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Auditions — Fall 2025
Become a part of the Stanford Wind Symphony!
📅 Auditions are now open! 👉 [Click here to sign up] for a Fall 2025 audition time.
🎯 Who Can Audition?
We welcome:
• New Stanford students (undergraduates and graduates)
• Returning ensemble members
• Graduate students, post-docs, and community musicians.
If you play a woodwind, brass, or percussion instrument and love high-level ensemble performance, you’re invited!
🎼 What to Prepare
- A solo piece (3–5 minutes) from your instrument’s standard repertoire (e.g., a movement from a sonata or concerto, or a technical étude)
- Sight-reading: You will also be asked to sight-read an excerpt from wind ensemble literature.
📍 Location
All auditions will be held at: Braun Music Center, Room 222A, Stanford University
❓ Questions?
Feel free to contact the Music Director: Giancarlo Aquilanti 📧 gcarlo@ccrma.stanford.edu