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.
2024-2025 excerpts are now up:
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 is here as well as on the Welcome Week schedule.
Please aim for all String Auditions on 9/24/2024 and all WBP Auditions on 9/26/2024.
Contact Dr. Pope at geoffrey.pope@uci.edu with any questions or issues not addressed here.
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.