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Spring 2008 Auditions

Piano:
Wednesday, January 9 -- 4:30-5:30pm -- Biddle 085
*Sign-up list posted outside Biddle 085
*Questions: Prof. Randall M. Love, Director of Performance (rmlove@duke.edu)

Voice:
Thursday, January 10 -- 2:30-4:30pm -- Biddle 075
Friday, January 11 -- 11:00am-1:30pm -- Biddle 075
*Sign-up list posted outside Biddle 075
*Questions: Prof. Susan Dunn (opera@duke.edu)

See below for fees, course credit, instructors and other information.

Fall 2007 Auditions

Auditions are required for admission to these courses.

Fees per semester for lessons in 2007-08:
Class lessons (0.25 course credit): $107
Private lessons: $428/one hour lesson (0.5 course credit); $214/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).

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.)
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 27-Fri, Aug 31 10 am-5 pm Chorale and Chapel Choir
(call 684-3898)
036 Westbrook
       
Sat, Aug 25 1-2:30 pm Chapel Choir Open Rehearsal Duke Chapel
  4-5:30 pm Ensemble Information Meeting for those interested in Music Dept. vocal and instrumental groups 019 Biddle
       
Sun, Aug 26 9:15 am-
12 pm
Chapel Choir Rehearsal & Service Duke Chapel
       
Mon, Aug 27 1:30-4 pm Voice 019 Biddle
  4-7:30 pm Classical Piano 085 Biddle
  4-7 pm Jazz Ensemble & Combos Saxophone, Flute, & Clarinet 064 Biddle
  6:30-9:30 pm Viola, Cello & Bass 084 Biddle
  7-8:30 pm Chorale & Chapel Choir Sing-Along: Mozart, Coronation Mass Duke Chapel
  7-9 pm Collegium Musicum 104 Biddle
  7-10 pm Jazz Ensemble & Combos Rhythm Section: (Guitar, Percussion, Bass, Piano) & Jazz Vocalists 064 Biddle
  7:30-8:30 pm Saxophone & Euphonium 019 Biddle
  8-9 pm Classical Guitar 024 Biddle
       
Tues, Aug 28 3:30-5:30 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 29 4:30-6:30 pm Opera Workshop Info Session Baldwin Auditorium
  7-11 pm Horn, Trumpet, Trombone, & Tuba 019 Biddle
  7:15-9:15 pm Jazz Ensemble First Rehearsal Baldwin Auditorium
       
Thurs, Aug 30 5:45-6:45 pm Percussion (Orchestra, Wind Symphony, lessons) Baldwin Auditorium
  6-11 pm Violin 084 Biddle
  7:30-9:30 pm Wind Symphony Open Rehearsal Baldwin Auditorium

* For Djembe (West African drumming), Afro-Cuban percussion, Jazz Piano, Jazz Guitar, Classical Guitar, Harp, Percussion, Organ, or Harpsichord lessons, 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), Tom Moore (660-5952, stephen.moore@duke.edu)
The Collegium rehearses Monday 6:15-9:00 pm in 065 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)

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), Emily Threinen (660-3306)
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, dlile@mindspring.com)
  • *HARP-Laura Byrne (919-933-0698, laurabyrneharpist@yahoo.com)
  • *HARPSICHORD-Robert Parkins (919-660-3315, rparkins@duke.edu)
  • HORN-Pamela Halverson (919-787-9788, pamweasel@prodigy.net)
  • OBOE-Bo Newsome (919-220-6083) and Joseph Robinson (Spring 2008, 919-660-3300)
  • *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-Dave Finucane (919-660-3300, dave.finucane@gmail.com)
  • TROMBONE & TUBA- Michael Kris (919-554-1562, mkris@email.unc.edu)
  • TRUMPET-Don Eagle (919-781-2527, 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), or Elizabeth Linnartz (919-660-3332, elizabeth.linnartz@alumni.duke.edu)

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