AUDITIONS
Sign up for NIYS Auditions!!!
From beginners to advanced, invite your musical friends! We accept strings, winds, and percussion.
Auditions will be on August 18 and August 25, 2025 at:
Coeur d'Alene Seventh-Day Adventist Church
(Lake City Academy)
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SIGN UP FOR AN AUDITION TIME HERE
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Audition requirements for each ensemble are listed below. Please know that there may be some slight amendments to Philharmonic and Intermezzo audition materials by July 30, 2025. We will update on Debut audition materials. Please check back on July 30.​
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PHILHARMONIC AUDITION REQUIREMENTS
We are setting two different audition templates for this year, given that many are returning, and some are brand new. Please make sure you are looking at your appropriate material.
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New students (String, returning brass, woodwind) :
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2-3 octave scale, quarter note=82, separate bows.
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A solo of your choice. If you haven’t learned a solo through private lessons or preparation for Solo and Ensemble, a recent selection from orchestra music will be great.
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There will be sight reading—this is mostly for me to get an idea of what we might be able to tackle during the season. If you want a sneak preview, look at Beethoven 7th Symphony 2nd movement.
Returning students strings:
Focus on scales, excerpts from Beethoven 7, and sight reading.
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Click here for the full audition packet.
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INTERMEZZO AUDITION REQUIREMENTS
**Auditions will consist of playing required scales, prepared solo of your choice and sight-reading**
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Scales:
There are two required scales to learn for each instrument.
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Prepared piece of your choice:
This can be a solo or etude you have worked on by yourself or with a teacher. This should not be a piece from your orchestra class at school. It should be a solo or etude.
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Sight-reading:
Sight reading is a musical skill that involves playing something new for the first time. We use this to measure your music-reading ability. (Music to be chosen by conductor.)
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Click here for audition packets​ by instrument:
