Ensemble Auditions | Department of Music | BYU-Idaho

# Ensemble Auditions

Get involved and share your talents by joining a BYU-Idaho ensemble.

BYU-Idaho's Ensembles

We offer a wide variety of experiences including choirs, bands, orchestras, jazz, and chamber ensembles. All groups are open to music majors and non-music majors. Some ensembles require an audition. Below you can find your instrument or voice area and contact the appropriate faculty to receive ensemble audition information.

Choir Auditions

Vocal Union Auditions

Woodwinds Auditions

Brass Auditions

Strings Auditions

Percussion Auditions

Choir Auditions

Vocal Union Auditions

Woodwinds Auditions

Brass Auditions

Strings Auditions

Percussion Auditions

Choir Auditions

Vocal Union Auditions

Woodwinds Auditions

Brass Auditions

Strings Auditions

Percussion Auditions

## Choir Auditions

### Auditions are required for the following ensembles:

- Concert Choir (Music 314): Intermediate-Advanced Mixed Choir
- Bella Voce (Music 316): Intermediate-Advanced Women's Chamber Choir
- Vocal Union (Music 318): Advanced Vocal Jazz
- Collegiate Singers (Music 319): Advanced Mixed Chamber Choir

### The following choirs require audition in some semesters:

- Women's Chorus (Music 313): Large Choir for Female Voices
- Men's Chorus (Music 315): Large Choir for Male Voices

**Note: Check with the department or contact the conductor for information about the current semester.**

### The following is open without audition in all semesters:

- University Choir (Music 312): Large Mixed Choir

Preliminary auditions for ALL choirs begin 1-2 days before the start of classes each semester. Auditions include a range and skills check and some sight-reading or an audition excerpt that will be sent by email to all who have registered for auditions online. Singers called back for Concert Choir or Collegiate Singers may be given 1-2 short choral excerpts to learn and perform during the callback audition, which takes place on the first day of classes.

Sign up for a Choir Audition Time

Choir Audition FAQs

## Vocal Union Auditions

Vocal Union sings in both jazz and contemporary A Cappella styles. Auditions are held the day before classes begin each semester. Use the links below to learn more and sign up for an audition time.

BYU-Idaho A Cappella and Vocal Union Auditions

Sign up for a Choir Audition Time

Choir Audition FAQs

## Woodwinds Auditions

Auditions are required for participation in Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Band, Chamber Woodwinds, Sinfonietta, Sound Alliance, and Jazz Combos. No Audition is required for University Band or Flute Ensemble. Contact the appropriate faculty member for specific audition information, including times and materials:

****Flute -**** Nadine Luke 
Flute audition details

****Oboe -**** Elizabeth Nelson

****Clarinet -**** Adam Ballif 
Clarinet audition details

****Saxophone -**** Mark Watkins 
Saxophone audition details

****Bassoon -**** Elizabeth Crawford

## Brass Auditions

Auditions are required for participation in Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Band, Chamber Brass, Chamber Woodwinds (horn only), Sound Alliance, and Jazz Combos. 
Contact the appropriate faculty member for specific audition information, including times and materials:

****Horn -**** Jon Klein

****Trumpet -**** Andrew Allphin

****Trombone -**** Bryce Mecham

****Tuba/Euphonium -**** Matthew Moore

## Strings Auditions

An audition is required to participate in Symphony Orchestra, String Chamber-Sinfonietta, and Baroque Ensemble. No Audition is required for University Orchestra.

Symphony Orchestra auditions for all string instruments are held on the first day of class each semester. Sign-ups for individual audition times are posted outside each string faculty member's office a few days before school begins. Students are encouraged to register for Symphony Orchestra ahead of time. This will grant them access to the audition materials, which typically consist of excerpts from the Symphony repertoire for that semester. Materials are sent to registered students approximately one month before auditions. Contact Robert Tueller for more information about Symphony Orchestra.

Acceptance into the String Chamber-Sinfonietta class is handled through the Symphony Orchestra audition process. In other words, one audition covers both Symphony and String Chamber. Contact Dallin Hansen for more information about String Chamber-Sinfonietta.

Auditions for Baroque Ensemble are arranged through Dr. Tueller and are typically held within the first 2-3 days of class each semester.

## Percussion Auditions

An audition is required to participate in Symphony Band, Symphony Orchestra, and jazz ensembles and jazz combos.

No audition required for participation in University Band.

To participate in the Rix Stix Percussion Ensemble, but music reading ability is required. To become a member of the award-winning Rix Stix Drumline, attend the first meeting which occurs at 4:30 pm the first Monday of the semester in the Stadium Studio. Meetings through the semester happen MWF at 4:30 pm in the same place.

For more information, contact Kevin Meyer, meyerke@byui.edu.