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Symphony Auditions & Repertoire

UCI Symphony Orchestra auditions take place each year during Welcome Week. Appointments are required.
 

Specific orchestral excerpts and a portion of a solo work are required each year. Please see the packet containing your instrument.

 

2025-2026 will be posted in early September 2025. The prior year's excerpts are below for reference.

2024-2025 String excerpts are here.

2024-2025 Woodwind excerpts are here.

2024-2025 Brass excerpts are here.

2024-2025 Percussion excerpts are here.

Orchestral Piano and Orchestral Harp auditionees should contact Dr. Pope for further information.

 

The signup link will be posted here as well as on the Welcome Week schedule.

 

 

Contact Dr. Pope at geoffrey.pope@uci.edu with any questions or issues not addressed here.

 

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The Conductor

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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