EHS ORCHESTRA
PRACTICE LINKS
December 2, 2026 Holiday Concert
Ose Shalom screencasts:
Hallelujah Chorus (click to listen)
Hallelujah Chorus string parts
Hallelujah Chorus Screencasts:
Irving Berlin's Christmas (click to listen)
Irving Berlin's string parts (vln, vla, cello)
Irving Berlin's double bass part
Winter Wonder (click to listen)
Score and sheetmusic:
October 8, 2026 Fall Concert
Symphonic Orchestra
Countryside Rigadoon (click to listen)
Countryside Rigadoon string parts
about composer Alexander LaMotte (click)
about the composer Armond Vance (click)
Orchestra playing test videos due in Schoology:
Symphonic Orchestra Playing Test
Due Monday, September 21
Fury in the Storm, page 2
metronome set at 90 (or higher)
Fury in the Storm (click to listen)
Fury in the Storm string parts
Vivaldi Summer - Joshua Bell (click)
Gluck Dance of the Furies (click)
Screencasts:
Ghosts of Bohemia (click to listen)
Ghosts of Bohemia string parts
about composer Joshua Reznicow (click)
Concert Orchestra
about the composer Aaron Fryklund (click)
Orchestra playing test videos due in Schoology:
Concert Orchestra Playing Test
Due Thursday, September 24
Don Jose, page 1
metronome set at 60 for the slow section and 110 (or higher) for the fast section
A Su Merced Don Jose (click to listen)
A Su Merced Don Jose string parts
about composer Nubia Jaime Donjuan (click)
Screencasts:
Someone to Watch Over Me (click to listen)
Someone to Watch Over Me string parts
about the composer George Gershwin (click)
Combined Music
Thunderstruck (click to listen)
AC/DC Thunderstruck video (click)
Thunderstruck Screencasts:
ILMEA Senior Orchestra Practice Tools:
Screencasts:
Violin - Brahms state excerpt (click)
Viola - Brahms state excerpt (click)
Cello - Brahms state excerpt (click)
Bass - Brahms state excerpt (click)
ILMEA Video of scales - quarter note = 120
Final Exam:
Semester Final Exam Study Guide
Interval Ear Training Exercise
Reading Rhythms Practice videos
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
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
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
ILMEA Policies:
All policies are posted at www.ilmea.org/policies
Any policy that is posted below supersedes policy found in any previous versions of the ILMEA Operational Policy Manual.
All-State Eligibility and Quotas
All-State Student Programs, Policies and Procedures
Chorus - Auditions & Nominations, District Festival Selection, All-State Selection
Clinic & Performance Selection
Composition & Remix Contest Rules & Policies
District Festivals - Ensembles & Planning Policies
Financial Reporting & Practices
Illinois Music Education Conference Policies
Instrumental Jazz - Auditions & Nominations, District Festival Selection, All-State Selection
Member Voting & Policy Changes
Strings - Auditions & Nominations, District Festival Selection, All-State Selection
Vocal Jazz - Auditions & Nominations, District Festival Selection, All-State Selection
Wind & Percussion - Auditions & Nominations, District Festival Selection, All-State Selection (no changes for 2026-2027)