UI Symphony Orchestra
The University of Iowa Symphony Orchestra has been hailed as one of the finest university orchestras in the U.S. In addition, this organization is one of the leaders in the premiering and promoting of new literature.
Schedule for string auditions:
- Violin - Monday, Aug. 21 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., in VOX 5300 (chamber room on the fifth floor)
- Viola - Monday, Aug. 21 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., in VOX 2 (lowest floor)
- Violoncello - Tuesday, Aug. 22 from noon to 2 p.m., in VOX 5400
- Double Bass - Tuesday, Aug. 22 from 11 a.m. to noon, in VOX 5400
These will be blind auditions, and last no more than six minutes each.
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Please download the excerpts that we will ask for each instrument:
Campus Symphony Orchestra
Designed specifically for non-music majors who wish to continue playing their instrument while studying at the University, audition will be required for winds and percussion as the number of players is limited (a scale and a short excerpt of your choice). We will welcome up to three flutes, three oboes, three clarinets, three bassoons, five horns, two trumpets, three trombones, two tenor and one bass), one tuba, one timpani, and two percussion players. No audition is required for strings to be admitted into the ensemble, however, there will be a short audition for seating arrangement only (a scale and short excerpt of your choice). This unique experience includes students from diverse academic pursuits throughout the university.
The CSO performs one concert per semester and various community service-oriented performances on a request basis. CSO is conducted by graduate conducting majors. This group meets on Tuesdays, from 6-7:20 p.m. in VOX 2400.
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Auditions for CSO are not required if you've participated in CSO during the Fall 2023 semester.
Please email samuel-chen@uiowa.edu to set up an audition time during Tuesday, January 16, 2024 to Friday, January 19, 2024.
Concert schedule for the 2023-2024 Season
- Cycle 2 - Opera - Friday, Oct. 13 at 7:30 p.m.. and Sunday, Oct. 15 at 2 p.m., Coralville Center for the Performing Arts
- Mascagni L’amico Fritz
- Cycle 3 - UISO - Thursday, Oct. 26 at 9:30 a.m., and 11 a.m., VOX Concert Hall
- Shaw Entr'acte
- Britten Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
- Cycle 4 - UISO and Choral Concert, Nov. 29 at 7:30 p.m., Hancher Auditorium
- Britten War Requiem
- Cycle 5 - UISO - Friday, Feb. 23 at 7:30 p.m., VOX Concert Hall
- Glinka Ruslan and Ludmila Overture
- Higdon Viola Concerto
- Beethoven Symphony No. 3
- Cycle 6 - UISO - Wed., March 27 at 7:30 p.m., VOX Concert Hall
- Concerto Competition winners:
- All areas should have their finalists chosen by Oct. 28.
- The final adjudication will take place on Sunday, Nov. 12 from 12:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. in the Concert Hall.
- Concerto Competition winners:
- Cycle 7 - Opera - Friday, April 26, 10a.m. and 7:30 p.m., and Saturday, April 27 at 7:30 p.m., Hancher Auditorium
- Menefield Fierce
- Cycle 8 - UISO - Wednesday, May 1 at 7:30 p.m., VOX Concert Hall
- Hu Please Remember Me
- Haydn Trumpet Concerto
- Nielsen Symphony No. 5