If you are interested, please
email or call Heidi Lord (320-360-4321 ).
As SCSO Personnel Manager, Heidi will arrange for you to receive the
audition music and to audition with the SCSO Music Director, William
Schrickel. Auditions are held in advance of each major
concert.
The personnel base
of the SCSO, as with most community orchestras, contains players of
varying ranges of ability and experience. While this is a given, it
is essential that this range remains within limits that enable the ensemble
to function well.
The following minimum technical
standards must be met in order to be and remain a member of the
Orchestra. These are:
A basic level of musical
and technical proficiency.
- The ability to clearly improve on one's
part through individual practice.
- The ability to hear how one's part fits
in with others, and thus be a functional ensemble player.
- The ability to sight-read at an
elementary to intermediate level.
- A functional sense of rhythm and
intonation, and the ability to tune within simple harmonies.
Additionally, it is expected that all
members will:
- Consistently attend rehearsals.
- Consistently arrive at rehearsals in
time to warm up and to be ready when the rehearsal begins.
- Practice their
individual parts consistently enough to resolve mistakes and
problems that occur during rehearsals.
