Auditions are required of all students in order that the instructor can best recommend an appropriate sequence of study or alternative course offerings to meet the needs of the individual student such as class voice, class piano, and class guitar. All students entering this sequence must successfully pass their entry audition into the Department of Music as a Music Major. Prior performance experience is requisite for membership. No audition for membership is currently required. All students are required to audition for seating within the ensemble.
Emphasis is placed upon the highest level of performance standards and commitment to excellence.
In-Service Conferences as both an accompanying organization and as a clinic ensemble. Members in this select choral ensemble assume individual eresponsibility and leadership in terms of professionalism, commitment, awareness of musical objectives and excellence in performance. During the 1990 and 1994 winter terms, members of the SSU Choir performed a highly acclaimed concert tour of southern Bavaria in Germany. Membership to the SSO is open to all wind and percussion students by audition and is required of all string majors. Focus is on the study and performance of standard orchestral repertoire.