Ensembles

Performance opportunities abound with more than 200 performances on campus annually, including the university's holiday tradition, the Feast of Lights. Our ensembles have been heard at conferences including NCCO, ACDA, CASMEC, Choral Canada, and have toured to exciting destinations including New York City, Portland, Newfoundland, and others!  We have done complete performances of major works such as Berlioz Requiem, Verdi Requiem, Mozart Requiem, as well as newly commissioned works and everything in between. 

The Conservatory of Music has a very close and special relationship with the Redlands Symphony Orchestra (RSO). Redlands students get to see their teachers perform in Memorial Chapel as the principal players in the RSO and qualified students have the opportunity to play in the RSO as an assistant, substitute or section player. The student winner of the University of Redlands Concerto Competition earns the opportunity to perform with the RSO on a regular subscription series concert.

Audition Information for the School of Performing Arts, Conservatory of Music Ensembles and Department of Theatre and Dance Productions, can be found here.

School of Performing Arts Audition Information

Interested students may also attend the Music Orientation on Friday, August 25th at 10:30am in Frederick Loewe Performance Hall (FLPH), inside of Watchorn Hall (WAT) to ask questions and get help signing up for an audition.

Fall 2024 Auditions, Conservatory of Music

Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band

All wind and percussion players will sign up for an audition. Auditions will take place on Tuesday, September 3 and Wednesday, September 4. You will be asked to play a prepared selection or excerpt, scales, and do some sight reading.
Questions may be directed to Prof. David Scott David_Scott@redlands.edu

Here is the link to sign up for your ensemble audition time.

Note that invitations to perform with the University Orchestra will also be based on these auditions.

University Choir and Chapel Singers

Choral auditions will be held on Wednesday, September 4 and Friday, September 6.  Times are available between 10:00am and 2:00pm each day. You will be asked to sing a prepared selection of your choice and do some sight singing. There is an online audition form and an online scheduling form; both are available here:

Here is the link for your choir audition form. Be sure to complete it BEFORE your audition.

Here is the link to sign up for your choir audition time.

Questions may be directed to Prof. Nicholle Andrews Nicholle_Andrews@redlands.edu

Studio Big Band (Jazz Band)

Rhythm section players will audition on Thursday, September 5 from 7:00pm-9:00pm in the Valencia Room. All horn players (Trumpets, Trombones and Saxophones) will audition on Thursday, September 5 from 7:00pm-9:00pm in the Valencia Room.    Studio Big Band will rehearse Monday evenings from 7:30pm – 9pm.  All students should (not required) prepare a jazz etude, solo, or transcription.  You will be asked to sightread. 

Questions may be directed to Prof. David Scott  David_Scott@redlands.edu

Here is the link to sign up for your big band audition time.  

University Orchestra

String players who would like to audition for University Orchestra will audition on Tuesday, September 3 between 10:50am and 12:40pm. 

Students will be asked to perform the excerpts provided by the conductor, Prof. Co Nguyen; you can obtain the excerpts and direct any questions to Co_Nguyen@redlands.edu 

Here is the link to sign up for your orchestra audition time. 

Percussion Studio

Audition material for Symphonic Band, Wind Ensemble, Symphony Orchestra, and Percussion Ensemble can be found here.
All students are welcome to audition for large ensembles.

Questions can be directed to Prof. Bill Schlitt billschlitt@icloud.com and Prof. Yuri Inoo yuri.inoo@gmail.com 

Fall 2024 Auditions, Department of Theatre and Dance

Real Women Have Curves, by Josefina Lopez 

Directed by Gregory Ramos
Auditions: September 9
Callbacks: September 10-11
Performance Dates: November 8-9, 16-17

Set in a tiny sewing factory in East L.A., this is the outrageously funny story of five full-figured Mexican-American women who are racing to meet nearly impossible production deadlines in order to keep their tiny factory from going under. And while they work, hiding from the INS (Immigration and Naturalization Service), they talk... about their husbands and lovers, their children, their dreams for the future. The story is told from the point of view of Ana, the youngest among them. Just graduated from high school, Ana dreams of getting out of the barrio and going off to college and becoming a famous writer. Although she needs the money, Ana doesn't like working at the factory and has little respect for the coworkers, who make fun of her ambitions and what they consider her idealistic feminist philosophies. However, Ana keeps coming to her job and chronicling her experiences in a journal. As the summer unfolds, she slowly gains an understanding and appreciation of the work and the women, eventually writing an essay that wins her a journalism fellowship which will take her to New York City. This play, a microcosm of the Latina immigrant experience, celebrates real women's bodies, the power of women, and the incredible bond that happens when women work together.

For more information and to sign up for an audition click here.