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Woodwinds & Brass
Marching Illini auditions for the 2024 season are now open.
audition process
Prospective students interested in joining the Marching Illini Woodwinds and Brass sections must complete a two-part audition process. The first round is a playing audition. If you are a music major and you have auditioned for the School of Music, you must still audition for the Marching Illini. All playing auditions begin in January and run through May.
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Current Woodwind and Brass students who were in the Marching Illini this past fall do not need to submit a video audition if they are participating in an instrumental ensemble this spring.
Instructions For Submitting A Marching Illini Video Audition
- Create your audition video FIRST – be sure you can upload it to the audition platform OR if you have multiple videos, edit them and submit your video audition in 1 link either through YouTube or GoogleDrive
- Submit our on-line audition registration form
- Upload a video in the audition form OR copy a link to your video in the field provided – if you submitted the audition registration form already without your video audition, send Professor Houser (bhouser2@illinois.edu) an email with a link to your audition video
- Submit the audition registration form
Audition Requirements for Woodwinds and Brass
- Introduce yourself, include your first and last name, your age, where you are from, and what year in school you will be in the fall
- Two one octave major scales of your choice – ascending and descending
- Chromatic scale – lowest note to highest note ascending only to demonstrate your range
- Prepare a solo or etude that is three-five minutes in length which demonstrates your technical and lyrical abilities (this can be one piece of music or segments from multiple pieces or etudes).
- You may audition on your concert or marching instrument for this round
- Watch this video about The Audition Process
- Check out this sample Audition Video
- Once you record your audition video, see the information below for submitting your Marching Illini Video Audition
- Video submissions due on or before May 1 – all notifications will be sent out shortly after May 1