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RETURNING MEMBERS

If you are a member of the Symphonic Winds (or have played in the ensemble for a previous concert), you do not need to re-audition — you are still a member! Please email SDB (Steven.D.Bodner@williams) to confirm that you will be continuing in the ensemble.

NEW MEMBERS

Auditions for the Symphonic Winds will take place on Saturday, September 8, 2007, in Bernhard Music Center room 30. Sign-up sheets are located across from BMC room 28.

The audition is simply for seating purposes and repertoire part assignments — all students who audition for the Symphonic Winds are in!

This one audition, however, is also for the Student Symphony, the Berkshire Symphony, and for chamber music ensembles. As with Symphonic Winds, all students who wish to be considered for the Student Symphony are accepted into the ensemble; for the Berkshire Symphony and chamber music ensembles, the audition is also for membership.

Each student should prepare approximately 5-10 minutes of music of her/his choice, consisting both of something lyrical and something technical. If you have questions about the appropriateness of your selection(s), please email SDB (Steven.D.Bodner@williams.edu.) In addition, studentsÊinterested in being considered for the Berkshire Symphony are required to prepare the repertoire from the first BSO concert: Schubert’s Symphony No. 5 and Strauss’s Overture to Die Fledermaus. Parts may be picked-up across from Bernhard 28 (next to the audition sign-up sheets) or by emailing Ernie Clark, concert manager, at Ernest.M.Clark@williams.edu.

Questions or concerns? Please email Steven Bodner, director of the Symphonic Winds, at Steven.D.Bodner@williams.edu.