Welcome to the Orchestra page!
Click here to access the Orchestra Prelim Scale and Etude Cuts
available on October 13th!
Vendor Information
OkMEA
Attn: Orchestra
PO Box 886
Muskogee, OK, 74402
Click here to download a W9 for your financial office!
Eligibility
Students must be a member in good standing of their high school music organization. They have to attend all rehearsals and performances of their OkMEA All-State organization and abide by the Rules of Conduct. Students must be eligible academically under OSSAA guidelines at the time of auditions and at the time of the festival.
Deadlines and Fees
First Deadline – September 14, 2024
– $20.00 per student
Second Deadline – September 21, 2024
– $45.00 per student
Emergency Deadline – October 13, 2024
– $100.00 per student
Audition Dates
Release Excerpts
September 23 – Excerpts were emailed directly to the directors who will photocopy for the students.
Post Prelim Cuts
October 13
First Round Audition
October 14-25 – Record First Round on OPUS
October 26 – Judge First Round Auditions
Second Round Audition
December 7 – Final Round Auditions
Live auditions at West Moore HS
December 14 – Weather Contingency Date
*Finals only
OPUS Registration Information
Please note that detailed registration directions are located on OPUS or can be downloaded here.
- Go to OPUS Event to create a profile
- Create an OPUS Profile and link your NAfME membership
- Log into OPUS and find the CTSWS event by typing “orchestra” in the search bar
- Read through the directions on the Event Home
- Add your location to the event
- Register your students individually, by using the bulk import feature, by using a Google Form
- Choose a payment method (credit card, PO, or check) and complete the steps involved
- If paying by purchase order or check, you will need to upload a copy of the PO/check to OPUS
- If paying by purchase order or check, you will be billed by the OkMEA Office following the second deadlineI
- Invoices will not be available on OPUS this year. Please email Jay Huffer at [email protected] for a copy.
- All Emergency Entries will need to be paid by credit card.
- Once paid, your entries will read “complete” or “ready” and will be considered complete
- Please note that if you pay by check, those entries will not read “complete” or “ready“
If paying by check, mail the physical check to:
OkMEA
Attn: Orchestra Auditions
PO Box 886
Muskogee, OK 74402
Audition Material
The string audition material will consist of four parts:
1. Scale
2. Etude
3. Orchestral Excerpts
4. Sight-Reading
Scales
Prepare all major scales, memorized, 3 octaves, slur two quarter notes (quarter note = 90) in the following format: each note is played once ascending and once descending with the top note not repeated. Note: Double Bass will play only two-octave scales. The use or nonuse of vibrato on the scale will not add or subtract points.
Violin, Viola, Cello Example:
Ascending: CDEFGABCDEFGABCDEFGABC
Descending: BAGFEDCBAGFEDCBAGFEDC
Bass Example:
Ascending: CDEFGABCDEFGABC
Descending: BAGFEDCBAGFEDC
Etudes
Violin
42 Studies or Caprices by Kreutzer
Schirmer Edition (Singer)
#31; Quarter Note = 76 bpm, top notes only
*Fingerings and bowings marked are required.
Viola
31 Selected Studies by Fiorillo
Edited by Joesph Vieland
Etude #9; Quarter note = 100 bpm, no grace notes
*Fingerings and bowings marked are required.
Cello
170 Foundation Studies, Vol. 2 by Schroeder
Carl Fischer Edition (02470)
#90; Quarter note = 124 bpm
*Fingerings and bowings marked are required.
Double Bass
57 Studies in Two Volumes for String Bass, Vol. 1
by Storch-Hrabe
Edited by Zimmerman (International 1034)
pp. 25-26
#25: Maestoso; Quarter Note = 72 bpm
Tempo di Valse Quarter Note = 130 bpm
*Fingerings and bowings marked are required.
Excerpts
Excerpts will be released on the OkMEA website on September 23. A prelim excerpt will be identified and the rest will be potential Final Round excerpts.
Sight Reading
Sight-reading is required at the audition. Each student will be given a thirty-second study period, during which they may shadow-bow or finger their instruments, but may not make any noise. Points may be deducted, or the student may be disqualified for excessive finger-tapping.
DIRECTORS: Please note that all directors who have students participating in the auditions are required to be at the audition and either adjudicate, monitor, or assist as needed. If you know of any string specialists new to our state that would be willing to help with the auditions please email the Orchestra Chair.
