AUDITIONS FOR THE 2025-26 LINCOLN YOUTH SYMPHONY
We are excited to announce auditions for the upcoming 2025-2026 season of the Lincoln Youth Symphony! Please review the information below carefully.
Audition Location & Schedule
Location: All auditions will be held at Lincoln High School, Room 132.
Audition Dates:
- Tuesday, April 29, 2025, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm:
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Auditions for Senior Soloists.
Please download the form below, complete it, and email it to cpotter1@unl.edu by April 22, 2025
- Tuesday, May 6, 2025, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm:
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Auditions for:
• All returning 1st-year players
• New brass, woodwind, and percussion players - Tuesday, May 13, 2025, 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm:
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Auditions for all new hopeful string players.
Reserve Your Audition Time
To reserve an audition time, please send an email to Mr. Potter at: cpotter1@unl.edu.
Please include the following information in your email:
- Your Full Name
- Your Instrument
- Any time restraints you may have on your assigned audition day.
Audition Requirements & Materials
String Audition Material
Prepare the excerpt for your instrument:
Sight reading may also be required.
Woodwind Audition Material
Woodwinds should prepare the bracketed sections in the provided excerpts
Woodwind audition requirements also include:
- Chromatic scale showing the student’s full range.
- Prepared Excerpt (from links above).
- Sight Reading (provided at the audition).
Brass Audition Material
Prepare the excerpt for your instrument:
All brass students must also prepare:
- A two-octave chromatic scale.
- A two-octave major scale of their choice.
- Prepared Excerpt (from links above).
- Sight Reading (provided at the audition).
Percussion Audition Material
Please prepare the required material found at the link below:
Requirements typically include proficiency on snare, mallets, and timpani. Sight reading will be expected.
We look forward to hearing your audition!