ILMEA District IX Junior Honors Orchestra Information
The Illinois Music Educators Association (ILMEA) Honors Orchestra provides our students with an opportunity to perform with outstanding orchestra students from our region of Illinois. Students participate in an individual audition that will determine selection for this year’s honors orchestra. Selected students will perform at the ILMEA Honors Festival where the honors orchestra, band and chorus will perform. Families are encouraged to attend.
ILMEA Audition Requirements:
Students must learn all of the required scales, Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 & Carpe Diem. Students will be asked to perform selected sections from each piece at the audition. The audition spots will not be announced until the fall. Therefore, students should be working to learn this music during the spring and summer in order to be prepared for the auditions. It is highly recommended that students work with a private lesson teacher on this music because the level of music is an advanced 8th-9th grade level, and students will need guidance to learn the music properly. All violins will audition on all first violin music. This year's concert/audition music includes (click below on the pieces to hear a recording):
ILMEA Required Events:
Audition--Saturday, September 26, 2020. Traughber Junior High, 570 Colchester Drive, Oswego, IL 60543.
Auditions will be scheduled between 9:00 a.m. until approximately 2:00 p.m. Please save this date if you plan to audition. Students will be in attendance for approximately for 45-60 minutes.
Festival Performance--Saturday, November 7, 2020. Plainfield East High School, 12001 S. Naperville Rd., Plainfield, IL 60585.
Students selected to perform in the Honors Orchestra are expected to participate in the morning rehearsal, lunch and afternoon concert. This is an all-day event for students who are selected (approx. 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.). Parents will be asked to provide transportation to and from the conclusion of the festival.
Optional ILMEA Event:
Combined Rehearsal for District 204 Students—date/location TBD (5:45 – 7:30 p.m.)
This large rehearsal combines all District 204 students planning to audition. Students rehearse and play through all of the audition music together to get a sense of the big picture. Students must have a ride waiting for them at 7:30 p.m. Permission slips for this event will be made available in August.
Scales and Audition Music may be obtained here!
ILMEA Audition Requirements:
Students must learn all of the required scales, Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 & Carpe Diem. Students will be asked to perform selected sections from each piece at the audition. The audition spots will not be announced until the fall. Therefore, students should be working to learn this music during the spring and summer in order to be prepared for the auditions. It is highly recommended that students work with a private lesson teacher on this music because the level of music is an advanced 8th-9th grade level, and students will need guidance to learn the music properly. All violins will audition on all first violin music. This year's concert/audition music includes (click below on the pieces to hear a recording):
- All scales on the ILMEA scale sheet
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 - recording in Google Classroom
- Carpe Diem
- Lullaby to the Moon
- Locus Iste (This is not in the packet! After auditions, students who are selected for the Festival will receive this music.)
ILMEA Required Events:
Audition--Saturday, September 26, 2020. Traughber Junior High, 570 Colchester Drive, Oswego, IL 60543.
Auditions will be scheduled between 9:00 a.m. until approximately 2:00 p.m. Please save this date if you plan to audition. Students will be in attendance for approximately for 45-60 minutes.
Festival Performance--Saturday, November 7, 2020. Plainfield East High School, 12001 S. Naperville Rd., Plainfield, IL 60585.
Students selected to perform in the Honors Orchestra are expected to participate in the morning rehearsal, lunch and afternoon concert. This is an all-day event for students who are selected (approx. 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.). Parents will be asked to provide transportation to and from the conclusion of the festival.
Optional ILMEA Event:
Combined Rehearsal for District 204 Students—date/location TBD (5:45 – 7:30 p.m.)
This large rehearsal combines all District 204 students planning to audition. Students rehearse and play through all of the audition music together to get a sense of the big picture. Students must have a ride waiting for them at 7:30 p.m. Permission slips for this event will be made available in August.
Scales and Audition Music may be obtained here!
