EHS ORCHESTRA
PRACTICE LINKS
Spring Orchestra Concert Thursday, April 30
Concert Orchestra
Swan Lake by Tchaikowsky (click)
St. Paul Suite Finale (Dargason) by Gustav Holst (click)
Game of Thrones
Combined Pieces
Symphonic Orchestra
Elgar Cello Concerto (Jacqueline Du Pre recording)
Elgar Enigma Variations - Nimrod
Tiger Town Saturday, March 21, 2026
Marquez, Danzon No. 2 (click to watch Gustavo Dudamel conduct)
Danzon No. 2 recording with score
Danzon Screencast for the last page:
Mambo from West Side Story (click to listen)
Mambo screencasts:
Bass page 2
Winter Concert Thursday, February 12, 2026
Symphonic Orchestra
Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, Tabita Berglund conducting
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, Score (click)
Symphonic Orchestra playing test due Tuesday, January 27
Fantasia
metronome marking: quarter note = 60
Vln 1, viola, cello, bass - Letter P - Letter T
Vln 2 - Letter A - Letter E
Concert Orchestra
Allegro Moderato, Symphony No. 3, Saint-Saens (click to listen)
Concert Orchestra playing test due January 27
Allegro Moderato
metronome marking: dotted quarter note = 62
violins, viola, cello, bass - measures 39-57
Playing test screencasts (click on your part)
Downton Abbey (click to listen)
American Reel (click to listen)
Combined Piece
Left Hand Tension exercise video
Screencasts:
Beethoven Violin state excerpt
Beethoven Cello and Bass excerpt
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
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
Scale Practice Videos (slurred series)
ILMEA scales quarter note = 120
All audition video recordings must be submitted as a public youtube link.
Mendelssohn/ Berlioz 2024 State Required Excerpts string parts
Mendelssohn excerpt cell 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 State Excerpt Screencasts 2023
ILMEA Violin State Excerpt Mozart
ILMEA Viola State Excerpt Mozart
ILMEA Cello/Bass State Excerpt Mozart
ILMEA State Excerpt Beethoven Year
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 Senior Orchestra 2026
Saturday, November 21, Belleville West High School
Conductor, Logan Campbell
Senior Orchestra audition materials:
1. One State Excerpt 2026-2027:
Brahms Set (click for sheet music)
2. Two Senior-Level Scales
Click HERE for the Orchestra Scale Sheets
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C, G, D, A, E, F, and Bb Major
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c and g melodic minor
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Violin-Viola-Cello: Three Octaves
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String Bass: Two Octaves
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Quarter Note = 120
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Detached Bowing
3. One excerpt from "Candide"
Senior Orchestra Concert Program:
Overture to "Candide", Leonard Bernstein (click to listen)
Prelude from the 49th Parallel, Ralph Vaughan Williams (click to listen)
The Bamboula, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (click to listen)
Overture to "Candide" sheet music
ILMEA Junior Orchestra 2026
Saturday, November 21, Belleville West High School
Conductor, Sheila Felder
Junior Orchestra Audition Materials:
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Two Junior-Level Scales (click for list of junior scales)
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Supplemental Material (Brandenburg No. 3)
Junior Orchestra Concert Program:
Brandenburg No. 3 by J.S. Bach/ arr. Merle J. Isaac
Brandenburg Concerto No 3 string parts
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Atlantis of the Sands by Chris Pilsner
Atlantis of the Sands string parts
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The Lord of the Dance by Ronan Hardiman/ arr. Larry Moore
The Lord of the Dance string parts
https://viewer.jwpepper.com/smc2/?product=2389690&preview=true
Warrior Legacy by Soon Hee Newbold
https://viewer.jwpepper.com/smc2/?product=10091998&preview=true