Ensemble Auditions

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 go to our undergraduate admissions page.

To sign up for an audition, click on the link in your instrument area.

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:

Learn all excerpts for band and orchestra auditions. Jazz audition music is posted in the Jazz Audition section.

Choral Auditions

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AUDITION DESCRIPTION

Auditions for the 2026-2027 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 23rd, from 5pm-7:30pm. More information regarding the Callbacks will be giving after one's initial audition.