Auditioning for the NC Eastern Regional Orchestra is not required but highly encouraged. The audition and clinic is an amazing experience to further your musicality and bond with your fellow classmates. If admitted into the NC Eastern Regional Orchestra, you will attend a clinic, work with a professional conductor and receive a certificate for participating. It is truly incredible to play with some of the best young musicians in the state!
HS Eastern Regional Orchestra Auditions
Date: January 11, 2020
Time: Registration opens at 10:30 AM
Location: Cape Fear High School, Fayetteville, NC
More information can be found here.
Audition Requirements
Scale: Perform all scales and arpeggios from memory. The tonic may be repeated in each octave. Perform scales as sixteenth notes at a minimum tempo of quarter note = 50. Perform arpeggios the same number of octaves as the corresponding scales, eighth note triplets at a minimum tempo of quarter note = 50.
Sight-Reading
The sight-reading selections will be 8 measures in length and grade IV in difficulty level. New selections will be composed specifically for auditions each year. Each student will be allowed a 30 second preview period during which he/she may finger, air-bow, etc. but may not play the instrument. The judges will use a metronome to provide the correct tempo before the preparatory period begins, and again before the student begins to play. The metronome will not be used during the preview period or during the sight-reading performance.
Solo – The solos are on a 4-year rotation
Time: Registration opens at 10:30 AM
Location: Cape Fear High School, Fayetteville, NC
More information can be found here.
Audition Requirements
Scale: Perform all scales and arpeggios from memory. The tonic may be repeated in each octave. Perform scales as sixteenth notes at a minimum tempo of quarter note = 50. Perform arpeggios the same number of octaves as the corresponding scales, eighth note triplets at a minimum tempo of quarter note = 50.
- Violin: C, G, D, A, B-flat major 3 octaves; F major 2 octaves; any melodic minor of the student’s choice 3 octaves. Slur scales 4 notes per bow and arpeggios 3 notes per bow.
- Viola: C, G, D, F major 3 octaves; A, B-flat major 2 octaves; any melodic minor of the student’s choice 3 octaves. Slur scales 4 notes per bow and arpeggios 3 notes per bow.
- Cello: C, G, D, F major 3 octaves; A, B-flat Major 2 octaves; any melodic minor of the student’s choice 3 octaves. Slur scales 4 notes per bow and arpeggios 3 notes per bow.
- Bass: C, D, B-flat major 1 octave; F, G, A major 2 octaves; any melodic minor of the student’s choice 2 octaves. Slur scales 2 notes per bow and arpeggios separate bows
Sight-Reading
The sight-reading selections will be 8 measures in length and grade IV in difficulty level. New selections will be composed specifically for auditions each year. Each student will be allowed a 30 second preview period during which he/she may finger, air-bow, etc. but may not play the instrument. The judges will use a metronome to provide the correct tempo before the preparatory period begins, and again before the student begins to play. The metronome will not be used during the preview period or during the sight-reading performance.
Solo – The solos are on a 4-year rotation
Jr. High Eastern Regional Orchestra Audition (Middle School)
Date: March 7, 2020
Time: Registration opens at 10:30 AM
Location: Carnage Middle School – 1425 Carnage Drive, Raleigh, NC 27610
For more info, click here.
Audition Requirements
Scale Requirements: Perform all scales and arpeggios from memory. The tonic may be repeated in each octave. Perform scales as sixteenth notes at a minimum tempo of quarter note = 50. Perform arpeggios the same number of octaves as the corresponding scales, eighth note triplets at a minimum tempo of quarter note = 50.
Sight-Reading
The sight-reading selections will be 8 measures in length and grade III in difficulty level. New selections will be composed specifically for auditions each year. Each student will be allowed a 30 second preview period during which he/she may finger, air-bow, etc. but may not play the instrument. The judges will use a metronome to provide the correct tempo before the preparatory period begins, and again before the student begins to play. The metronome will not be used during the preview period or during the sight-reading performance.
Required Solo – The solos are on a 4-year rotation. All solos are from Solo Time for Strings, Book IV, by Eting. Each solo is to be prepared by all instruments.
2019-20 Allegro, Mozart p. 24
2020-21 Air Varie, DeBeriot, p. 12
2021-22 Petit Bouree, DeProsse, p. 9
2022-23 Sonatina, Breval, p. 13
Time: Registration opens at 10:30 AM
Location: Carnage Middle School – 1425 Carnage Drive, Raleigh, NC 27610
For more info, click here.
Audition Requirements
Scale Requirements: Perform all scales and arpeggios from memory. The tonic may be repeated in each octave. Perform scales as sixteenth notes at a minimum tempo of quarter note = 50. Perform arpeggios the same number of octaves as the corresponding scales, eighth note triplets at a minimum tempo of quarter note = 50.
- Violin, Viola, Cello: C, G, D major 2 octaves; F major 1 octave; any melodic minor of the student’s choice 1 octave. Slur scales 4 notes per bow and arpeggios 3 notes per bow.
- Bass: C, D, F major 1 octave; G major 2 octaves; any melodic minor of the student’s choice 1 octave. Slur scales 2 notes per bow and arpeggios separate bows.
Sight-Reading
The sight-reading selections will be 8 measures in length and grade III in difficulty level. New selections will be composed specifically for auditions each year. Each student will be allowed a 30 second preview period during which he/she may finger, air-bow, etc. but may not play the instrument. The judges will use a metronome to provide the correct tempo before the preparatory period begins, and again before the student begins to play. The metronome will not be used during the preview period or during the sight-reading performance.
Required Solo – The solos are on a 4-year rotation. All solos are from Solo Time for Strings, Book IV, by Eting. Each solo is to be prepared by all instruments.
2019-20 Allegro, Mozart p. 24
2020-21 Air Varie, DeBeriot, p. 12
2021-22 Petit Bouree, DeProsse, p. 9
2022-23 Sonatina, Breval, p. 13