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

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 in WPAC 162 from 1:00PM – 2:30PM. 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 6 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.

Strings

If you need to speak with a faculty member about your audition, please contact Professor Javier Mendoza at javier.mendoza@fiu.edu.

The string auditions for the 2022-23 season will be held on August 23 from 12:30-3:15pm on the Concert Hall Stage. Auditions are blind, and you will perform behind a screen. This year I am asking you to download your complete part and prepare the excerpts below. Best of luck! – Prof. Javier Mendoza, Director of Instrumental Studies

Sign-Up Form

Please select your audition time here: https://webforms.fiu.edu/view.php?id=3599676

Parts

Parts can be found at the following link: https://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.6%2C_Op.68_(Beethoven%2C_Ludwig_van).

Scroll down to the parts tab, click and download the corresponding part.

Excerpts

Violins – all excerpts are required whether coming from the violin I or II part.

Movement I

Violin I

Opening to meas. 27

Movement II

Opening to downbeat of meas. 7

Movement IV

Violin II

Opening of Movement IV to Letter C.

Violas

Movement I

Opening to Meas. 25

Movement II

Opening to measure. 20

Movement III

Opening to measure. 80

Cellos

Movement II

Solo Cello part, top line. Opening to measure 20

Movement V

Meas 25-55

Meas 133-163

Basses

Movement IV

Meas19- 56

Movement V

Meas 25-55

Meas 133-163

Vocal

If you need to speak with a faculty member about your audition, please contact Dr. Vindhya Khare at vkhare@fiu.edu.

Voice placement auditions will be held at the Herbert and Nicole Wertheim School of Music & Performing Arts Recital Hall (WPAC 150).

Have a selection no longer than 3-minutes to sing from memory.
Bring a copy of your music for our pianist, Dr. Liao.
Arrive 10 minutes early to check in with the audition proctor at WPAC 150.
Be properly warmed up.
Be prepared to sing out of the scheduled order if necessary.
Dress professionally.

Woodwinds and Brass

If you need to speak with a faculty member about your audition, please contact Dr. Brenton Alston at bralston@fiu.edu.

These auditions will be “blind-screen” on August 17, 2022 at the Herbert and Nicole Wertheim School of Music & Performing Arts Instrumental Hall (WPAC 157). Woodwinds will audition from 1:00PM–3:00PM and brass will audition from 3:00pm – 5:00pm. Please be warmed-up and ready to play during your scheduled times.

Please select your audition time here: Sign-Up Form.

Download placement auditions for Wind Ensemble and Orchestra: Fall 2022 Audition Excerpts