EHS ORCHESTRA
PRACTICE LINKS
Hollow Knight, Silksong: Lace (click to listen)
A Su Merced Don Jose (click to listen)
A Su Merced Don Jose string parts
Ghosts of Bohemia (click to listen)
Ghosts of Bohemia string parts
Scale Practice Videos (slurred series)
Left Hand Tension exercise video
EHS Chamber Orchestra
Gig Book Sheet Music
Bass
TTC Ode to Joy
click for sheet music
Hallelujah Chorus (click to listen)
Hallelujah Chorus string parts
Hallelujah Chorus Screencasts
Christmas on Broadway (click to listen)
Christmas on Broadway string parts
Christmas on Broadway Screencasts
D6 ILMEA Senior Orchestra
Scale sheets w fingerings:
ILMEA Violin Senior Orchestra Scale Sheet
ILMEA Viola Senior Orchestra Scale Sheet
ILMEA Cello Senior Orchestra Scale Sheet
ILMEA Bass Senior Orchestra Scale Sheet
ILMEA Senior orchestra scales:
C, G, D, A, E, F, and Bb Major
c and g melodic minor
Violin-Viola-Cello: Three Octaves
String Bass: Two Octaves
Quarter Note = 120
Detached Bowing
ILMEA Video of scales - quarter note = 120
Brahms State Excerpts 2026
Brahms Set (click for sheet music)
(*violas - no repeats)
Screencasts:
Violin - Brahms state excerpt (click)
Viola - Brahms state excerpt (click)
Cello - Brahms state excerpt (click)
Bass - Brahms state excerpt (click)
Mendelssohn/ Berlioz 2024 ILMEA State Required Excerpts string parts
Mendelssohn excerpt cello part with fingerings
Click to practice along with these screencasts:
Violin Mendelssohn State excerpt screencast
Viola Berlioz State excerpt screencast
Cello Mendelssohn State excerpt screencast
Bass Berlioz State excerpt screencast
ILMEA Mozart Year 2023 State Excerpts
Mozart State Excerpts Screencasts:
ILMEA Violin State Excerpt Mozart
ILMEA Viola State Excerpt Mozart
ILMEA Cello/Bass State Excerpt Mozart
ILMEA State Excerpt Beethoven Year 2025
Click for state excerpts - Beethoven year
Screencasts:
Beethoven Violin state excerpt
Beethoven Cello and Bass excerpt
Stretching exercises for string players
String player technique exercises
Orange Blossom Special (arr. Augustin Hadelich)
Double Bass Videos
Viola Videos
Lawrence Power: British Viola Virtuoso
Interval Ear Training Exercise
Reading Rhythms Practice videos
ILMEA D6 Junior Orchestra Info
All-District Festival - Saturday, November 21, 2026 at SIU Carbondale
1263 Lincoln Drive, Carbondale, IL 62901
Conductor, Sheila Felder
ILMEA Orchestra Audition Process (click)
LMEA Student Audition & Festival Timeline (click)
Audition Recording and Sharing Instructions (click)
All audition video recordings must be submitted as an unlisted youtube link.
Youtube "short" links will not be accepted.
Junior Orchestra Audition Materials:
2. ILMEA Commissioned Etudes Cycle 3
Junior orchestra lyrical etude cycle 3 (click for sheet music)
Junior orchestra technical etude cycle 3 (click for sheet music)
3. Supplemental Material - Brandenburg No. 3
Brandenburg No. 3 excerpt (click for sheet music)
Junior Orchestra Concert Program:
Brandenburg No. 3, J.S. Bach/ arr. Merle J. Isaac
Brandenburg Concerto No 3 string parts
Atlantis of the Sands, Chris Pilsner
Atlantis of the Sands string parts
The Lord of the Dance, Ronan Hardiman/ arr. Larry Moore
The Lord of the Dance string parts
Warrior Legacy, Soon Hee Newbold