Some UNO Ensembles require an entrance audition in order to participate. Auditions are held each year during the week before classes begin in August. Excerpts are posted in July of each year.
If you are looking to audition for acceptance into the School of Music to pursue a music degree, please click here.
Instrument Area
To sign up for an audition, click on the link in your instrument area.
| Classical Brass | Classical Percussion |
| Choral | Strings |
| Jazz (All Instruments) | Classical Woodwind |
UNO Athletic Bands
If you are interested in performing with the "Maverick Machine" pep band or Maverick Winter Guard, please visit the UNO Bands webpage for further information. These groups will hold separate auditions after the academic year begins. Please contact Dr. Joshua Kearney (jskearney@unomaha.edu) with specific questions regarding the concert and athletic band program.
Classical Brass Auditions
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All brass auditions will be asking for major and minor scales as well as the selected repertoire below:
- Trumpet:
- Tenor Trombone
- Bass Trombone
- Euphonium
- Tuba
- Horn:
Choral Auditions
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AUDITION DESCRIPTION
Auditions for the 2025-2026 UNO choirs will take place in person in SPAC 219.
Your in-person audition will consist of the following:
1. Sing the melody (soprano line) to “My Country, ‘Tis of Thee” (F major, Though you may be asked to sing the melody at a higher or lower key depending on your voice part)
2. A few exercises to assess your sight-reading skills, tonal memory, and vocal range. This material will be provided during the audition.
Please arrive 10 minutes early to your scheduled audition time. Before entering your audition, there will be a paper form to fill out that you will hand to the director.
All students enrolled in voice lessons as well as all vocal and choral majors must complete an audition.
For those interested in Concert Choir, there will be a Callback which will take place on Sunday, August 24th, from 5pm-7:30pm. More information regarding the Callbacks will be giving after one's initial audition.
Percussion Auditions
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Audition Excerpts for first years, sophomores, non-majors:
Mallets: “Carefree” by Daniel Gottlob Turk, all
Snare: Etude 28 by Mitchell Peters, all
Timpani: Mitchell Peters timpani etude in Bb Major, all
Audition Excerpts for juniors, seniors, and graduate students:
Mallets: Etude XXXIV by Morris Goldenberg, all
Snare: Etude 87 by Jacques Delecluse, m. 1-15
Timpani: “Timpanese Waltz” by Pablo Rieppi, m. 1-32
String Auditions
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Music majors pursuing a BM or MM in performance/education, or a BA Music Studies degree, and all students who receive a scholarship (regardless of degree track), are required to audition for orchestra.
Non-music majors may audition for orchestra if they wish to be considered for a leadership position but are not required to audition.
Violin, viola, cello, and bass will prepare two excerpts in addition to sight-reading provided at the audition. There will be no solo piece.
Reach out to Dr. Perkinson, mperkinson@unomaha.edu with questions about audition materials.
Reach out to Dr. Brooks, matthewbrooks@unomaha.edu with questions about orchestra.