Sinfonia Orchestra, Winter Concert, 2009

Available positions (30 to 39 positions):
    Six to eight 1st Violins, eight to ten 2nd Violins, six to eight Violas, six to eight Cellos, & four to five Basses.

1.         Two octave (two for Basses) Bb and F scales (Three octaves for First Violin section)
   
2.         Solo excerpt (Does not include rehearsed SoJo literature)
3.         Sight reading

1. Play twelve Major Scales (Scales: A, D, G, C, F, Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb/F#, B, E) in three octaves, by memory, without mistakes, in eighth notes at a Quarter Note = mm. 120.
2. Determine relative minor scales and perform them on demand with 100% accuracy.
   
3. Sightread grade 3 music with 87% (B+) accuracy.
4. Perform grade 4 music with 100% accuracy.
   

* * Music difficulty levels:

• Grade 0 (Introductory [First Concert])
  
• Grade 1 (Beginner [Beginning])
  
• Grade 1.5 (Beginner + / VE [Very Easy])
  

Grade 2 (Easy / Intermediate) More advanced than Grade 1, music in Grade two may offer an expanded tessatura, longer phrases, changes to closely related keys, and introduce more complicated rhythms such as dotted note values.

Grade 3 (Late Intermediate / Medium Easy) More complicated rhythms including some syncopation, as well as more key changes and several notes in the expanded range of the instrument are made available in Grade 3 music.

Grade 4 (Medium / Early Advanced) Grade 4 music begins to explore the full range of the instrument while involving more advanced rhythms and melodic passages including chromaticism.

Grade 5 (Medium-Advanced / Advanced) Grade 5 music shows of many of the techniques involved in playing instruments by involving some technically difficult passages and utilizing the full chromatic range of the instrument.

Grade 6 (Advanced + / Professional Level) Filled with technical and difficult passages, Grade 6 music will certainly take some rehearsal and practice, but it will pay off with a professional sounding performance with professional level music.

Grade 7 (Virtuoso) For the professional and advanced players, Grade 7 music will challenge and delight, offering extended techniques, very difficult technical aspects, and very demanding pieces, both physically and mentally.