Symphony Auditions & Repertoire
UCI Symphony Orchestra auditions take place each year during Welcome Week. Appointments are required. An additional audition day has been added to ease schedule conflicts with placement exams and other Welcome Week activities.
Signup links are provided below:
- AUDITION DAY 1, September 26, 2023: Strings (those who cannot attend Day 3) https://signup.com/go/QuTodnE
- AUDITION DAY 2, September 27, 2023: Winds, Brass, Percussion, and Harp https://signup.com/go/TCoZMyS
- AUDITION DAY 3, September 28, 2023: Strings (those who cannot attend Day 1) https://signup.com/go/fdsuHwS
Specific orchestral excerpts and a portion of a solo work are required. For details, please see the packet containing your instrument.
The 2023 - 2024 UCI Symphony audition excerpts have now been posted. Please see below.
2023-2024 String Excerpts are here.
2023-2024 Woodwind excerpts are here.
2023-2024 Brass excerpts are here.
2023-2024 Percussion and Harp excerpts are here.
Contact Dr. Pope at geoffrey.pope@uci.edu with questions.
Dr. Geoffrey Pope has been recognized through numerous appointments, commissions, and awards as a conductor and composer. Pope’s musical work has taken him throughout the United States and Europe, where he seeks to present provocative and engaging performances that have a strong cultural impact. He joins UCI in 2022, having led in an interim capacity in the spring quarters of 2019 and 2021. For more information, click here.
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November 21: UCI Symphony Orchestra - Fall 2023
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March 7: UCI Symphony Orchestra - Winter 2024
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