Who can join?
Level:
Intermediate
Instruments:
String musicians only (Violin, Viola, Cello and Double Bass)
Age/Repertoire:
Suzuki books 4 through 7 or equivalent. Generally grades 5 through 10.
Essential Information
Rehearsals:
7:00–8:45pm every Thursday
Rehearsal Location:
University Presbyterian Church, Rochester Hills, Michigan
Tuition:
$425 a year; $25 is non refundable after August 30th
Financial Aid available
Conductor: John Kennedy
Audition Requirements
3 to 4 minutes showing technique and tone quality. The solo will be heard unaccompanied and does not need to be memorized.
Sight reading: All auditioning students will be asked to sightread. Materials will be chosen by the conductors.
Scales are not required for any audition.
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Sample Concert Repertoire
Cincopations, Richard Meyer
Turtlewood Stomp, Matthew Gelfer
Symphony No. 25, 1st movement, W. A. Mozart
Legend of the Phantom Pirates, Brian Balmages
O Fortuna from Carmina Burana, Carl Orff
Inverno - Scenes from Vivaldi's Winter, Antonio Vivaldi, arr. Parish
Night on Bald Mountain, Modeste Mussorgsky/Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Marriage of Figaro Overture, W. A. Mozart; arr. Jamin Hoffman
Mars, the Bringer of War from The Planets, Gustav Holst/span>
Bachianas Brasilieras No. 4 - 1st Movement: Preludio, Heitor Villa-Lobos; arr. by K. Moss
Phantom Tangos , Brian Balmages
Orion and the Scorpion, Soon Hee Newbold *
Reflexions, Carold Nunez
Summon the Heroes, John WIlliams; arr. by Custer
Steel Street Strut, Danny Seidenberg
Bollywood Strings, Julie Lyonn Lieberman
Turtlewood Stomp, Matthew Gelfer
Symphony No. 25, 1st movement, W. A. Mozart
Legend of the Phantom Pirates, Brian Balmages
O Fortuna from Carmina Burana, Carl Orff
Inverno - Scenes from Vivaldi's Winter, Antonio Vivaldi, arr. Parish
Night on Bald Mountain, Modeste Mussorgsky/Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Marriage of Figaro Overture, W. A. Mozart; arr. Jamin Hoffman
Mars, the Bringer of War from The Planets, Gustav Holst/span>
Bachianas Brasilieras No. 4 - 1st Movement: Preludio, Heitor Villa-Lobos; arr. by K. Moss
Phantom Tangos , Brian Balmages
Orion and the Scorpion, Soon Hee Newbold *
Reflexions, Carold Nunez
Summon the Heroes, John WIlliams; arr. by Custer
Steel Street Strut, Danny Seidenberg
Bollywood Strings, Julie Lyonn Lieberman