Symphony Orchestra at ASC

The San Luis Valley Symphony is composed of professional musicians, ASC students and community members. Enrollment is open to ASC string, brass, woodwind, keyboard and percussion students. Music from the standard orchestral repertoire is studied and performed each semester such as works by Beethoven, Haydn and Dvorak and Tchaikovsky.

2010-2011SLV Symphony Concerto Competition Rules 1. Open to members of the San Luis Valley Symphony 2010-2011 Season. 2. Repertoire: The first movement of a standard work for solo instrument and orchestra, about 5 to 15 minutes in length. A complete work can be used if it fits that time frame. 3. Memorization is required. 4. Factors that the decision will be based on will include musicianship, technique, memorization, readiness to perform with orchestra and appropriateness of the repertoire. 5. The decision of the judge/s will be final. The judge/s may not award a winner if none is deemed ready to perform with orchestra but will be strongly encouraged to award one. 6. Auditionees must provide their own accompanist to play the orchestral reduction for the audition. 7. Winners may not audition again for three years. 8. Audition date: March 1, 2011, from 4:00pm – 5:00pm. If there is more than one hour's length of auditions, the auditions may start early or continue later in the evening, based on auditionee's schedules, if necessary. 9. Those wishing to audition should email the auditionee's name, email address, phone number, composer and title of work to walipke@adams.edu by February 28, 2011, or earlier if possible. 10. Auditionees must provide judges with a copy of the solo part with either orchestra or with orchestral reduction for piano.