2025-2026 Auditions

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:

Auditions for Senior Soloists.

Please download the form below, complete it, and email it to cpotter1@unl.edu by April 22, 2025

Senior Soloist Application Form

Tuesday, May 6, 2025, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm:

Auditions for:
• All returning 1st-year players
• New brass, woodwind, and percussion players

Tuesday, May 13, 2025, 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm:

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!