Ensemble Audition Information: 2021-22

Jazz Ensembles, Jazz Combos

All students interested in auditioning for jazz ensemble 1 or 2 and all jazz combos should download the music for their instrument here.

If you cannot access your music this way, please email Professor Dan Keberle at dkeberle@whitworth.edu to request a scanned copy.

Sign-up sheets for audition time slots are posted outside of Room 111 in the Cowles Music Center.

Wind Symphony/Concert Band

Students auditioning for Whitworth Wind Symphony should download the music for their instrument from this Dropbox link.

If you cannot access your music this way, please email Professor Richard Strauch at rstrauch@whitworth.edu to request a scanned copy.

Sign up for an audition time slot here: https://calendly.com/whitworthwinds.

Concert Band does not require an audition to join! You may simply register for the class (MU 267 or MU 467).

However, if you are a music major or are receiving a wind symphony scholarship, you MUST play a wind symphony audition.

Orchestra membership for winds, brass and percussion is determined through the wind symphony auditions; there is no need to audition separately for the orchestra.

Orchestra

All string players (incoming and returning) must audition for orchestra seating. Auditions will occur on Sept. 11 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. A link to a sign-up sheet for audition time slots is included in the audition folder here.

Students auditioning for Whitworth Symphony Orchestra should download the music for their instrument here.

If you cannot access your music this way, please email Professor Baldwin at pbaldwin@whitworth.edu to request a scanned copy.

Orchestra membership for winds, brass and percussion is determined through the wind symphony auditions; there is no need to audition separately for the orchestra. Students with an orchestra wind scholarship will be automatically enrolled, depending on orchestration needs.

Whitworth Choir, Women's Choir, Men's Chorus

Students interested in auditioning for the Whitworth Choir and/or the Whitworth Women's Choir can download audition materials and instructions and sign up for an audition time slot through this link: https://uqr.to/xzlz. Please direct questions to Assistant Professor Xiaosha Lin (xlin@whitworth.edu).

No audition or previous choral or musical experience is required for membership in the Whitworth Men's Chorus. The only prerequisite is an ability to "carry a tune”! Contact Professor Scott Miller for additional information (smiller@whitworth.edu).