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Spring 2010 Auditions

Wednesday, January 13
4:30-5:30 pm
Classical Piano
085 Biddle
Thursday, January 14
1:30-3:30 pm
Voice
075 Biddle
Friday, January 15
1:00-4:00 pm
Voice
075 Biddle

Please sign up on the sheet posted outside the room where the auditions will be held. To audition for lessons other than piano or voice, please contact the instructor directly using the list at the bottom of this page.

Fall 2009 Auditions

The Department of Music offers a wide-ranging array of instrumental lessons and ensembles with outstanding faculty. Auditions are required for admission to these courses. For the full schedule, see below.

Note: Participation in departmental ensembles (0.5 course credit) carries no fee. Individual instruction is offered according to the following fee schedule:*

Fees per semester for lessons in 2009-10:
Class lessons (0.25 course credit): $116
Private lessons: $464/one hour lesson (0.5 course credit); $232/half-hour lesson (0.25 course credit)

* The applied lesson fee is waived for all majors in one area and for minors fulfilling their applied music requirement. There is no fee for enrolling in an ensemble (0.5 course credit).

Signing up for Auditions: Sign-up sheets are posted outside the audition rooms for ensembles and private lessons, except for choral auditions (call 684-3898) and voice lessons. (Signup outside 075 Biddle, although auditions will be held in 019 Biddle.) Students are encouraged to sign up during orientation week. Unless otherwise noted, instrumental auditions are for Applied Lessons, Duke Symphony Orchestra, and Wind Symphony. Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Combos, and Chamber Music auditions are listed separately.

For information about joining the Duke University Marching Band (DUMB), visit www.duke.edu/web/DUMB

 

Mon, Aug 24 - Fri, Aug 28 10 am - 5 pm Chorale and Chapel Choir
(call 684-3898)
036 Westbrook
       
Sat, Aug 22 11 am - 12:30 pm Chapel Choir Open Rehearsal Duke Chapel
 

2 - 2:50 pm
3 - 3:50 pm
4 - 4:50 pm

Ensemble Information Meetings for those interested in Music Department vocal and instrumental groups. (It is only necessary to attend one of these sessions.) 019 Biddle (vocalists)
101 Biddle (instrumentalists)
       
Sun, Aug 23 9:15 am - 12 pm Chapel Choir Rehearsal & Service Duke Chapel
       
Mon, Aug 24 1:30 - 4 pm Voice 019 Biddle
  4 - 7:30 pm Classical Piano 085 Biddle
  6 - 9 pm Viola, Cello & Bass 084 Biddle
  6 - 10 pm Jazz Ensemble & Combos Saxophone, Flute, Clarinet, Rhythm Section (Guitar, Percussion, Bass, Piano) & Vocalists 064 Biddle
  7 - 9 pm Collegium Musicum 104 Biddle
  7:30 - 8:30 pm Saxophone & Euphonium 019 Biddle
  8 - 9 pm Classical Guitar 024 Biddle
       
Tues, Aug 25 10:30 am - 12 pm
1:30 - 4 pm
Voice 019 Biddle
  4 - 7 pm Jazz Ensemble & Combos Trumpet 064 Biddle
  7 - 10 pm Jazz Ensemble & Combos Trombone 064 Biddle
  7 - 11 pm Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, & Bassoon 019 Biddle
  7:15 - 8:15 pm Chorale Open Rehearsal Baldwin Auditorium
  7:30 - 10 pm Chamber Music 083 Biddle
       
Wed, Aug 26 4:30 - 6:30 pm Opera Workshop Info Session Baldwin Auditorium
  6 - 7:50 pm Chapel Choir Open Rehearsal Duke Chapel
  7 - 11 pm Horn, Trumpet, Trombone, & Tuba 019 Biddle
  7:15 - 9:15 pm Jazz Ensemble First Rehearsal Baldwin Auditorium
       
Thurs, Aug 27 5:45 - 6:45 pm Percussion (Orchestra, Wind Symphony, lessons) Baldwin Auditorium
  5 - 11 pm Violin 084 Biddle
  7:30 - 9:30 pm Wind Symphony Open Rehearsal Baldwin Auditorium

* For lessons not included in the schedule above, please contact the instructor to set up an audition time. (See list of instructors below.)


ENSEMBLE REHEARSAL SCHEDULES & CONTACT INFORMATION

CHAMBER MUSIC ENSEMBLES (Mus 106), Jonathan Bagg (660-3331, jbagg@duke.edu)
All instrumentalists and singers are encouraged to audition. Chamber ensembles and rehearsal times will be arranged after auditions.

