Symphonic Orchestra Auditions

This is your audition material for placement into Concert Orchestra and Symphonic Orchestra at Central Valley High School. Current CV Symphonic Orchestra students will be placed into Symphonic Orchestra next year, this audition/final is ONLY for chair placement. Current Concert Orchestra and incoming Freshman, you will be assessed and either be placed into Symphonic or Concert Orchestra for the 2023-24 school year. Minimum score to be placed into Symphonic Orchestra is 30 points out of 40 based on the attached Orchestra Audition Rubric. 

Below, you will find your audition material. Find your instrument, download the PDF and begin learning your audition. There is attached YouTube videos to practice along with. Look over the audition rubric and understand each category to understand what you are being graded on. You will video record yourself and submit your recordings through this assignment. 

Directions for submission:

• Video Record yourself playing your audition. It is REQUIRED that I am able to see all of your instrument and upper body as you are being graded on both of your instruments (Bow and Instrument). Failure to clearly show both parts of your body/instrument will result in a failure in that category represented on the grading rubric.

• You will submit 4 SEPERATE recordings! DO NOT submit your video recording as one submission. You will record the following recordings as separate files into this assignment:

• Scales and Etude as listed below.

• Auditions are open to ALL current and incoming CVHS students. 

• Must submit your recording via Google Classroom. Current CVHS students will submit your recordings via your current Google Classroom. 

• Students not currently a CVHS student, you will need to join this Google Classroom and submit same as above. Please join this Google Classroom:  k5ntqwai

Auditions are due June 4th, 2025. You will be assessed and notified. Be observant to directions in Google Classroom on how to submit your recordings. If you would prefer to not submit your auditions electronically, you may request an in person audition with me. Please notify me via BAND, in person or email @ mflemmer@cvsd.org

Directions on how to submit a recording:

• Submit each scale, etude and solo separately into your file. This will assist in proper assessment of your performance.  

• Advise that you work through this audition weekly on submission. By submitting it over time, you have the best opportunity to submit to your best ability in performance. 

• You must submit your recording through video. Please have the camera set up to observe your entire portion of your body (from wrist to wrist). You will be assessed on your form of your left hand to your bow hand. Check rubric below for assessment points. 

If you would prefer to not submit your auditions electronically, you may request an in person audition with me. Please notify me via BAND, in person or email @ mflemmer@cvsd.org. Rubric is attached below to see how you are assessed.