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AUDITION - HARP & PIANO

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Your ensemble placement audition will be assessed on:

  • the difficulty of the selections you choose

  • your rhythm

  • your tone quality

  • your musicality
     

Please prepare the following for your audition:

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1. Excerpts

  • Please prepare BOTH of the following excerpts.

  • Please also prepare one additional solo, excerpt, or etude of your choice. The excerpted portion should not exceed 2 minutes.
     

2. Scales

  • Two or three octaves of any major scale up to 4 sharps/4 flats

  • Scales should be performed in the following fashion:

 

3. Sight reading

At the audition, students are given a musical passage to sight read. You will get a short, specified amount of time to look at it. Check the key signature, time signature, markings, and scan the passage for any trouble spots before performing it.

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Harp Excerpts

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Piano Excerpts  (Primarily for placement in Symphony/Repertory.)

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There are limited positions in harp and piano. Pianists who place into Repertory or Symphony Orchestras will also be considered for participation in other LYO ensembles.  

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