CHAPEL CHOIR (Mus 112) and CHORALE (Mus 113), Rodney Wynkoop, (684-3898, rodney@duke.edu)
The Chapel Choir rehearses and performs Wednesday 6:00-7:50 pm and Sunday 9:15 am-12:00 pm in the Chapel. The Chorale rehearses Tuesday and Thursday, 7:15-9:15 pm in 019 Biddle (Bone Hall).
Call 684-3898 for audition appointment.

COLLEGIUM MUSICUM (Mus 105, 228), Karen Cook (kmc18@duke.edu)
The Collegium rehearses Monday 7:15-10:00 pm in 104 Biddle.

DJEMBE ENSEMBLE (Music 107B), Bradley Simmons (bradleys@duke.edu)
The Djembe Ensemble (West African drumming) rehearses Tuesday and Wednesday, 7:15-9:15 pm in 086 Biddle.

JAZZ ENSEMBLE (Mus 103) and JAZZ COMBOS (Mus 104), John Brown (660-3385, jbrown@duke.edu)
The Jazz Ensemble rehearses Monday and Wednesday, 7:15-9:15pm in 019 Biddle (Bone Hall).
Jazz Combos (small groups of musicians) rehearse Tuesday, 7:15-9:15 pm in 104 Biddle.

OPERA WORKSHOP, Susan Dunn (660-3323, opera@duke.edu)
Opera Workshop rehearses Monday and Wednesday, 4:25-6:30 pm in Baldwin Auditorium.
An info session will be held on Wed., Aug. 26 in 075 Biddle.

SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (Mus 100), Harry Davidson (660-3324, hdavid@duke.edu)
The Symphony Orchestra rehearses Monday and Wednesday, 7:30-9:30 pm in Baldwin Auditorium.

WIND SYMPHONY (Mus 101), Verena Mösenbichler-Bryant (660-3300, verena.m@duke.edu)
The Wind Symphony rehearses Tuesday and Thursday, 7:30-9:30 pm in Baldwin Auditorium.


APPLIED MUSIC

  • BASS-Robbie Link (rlink@duke.edu)
  • BASSOON- John Pederson (919-661-1211, pederson@bellsouth.net)
  • CELLO-Fred Raimi (919-660-3327, frr@duke.edu)
  • CLARINET-Jimmy Gilmore (919-781-3853, lizandjimmy@nc.rr.com)
  • DJEMBE/AFRO-CUBAN PERCUSSION- Bradley Simmons (bradleys@duke.edu)
  • FLUTE-Rebecca Troxler (919-660-3311, rtroxler@duke.edu)
  • *CLASSICAL GUITAR-Randy Reed (919-490-1920, rreed@duke.edu)
  • *JAZZ GUITAR-Drew Lile (919-403-6626, dlguitar64@gmail.com)
  • *HARP-Laura Byrne (919-933-0698, laurabyrneharpist@yahoo.com)
  • *HARPSICHORD-Robert Parkins (919-660-3315, rparkins@duke.edu)
  • HORN-Rachel Niketopoulos (rn30@duke.edu)
  • OBOE-Bo Newsome (919-220-6083, newsomeb@ecu.edu)
  • *ORGAN-Robert Parkins (919-660-3315, rparkins@duke.edu)
  • *PERCUSSION-John B.N. Hanks (jhanks@duke.edu)
  • PIANO-Jane Hawkins (919-660-3321, jhr@duke.edu), Randall Love (919-660-3334, rmlove@duke.edu), Pei-fen Liu (919-683-3066), David Heid (DavidHeid@nc.rr.com), or Susan Greenberg (919-660-3300, susie@duke.edu)
  • *JAZZ PIANO-Ed Paolantonio (919-596-4410)
  • SAXOPHONE- Susan Fancher (fanch@earthlink.net)
  • *JAZZ SAXOPHONE- Dave Finucane (358-0753, dave.finucane@gmail.com)
  • TROMBONE & TUBA- Michael Kris (919-554-1562, mkris@email.unc.edu)
  • TRUMPET-Don Eagle (919-783-4296, deagle001@gmail.com)
  • VIOLA-Jonathan Bagg (919-660-3331, jbagg@duke.edu)
  • VIOLIN-Hsiao-mei Ku (919-660-3329, hmku@duke.edu), Eric Pritchard (919-660-3325, epritch@duke.edu), or Claudia Warburg (919-383-7586, claudia.warburg@duke.edu)
  • VOICE-Susan Dunn (919-660-3323, opera@duke.edu), Penelope Jensen (919-660-3312, ep.jensen@mindspring.com), Wayne Lail (919-660-3312, wlail@duke.edu), Elizabeth Linnartz (919-660-3332, elizabeth.linnartz@alumni.duke.edu), or Sandra Cotton (sandra.cotton@duke.edu)

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