Wind Orchestra and Wind Ensemble
The Cal Poly Wind Orchestra and Wind Ensemble perform each quarter in the Performing Arts Center on campus. With CD recordings and international tours, these ensembles have established a wide reputation for musical excellence. Recent tours include a performance in the Walt Disney Concert Hall as a part of the Los Angeles International Music Festival in 2010, and a tour of major concert halls in Budapest, Vienna, Schladming, Salzburg, Munich, and Prague in 2006. The groups have also performed in Beethoven Hall in Tokyo, Herbst Theatre in San Francisco, Michael Fowler Centre in New Zealand, the Sydney Opera House, and Carnegie Hall in New York City. In June of this academic year (2012-13), the bands will be traveling to Ireland, Scotland and England as a part of their 2013 United Kingdom Performance Tour. Both ensembles have openings for new members each year. Come and join us!
Auditions
- Sign-up sheets for auditions will be posted on the bulletin board just outside the Band Office, room 214-A, in the Music Building, at the beginning of Cal Poly’s Week of Welcome (WOW). Auditions will begin at the end of WOW and continue through the first week of class. The purpose of the audition is to give the directors the opportunity to know you on a personal basis, and to determine how to make you a better performer. It is also to decide which ensemble is best for you and to determine which chair position you will hold for the fall quarter.
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For the audition, please prepare a fast piece to demonstrate your technical ability and a slow piece to show your ability to be expressive. Musical excerpts should be no longer than 2 or 3 minutes. This 10-minute session will be relaxed and informal.
Qualifications
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If you have been an active member of your high school and/or college band, you already have the basic skills necessary for membership. There is a place for you in the Cal Poly ensembles. Come and join us
Credit for participating
- Wind Orchestra
- MU 172-01 or MU 372-01
- Rehearsal: MW 7:10 - 9:00 p.m. (Fall quarter)
- MW 5:10 - 6:30 p.m. (Winter/Spring quarters)
- Wind Ensemble
- MU 173-01 or MU 373-01
- Rehearsal: MW 8:15 - 10:00 p.m. (Fall quarter)
- MW 7:10 - 9:00 p.m. (Winter/Spring quarters)
First Meeting
- WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 19, 7:10-8:30 p.m.
- It is very important that you attend the Organizational Meeting of the Wind Orchestra and Wind Ensemble to be held in Room 216 of the Music Building (#45) even though the audition results will not have been posted. This will be an informational meeting and you will not need to bring your instrument.
Ensemble Director
Andrew McMahan, Director of Bands
E-mail Andrew McMahan
Office phone: 805-756-2556
Office location: Davidson Music Center, building 45, room 214A
Web page of Wind Orchestra and Wind Ensemble
Ensemble Director
Christopher Woodruff, Associate Director of Bands
E-mail Christopher Woodruff
Office phone: 805-756-2556
Office location: Davidson Music Center, building 45, room 214A
Web page of Wind Orchestra and Wind Ensemble