Fall Quarter Seating Audition Information:
Seating auditions will take place on Saturday, October 10, 2026 during our fall retreat. You will perform some selections from your music for your coach during the first hour of the retreat. Please prepare your music as close to the performance tempo that you feel comfortable. We prefer to hear a little under tempo with good musicality and control than too fast for you to perform accurately. Your coach is listening for tone quality, intonation, rhythmic clarity and accuracy, as well as style, articulation, and phrasing in your performance. These are the seating audition spots. Please mark these in your music and be ready to perform any of them at retreat. Let us know if you have any questions about this information. You will have a sectional with your coach on Monday, October 5 and that is the best time to ask your questions. Thank you!
Premiere Orchestra Seating Audition Spots- Fall 2026- October 10, 2026 Retreat
Tempo Markings:
Ancient Airs– quarter =120
Slavonic Dance– Moderato =92, piu mosso- quarter =120
Corelli– Adagio- quarter =60, Allegro- quarter =108
- FLUTE
- Ancient Airs pickup to 17-25, 33-40
- Slavonic Dance pickup to 29-37, pickup to 49-56
- Corelli 63-74. 115-122
- OBOE
- Ancient Airs 33-40, 57-60, 17-20
- Slavonic Dance pickup to 29-37, pickup to 49-56
- Corelli pickup to 74-82, pickup to 49-56
- CLARINET
- Ancient Airs 33-40, 41-49
- Slavonic Dance 70-74, 74-82
- Corelli pickup to 15-25, 43-56
- BASSOON
- Ancient Airs 17-40
- Slavonic Dance 82-90
- Corelli pickup to 138-146
- TRUMPET
- Ancient Airs 9-12, 33-40
- Slavonic Dance 66-74, 146-153
- Corelli pickup to 83-90
- TUBA
- Ancient Airs 9-12, 33-40
- Slavonic Dance 167-end
- Corelli 1-8, 90-99
- VIOLIN 1
- Ancient Airs 1-24, 41-64
- Slavonic Dance 29-49, 74-93
- Corelli 1-30, 83-95, 96-end
- VIOLIN 2
- Ancient Airs 1-24, 41-64
- Slavonic Dance 29-49, 74-82, 90-110
- Corelli 1-30, 83-95, 96-end
- VIOLA
- Ancient Airs 9-17, 41-49
- Slavonic Dance 82-89, 138-153, 153-172
- Corelli 24, pickup to 57-73, pickup to 83-95
- CELLO
- Ancient Airs 9-17, 24-49
- Slavonic Dance 37-49
- Corelli 1-30, 82-108
- BASS
- Ancient Airs 9-17, 41-49
- Slavonic Dance 37-49
- Corelli 4 before 35-43
Fall Quarter 2026 Information
Welcome to the Premiere Orchestra! We are excited to meet each of you and begin making great music this quarter. Being a member of a youth symphony is a unique opportunity to play music with a group of musicians from all over the area who have a similar musical background and experience as you. In addition to creating great ensemble music together, we want you do develop friendships that you will have for years to come as you progress through the other orchestras in our organization.
Please print the music for your instrument and bring it to the first rehearsal. We will have coaches embedded in the rehearsal with you as we sight read through the music during the first rehearsal. Throughout the season we ask that you learn your notes and rhythms on your own in your home practice so that you can be ready to fully participate in rehearsal and learn the music beyond the notation. There is so much to learn and enjoy about the music after you have learned your notes, so we strongly encourage you to come to each rehearsal as prepared as you can so that you enjoy the rehearsal process and learn everything else about the music.
Generally speaking- we like to tell our musicians that the things written down on the page is the job of the musician and everything that is not written down on the page is what you will learn in rehearsal with us.
If you ever have any questions about anything in our orchestra or about your music, you can always email me or talk with your instrument coach at rehearsal. We are all here to help you have a rewarding musical experience so please advocate for any help you need along the way this season.
Music for Fall 2026
We will be performing three pieces at our November concert. They are:
Respighi- Ancient Aires and Dances
Dvorak- Slavonic Dance No. 3
Corelli- Opus 6 No. 6- Adagio and Allegro
More information about the music including tempo markings, seating audition spots, and reference recordings will be posted after our first rehearsal
David Drassal- Conductor
Hannah Ogden- Assistant Conductor
