ENSEMBLES, 2009-2010
AUDITION
INFORMATION, FALL 2009
Auditions for these ensembles are held during New
Student Orientation and the first full week of classes of the fall semester.
Auditions also are held during the first week of the spring semester for Chamber
Music Ensembles. At times, spring semester auditions may also be held for some
or all of the
other ensembles.
Glee Clubs: Preliminary auditions will be held in Bird Studio. Sign-up sheets for audition times are on the Choral Program bulletin board (Booth Hall, outside and just to the right of the lobby).
Preliminary auditions for the Glee Clubs will be held on Thursday and Friday, September 3-4. Sign-up sheets will be available on the Choral Program bulletin board just outside the Music Department lobby in Booth Hall. Click here for a complete description of the audition process.
Orchestra and Chamber Music: Thursday, September 3, 7 - 9:30 pm, Booth 208, and Friday, September 4, 2 - 4 pm, Booth 208. A sign-up sheet will be available in the Booth Hall lobby; you can also email Prof. Allen Gross at agross@oxy.edu, or leave a message for him at x2574. All instrumentalists should bring a short prepared solo which represents the level of their playing. There will also be some sight reading.
Concert Band: Sunday, Sept. 12, 5:00 - 6:30 p.m., Booth 208. A sign-up sheet will be available in the Booth Hall lobby. Visit the Caltech-Oxy bands' website for more information about the group and the audition process, and please contact Prof. Bing for more information: wbing@caltech.edu
Jazz Ensemble: Tuesday, Sept. 8, 5:00 - 6:30 p.m., Booth 208. Please contact Tim Emmons for more information: temmons@oxy.edu. The first meeting of the Jazz Ensemble will be on Monday, Sept. 8, at 5:00 p.m., Booth 208.
Women's
Glee Club
Desiree LaVertu,
conductor
Advanced study
and performance of choral music. Emphasis is placed on the more difficult
traditional choral repertoire, but the study of world music and popular music is
included. Includes many performances with Men's Glee Club, both on and off
campus. Enrollment is for the full year and is by audition during the first week
of the fall semester. 2 hours rehearsal per week
plus
2.5 hours rehearsal per week with Men's Glee Club.
Sight reading ability and previous musical experience highly
recommended.
Occidental
Choral Program website
Contact Desiree LaVertu
Men's
Glee Club
Desiree LaVertu,
conductor
Advanced study
and performance of choral music. Emphasis is placed on the more difficult
traditional choral repertoire, but the study of world music and popular music is
included. Includes many performances with Men's Glee Club, both on and off
campus. Enrollment is for the full year and is by audition during the first week
of the fall semester. 2 hours rehearsal per week
plus
2.5 hours rehearsal per week with Women's Glee Club.
Sight reading ability and previous musical experience highly
recommended.
Occidental
Choral Program website
Contact Desiree LaVertu
Occidental
College-California Institute of Technology Symphony
Allen Robert Gross (Occidental College Music Faculty), Director
The Occidental-Caltech Symphony consists of
instrumentalists from Occidental, the California Institute of Technology, the
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and members of the community. The orchestra presents
concerts on both the Occidental and Caltech campuses. The Symphony performs a
varied repertoire of classic, romantic, and contemporary music. An annual
Student Concerto Competition, held the first week in December, allows winners
the opportunity to perform as soloists with the Symphony. Membership is by
audition at the beginning of the academic year. The orchestra rehearses once
weekly, at both Caltech and Occidental, with extra rehearsals
before each concert.
Occidental-Caltech Orchestra website
Contact Allen Gross
California
Institute of Technology-Occidental College Concert Band
William Bing (Caltech Music Faculty), conductor
The Concert Band
is a symphonic wind ensemble comprised of instrumentalists drawn from Caltech,
the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Occidental College, and the Pasadena community.
Guest artists with the Concert Band in recent years have included Eddie Daniels,
Steve Houghton, Allen Vizzutti, and David Shiffrin. The Concert Band performs
three to four concerts a year, both at Caltech and at Oxy. The repertoire
includes traditional and contemporary compositions. The Concert Band rehearses
at Caltech, and student drivers help with transportation from Occidental. For
further information and to arrange for an audition, you should contact Prof.
Bing at (626) 395-3714 or by e-mail at
wbing@caltech.edu.
Caltech-Occidental Concert Band
website
Contact William
Bing
Occidental
College Chamber Music Ensembles
Allen Gross, director
The Occidental Chamber Music Ensembles are made up of
instrumentalists who are interested in performing chamber music for various
media and drawn from various historical periods and styles. Among the usual
ensembles are a brass ensemble, and various
combinations of strings, woodwinds, and piano. Students will perform at least
twice during the year on regularly scheduled chamber music recitals. The
ensembles receive coaching from Prof. Gross and the applied music faculty.
Contact
Allen
Gross
Occidental
College Jazz Ensemble
Tim Emmons, director
The Occidental College Jazz Band is a musical organization,
meeting weekly, under the supervision of the Occidental Music Department staff,
to play as an ensemble, learn basic jazz theory and improve our improvisational
skills. Jazz enables people of various ethnicities, cultures,
nationalities, and backgrounds to come together and communicate through the
common language of music. The band provides a positive forum for students of all
grades to interact. Along with enhancing our own jazz experience through weekly
rehearsals, we wish to heighten campus-wide jazz awareness and appreciation
through periodic performances during the year. The Ensemble is directed by Tim
Emmons, an acoustic and electric bass player who has a wide experience in both
the jazz and classical music worlds.
Contact Tim Emmons
Last updated 05/21/2009