You are invited to audition for the 2016 GMEA District 12 High School Honor Symphony. Membership in this elite group is an extraordinary accomplishment. To be eligible to audition, you must be enrolled in a District 12 high school orchestra program or be an official homeschool student sponsored by a private teacher who is a GMEA member. If selected, you will perform with a group with the best musicians from all area high schools. The 2016 conductor will be announced soon.
Latest info can be found http://www.waltonorchestra.org/district-12-honor-orchestra/
Auditions
Students MUST be available for the all rehearsals. NO EXCEPTIONS! Please do not audition if you are not available for all of the rehearsals and concert. There are no alternates for the honor orchestra. If you are selected for Honor Orchestra and do not participate in the event, you are INELIGIBLE from participation in the group the next year. Please represent your school honorably.
Wind, Percussion, Piano, & Harp Auditions: Wind and percussion auditions will again be completed via YouTube auditions. The Deadline for submitting the Wind, Percussion, Piano, & Harp audition is August 27, 2016. Please see this link for more information: Wind, Percussion, Piano, and Harp Information. You can register online via this link: Winds, Piano, Harp, & Percussion Auditions
Audition Requirements:
-5 chromatically adjacent scales. More credit for more octaves. All-state rhythms and articulations.
-Excerpts can be found here: Wind, Percussion, Piano & Harp Excerpts
Koji Mori of Lassiter High School will be coordinating the wind/percussion auditions.
String Auditions: Audition registration will be conducted online via this link: Honor Symphony Audition Request. The link will be open until Wednesday, August 10th at 4:00PM. String Auditions will be from 4:00-9:30PM on Thursday, August 25, 2016 at Walton High School. You will be assigned a time that will be e-mailed to you and your teacher by Friday, August 12, 2016. You must arrive and register 30 minutes ahead of time. Walton High School is at 1590 Bill Murdock Road; Marietta, GA 30062. Go to the main entrance of the school, look for the signs for Honor Symphony.
If you are a home school student in District 12 and wish to audition, please have your private teacher e-mail Sara Grimes to obtain an audition time.
The audition will be two parts:
1) Scales: Violins: G Major/A melodic Minor-3 octaves. Violas/Cellos: C Major/D Melodic Minor-3 octaves. Bass: G Melodic Minor/F Major, 2 octaves. Scales must be memorized and will be asked to be played separate bows (QN = 60) or slurred two notes per bow (EN = 120). Arpeggios will be played separate bows (QN = 60). Do not stop between the scale and arpeggio.
2) Excerpts: **PLEASE NOTE: THE AUDITION FOR ACCEPTANCE WILL BE THE AUDITION FOR SEATING. SEATING WILL BE FINALIZED FROM THE FIRST AUDITION.**
Violin 2016 Excerpts
Viola 2016 Excerpts
Cello 2016 Excerpts (tempo of first excerpt revised 5/25/16)
Bass 2016 Excerpts
Event
Rehearsals & Concert (all at Lassiter High School):
Tuesday, September 6, 2016
5PM-Check-in/fee payment
5:30-6:45PM- Sectionals for everyone
6:45-7:15PM- Dinner for everyone (provided)
7:15-9:00PM- Full Symphony Rehearsal
Wednesday, September 7, 2016
5:30PM-6:30PM String Rehearsal
6:30-7:00PM- Dinner for String Players (provided)
7:00-9:00PM- Full Symphony Rehearsal
Sunday, September 11, 2016
1:30-3:00PM- Symphony Rehearsal
3:30PM- Concert
If you are late for a rehearsal, you will be moved to the end of the section. Please plan to arrive at least 15 minutes prior to rehearsal. If you miss a rehearsal or sectional, you will be dismissed from the event.
Repertoire: Overture to Der Meistersingers- Richard Wagner, Star Wars Suite for Orchestra-Main Title -John Williams, Psalm and Fugue for String Orchestra-Alan Hovhaness
Participation Fee: All selected participants of GMEA District 12 High School Honor Orchestra pay the participation fee of $35.00. There is not an audition fee. The participation fee must be paid at the first rehearsal on Tuesday, September 6, 2016. If you will have difficulty paying this fee, please speak with your orchestra director to make arrangements to pay the participation fee in advance of the sectional.
Concert Attire: All participants will wear their FORMAL school uniform for the final concert. Men will be in their tuxedo, and ladies in the long black gowns. All uniforms must meet the Cobb County School District dress code – no short skirts, spaghetti straps, etc. Please make sure you are wearing black dress shoes and black stockings. No white socks or tennis shoes.
Questions? E-mail Sara Grimes (string auditions), Koji Mori (wind/percussion auditions) Carol Doemel (event)