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AUDITION INSTRUCTIONS – Fall 2025

All UT-Martin students interested in performing in the Wind Ensemble should plan to audition at the dates listed below. This audition is required for entrance into the Wind Ensemble. The Concert Band is open to all students with no audition required. Read the instructions outside of the Band Rehearsal Hall before auditioning.

All instrumental Music Majors and Minors are required to play this audition.  

Excerpts will be available on the University Bands website: utm.edu/bands. In order to be unbiased, auditions will be blind – you will play your excerpts behind a screen and not see the panel. All auditions will be held in Band Rehearsal Hall in the Fine Arts Building. Adhere to the marked tempos.

If You Are Not a Music Major

We welcome students who are not music majors to audition!

Access to Excerpts

For purposes of copyright, these excerpts are password protected. If you have not received an email with login information, please contact Dr. John Oelrich (joelrich@utm.edu).

Repertoire and Suggestions

Instead of cut out excerpts this year, whole parts are provided (for context) with the audition excerpts bracketed as normal. It is suggested that you print the only the pages you need but consult the entire part when listening to and studying the recordings.

Excerpts for each instrument are from some of this semester’s repertoire. Other repertoire will be performed but is not included in the audition process. Be sure to do the following:

- Prepare the bracketed sections to the tempos marked to the best of your abilities

- Be sure to carefully and accurately count through all of the excerpt’s interior rests

- Listen to reference recordings for style and common interpretations.

Reference Recordings

Reference recordings for the works from which the audition excerpts are extracted are listed in the NAXOS Music Library Database, which is accessible through the Paul Meek Library website.  Please consult these recordings for style and performance practice questions. You may also use other sources – composer’s websites, YouTube, etc.

Audition Schedule - Tentative

Tuesday, January 6

9:00 Horn

10:00 Trombone

1:00 Clarinet

2:30 Percussion

Wednesday, January 7

9:00 Saxophone & Double Reed

10:30 Trumpet

1:00 Flute

3:00 Tuba/Euphonium

DOWNLOADABLE DOCUMENT (coming soon)

UTM Bands Programming – Spring 2026