Ensemble Placement Auditions
Winds, Brass & Percussion
Fall Ensemble Auditions for Winds, Brass & Percussion
will take place in person August 23-26, 2021.
Auditions required for placement:
Wind Ensemble
Fall Semester Rehearsals: MWF 1:00pm-2:50pm
Spring Semester: MWF 2:00pm-3:50pm
Symphonic Band
Fall Semester Rehearsals: TR 3:30pm-5:20pm
Spring Semester: MWF 2:00pm-3:50pm
Symphony Orchestra
Rehearsals: MTR 4:00pm-5:50pm
University Band, available with or without audition:
Fall Semester Rehearsals: R 6:00pm-7:20pm
Spring Semester: TR 4:00pm-5:15pm
Audition Policy
All music majors and scholarship recipients are required to audition and be available to play in Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, or Symphony Orchestra. All music majors and scholarship recipients are expected to keep their schedules completely conflict-free until after the audition results have been posted. Top winds, brass, and percussion players will rotate semesters between the KU Wind Ensemble and the KU Symphony Orchestra.
Ensemble Auditions for Fall 2021 will be in person. Musicians can sign up for a date/time at Murphy 124 beginning the week of August 16.
Audition Excerpts for the fall semester will be posted in June.
