers Cadenza (mm. 1-33)