EHS ORCHESTRA
PRACTICE LINKS
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
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
Fall Concert Sept 30, 2025
Concert Orchestra
Rhythm Dances (click to listen)
El Relicario (click to listen)
Symphony No. 8, Schubert (click to listen)
Symphonic Orchestra
Khachaturian Waltz (click to listen)
Khachaturian Waltz string parts
Basses Loaded (click to listen)
ILMEA 2025
Dvorak's Carnival Overture (click to listen)
Sheet music:
Violin 1 and 2 parts with excerpts marked
Copland's Hoe Down from Rodeo (click to listen)
Sheet music:
Violin 1 and 2 parts with excerpts marked
Copeland's Saturday Night Waltz (click to listen)
Click for state excerpts - 2025 Beethoven year
Screencasts:
Beethoven Violin state excerpt
Beethoven Cello and Bass excerpt
ILMEA
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 Junior Orchestra Music 2025
Themes from The New World Symphony (click)
The junior orchestra AUDITION will include:
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Statewide Junior Strings Etudes
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Scales: ILMEA junior scale sheet for violin, viola, cello and Bass (click) Two selected scales will be sent out 3 weeks before the audition date along with the announcement of excerpts for the Junior Orchestra Audition Prepared Selections. District 6 Junior Orchestra Scales: Violins: G Major (3 octaves); Bb, C, D and A Major (2 octaves); and g melodic minor (2 octaves)Viola/Cello: C Major (3 octaves); F, G, D and A Major (2 octaves); and c melodic minor (2 octaves)Bass: G Major (2 octaves); F, C, D and A Major (1 octave); and g melodic minor (1 octave)Scales should be played at the speed of 100 b.p.m. and detached bow strokes. ILMEA junior scale sheet for violin, viola, cello and Bass (click)
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One Excerpt from "Themes from the New World Symphony" (to be determined)