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Orchestra
The Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute Orchestra is a full concert orchestra. All participants rehearse and perform with professional orchestral musicians under the direction of internationally recognized conductors. The daily schedule includes full orchestra rehearsals as well as individual and sectional coaching. Repertoire consists of standard and contemporary symphonic literature. Students may also participate in chamber music and ensemble work. The orchestra performs two concerts during the Institute.
Application Requirements:
1) As soon as possible, call the Oklahoma Arts Institute office at (405) 321-9000 to schedule attendance at one of the auditions. Audition spaces fill quickly, and video tapes are not accepted as a substitute for live auditions.
2) Download and submit a complete application.
Audition Dates:
Oklahoma City
Sunday, January 20
Oklahoma City University
Kirkpatrick Fine Arts Center
N.W. 24th St. & N. Blackwelder Avenue
Tulsa
Saturday, January 26
Holland Hall
Walter Arts Center
5666 E. 81st Street
*No percussion audition in Tulsa. Please audition in Bartlesville.
Enid
Sunday, January 27
Enid High School
611 W. Wabash Avenue
Bartlesville
Friday, February 1
Bartlesville High School
1700 S.E. Hillcrest Drive
Stillwater
Saturday, February 2
Oklahoma State University
Seretean Center for the Performing Arts
Knoblock Street
Ada
Saturday, February 16
East Central University
Faust Hall
1100 E. 14th Street
Lawton
Sunday, February 17
Cameron University
Music Building
2800 W. Gore Boulevard
Audition Requirements:
Please arrive early to check in and warm up. Auditions are blind and will be taped for adjudication at a later date.
All auditions must be unaccompanied.
Play a two-octave major scale of your choice in slow quarter notes.
Perform a solo or excerpt from a symphony (no etudes) a maximum of three minutes long. The work should demonstrate your ability to play lyrically and technically and does NOT have to be memorized.
Sight-read
Percussionists: Perform a short solo or etude on snare, timpani, and marimba, approximately 3 minutes each. Sight-read on snare and marimba.
Harpists: You may only audition in Tulsa or Oklahoma City, and you must provide your own instrument. Two harp students are accepted. At the audition, perform the cadenza from the fourth movement of Rimsky-Korsakov's Capriccio Espagnol and perform two solos of contrasting periods and styles. Each solo should be approximately 3 minutes long.
Flutists: While piccolo is a part of the Institute orchestra, you must audition on flute.
The Institute Orchestra does not include piano, saxophone, or guitar .
Judging Criteria
Tone
Technique
Musicality
Sight-reading
Adjudicators are college faculty, professional musicians, and members of the Oklahoma Arts Institute's Music Advisory Panel.
The orchestra program of the Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute is endowed by the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation Orchestra Fund.
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