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Posted 5/1/2008
WILLIAMSON COUNTY JUNIOR and YOUTH ORCHESTRA
AUDITIONING NEW MEMBERS!!!
All student musicians in grades 5-12 are invited to audition
with the orchestra for the 2008-2009 season.
The Junior Orchestra is a beginning/intermediate String
Orchestra (violin,viola,cello,bass) for students with at least 1
year experience on his/her instrument. Designed for students in
grades 5 – 9. However it is open to students’ older or younger
based on ability level.
The Youth Orchestra is an intermediate/advanced Full Orchestra
(standard concert orchestra instruments of brass, woodwind,
percussion, strings and harp) and is designed for high school
students.
Audition Dates for 2008- 2009 Season
August 15th & 16th
August 22nd & 23rd
Apply to Audition by submitting the online application found on
our website
For more information about the orchestras and auditions please
visit: www.williamsoncountyyouthorchestra.org
Junior Orchestra Director
MelissaEdgington@williamsoncountyyouthorchestra.org
Youth Orchestra Director
MarkJohnson@williamsoncountyyouthorchestra.org
Posted 4/29/2008
Auditions for the Curb Youth Symphony will be held
August 17-28.
Auditions for the Nashville Youth Repertory
Orchestra will be held August
17 and 24. Auditions can be scheduled by e-mailing
robin.winkowski@yahoo.com (after July 15). Audition
requirements
can be found at: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/Blair/ensembles/ensembles_pre.html
Posted 4/29/2008
2008 APSU Mid-South Marching Invitational slated for Oct. 11
“Govenor’s Own” Marching Band/Scholarship Auditions
Scholarship auditions for the 2008 “Governor’s Own” Marching
Band are continuing through the spring semester.
Instrumentalist (including battery) auditions can be scheduled
Mon – Friday at the student’s convenience. Auditions should be
scheduled with Ms. Brown 931-221-6820/
browna@apsu.edu .
Guard and majorettes will be auditioning on SUNDAY, MAY 4th from
1 to 4:30 PM in the MMC Building on the APSU campus. Please RSVP
to Ms. Brown if you plan to attend 931-221-6820/
browna@apsu.edu. Interested individuals
should wear comfortable clothes and bring a silk on a 6 ft pole
(if possible).
Instrumentalist (including battery) auditions can be scheduled
Mon – Friday at the student’s convenience. Auditions should be
scheduled with Ms. Brown 931-221-6820 /
browna@apsu.edu .
Being a member of the “Governor’s Own” and university bands is a
great way to earn scholarship money while meeting lots of new
friends and having a great time! Students of ALL majors are
invited to audition.
Click here for more information regarding the GOMB: Click Here
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Then click on employee discounts.
We deserve all the discounts we can get!!
Take care,
J. Jeff Beckman
UIL Sight-Reading Criteria for Band
and Orchestra
"By Richard Floyd
Music Director
Appropriate music is essential for the success of the band, choral and orchestra contest. To help assure that the music selected provides a realistic challenge at each conference level, the following guidelines have been established. While it may not be possible to totally adhere to these guidelines on all music selected, it is recommended that each
sight-reading committee approve compositions that as nearly as possible conform to the parameters provided.
" (Excerpt from the
University Interscholastic League's Sight-Reading Criteria page)
http://www.uil.utexas.edu/music/sight_read_criteria.html
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