Placement Auditions

The purpose of the placement audition is to assess your current skill level relative to the curriculum. This assessment will help the college place you into an appropriate ensemble and private lesson that will best support your educational needs, along with students of similar ability. You will audition with faculty members from your area.

More information is below to help you prepare for your audition; each instrumental department has provided preparation materials.

Percussion

Placement Auditions 23/24

If you need to speak with a faculty member about your audition, please contact Colin Williams at colwilli@fiu.edu.

Percussion placement auditions will be held at the Herbert and Nicole Wertheim School of Music & Performing Arts on August 17 in WPAC 162 from 2:00PM – 3:30PM. At the audition you will be asked to play from a selection of these orchestral excerpts. You may not end up playing all the excerpts in your audition, but all 5 should be fully prepared.

All required sheet music for the excerpts are included in this packet. Follow the instructions for where each excerpt begins and ends (in parentheses in the Repertoire section of this packet). I recommend listening to the pieces these excerpts come from in order to create an interpretation that makes sense within the context of the piece.

To schedule your audition, click here.

To download repertoire and excerpts, click here: FIU Percussion Placement Audition Packet Fall 2023

Strings

Placement Auditions 23/24

If you need to speak with a faculty member about your audition, please contact Professor Avi Nagin at anagin@fiu.edu.

The String Auditions for the 2023-24 season will be held on August 17 from 1:00pm-5:30pm on The Wertheim Concert Hall Stage.

Sign-Up Form

Please select your audition time by clicking here.

Parts

Bownload bowed parts for the audition.

Audition excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5:

Violin (Violin 1 part):I Movement: mm. 269-300.III Movement: mm. 104-134.IV Movement: mm. 489-522.Viola:I Movement: mm. 269-300.III Movement: mm. 80-144.IV Movement: mm. 482-522.

Violoncello:
I Movement: mm. 413-442.
II Movement: mm. 32-43.
IV Movement: mm. 472-522.

Double Bass:I Movement: mm. 68-84 and 255-267.IV Movement: mm. 23-41 and 477-526.

Jazz

Placement Auditions 23/24:

If you need to speak with a faculty member about your audition, please contact Dr. Jamie Ousley at lousley@fiu.edu.

Jazz placement auditions will take place on Thursday, August 17th beginning at 2:00pm in WPAC 165b.

Woodwinds and Brass

Placement Auditions 23/24:

For information regarding wind, brass, and percussion auditions, please contact Dr. Brenton Alston at bralston@fiu.edu.

These auditions will be “blind-screen” on August 18, 2023 at the The Wertheim Concert Hall (WPAC 170). Auditions will take place from 2:00PM–5::30PM. Please be warmed-up and ready to play during your scheduled times.

Download placement auditions here for Wind Ensemble and Orchestra by clicking here.

Sign-Up Form

Please select your audition time by clicking here.

Vocal and Musical Theatre

Placement Auditions 23/24:

Placements will be held on Thursday, August 17 in the recital hall (WPAC 150). Musical Theatre placements begin at 2:00pm until 2:40pm; Vocal Performance placements begin at 2:40pm until 4:00pm.