Symphony Orchestra and Wind Symphony Auditions

Audition Process

The Liberty University Symphony Orchestra (LUSO) and the Liberty University Wind Symphony (LUWS) are open to all LU students, regardless of major.

Students interested in auditioning should optimistically enroll in either LUSO (MUSC 185/485/589) or LUWS (MUSC 194/494/589) for one credit hour and prepare the audition materials as listed below.

• LUSO meets on Tuesdays / Thursdays | 3:45-6:15 p.m.
• LUWS meets on Mondays / Wednesdays /Fridays | 12:00-1:55 p.m.

For students who play woodwinds, brass, percussion, harp, and piano, auditions for the Fall 2025 semester will be conducted in advance via video submissions, due by May 10, 2025. Incoming freshmen, transfer students, graduate students, and returning LU students will all submit video auditions.

For students who play strings, auditions will be held in person on the afternoon of Sunday, August 17, 2025.

To audition, each student will prepare three excerpts:

• two excerpts will be pre-selected (listed below, by instrument)
• one excerpt will be selected by the student (about 30-60 seconds of a solo piece)

Each student will record themselves performing the excerpts (smartphone quality is fine), upload the videos to YouTube (unlisted), and submit the videos within the Audition Form.

To submit a video audition, please go to the LUSO and LUWS Audition Form.

Required Audition Excerpts:

• Flute (PDF)
• Oboe (PDF)
• Clarinet (PDF)
• Bassoon (PDF)
• Saxophone (PDF)
• Horn (PDF)
• Trumpet (PDF)
• Trombone (PDF)
• Bass Trombone (PDF)
• Euphonium (PDF)
• Tuba (PDF)
• Percussion (PDF)
• Piano (PDF)
• Harp (PDF)

For violin, viola, cello, and double bass, more information will be added on this website by May 31, 2025.