Course
M-W-F, 12–2p
MRH 2.118
UNDERGRADUATE ENS 102S
GRADUATE ENS 182S
UTSO is a one credit hour course.
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The University of Texas Symphony Orchestra performs a diverse range of symphonic literature six times a year. The ensemble collaborates with prominent artists from around the globe, as well as with the distinguished faculty of the Butler School of Music. Recognized as one of the premier college orchestras in the nation, the UTSO is regularly featured on Austin’s classical music station, KMFA 89.5, and has performed in a number of prestigious local and national venues.
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UTSO is open to all qualified students university-wide by audition.
Auditions take place in the first week of the Fall semester. Audition information is typically posted around August 1 each year.
Students may choose to register for the course either before or after the audition. In the event a student is not selected, they can drop the course credit according to standard university policy. Registering for the course does not guarantee admission.
Strings
Audition Information
Requirements and Schedule
All auditions will take place in the Orchestra Room 2.118.
Click on your instrument below for repertoire requirements. Students should prepare one movement of a concerto or a solo work of equal difficulty in addition to all of the excerpts for your instrument.
Students should show up at least 10 minutes before scheduled audition time with music prepared and instrument tuned.
Cello
Sunday, August 24
Double Bass
Sunday, August 24
Violin
Saturday, August 23
Viola
Saturday, August 23
Sign-Up
Register for an audition and sign up for an audition slot by August 15. Please note that we reserve the right to adjust the schedule as needed so students should monitor their email in case a change is made.
Any questions about the audition process should be directed to the Graduate TAs at utorchestras@utexas.edu and Prof. Khudyev at Farkhad.Khudyev@austin.utexas.edu. Please contact us if there are no audition slots remaining for your instrument.
Winds & Percussion
Audition Information
Requirements
All music majors auditioning for ensembles are required to take the rotation audition. Non-majors also have the option of taking the rotation audition, however they are not required to. Non-majors wishing to audition only for Symphony Band can find more information in the Symphony Band section.
All auditions will take place in Bates Recital Hall.
Students will be required to play excerpts for their instrument:
Schedule
A detailed schedule by instrument will be posted soon.
Sunday, August 24
Monday, August 25
Tuesday, August 26
Wednesday, August 27
Sign-Up
A form to sign up for an audition time will be posted here in the next few weeks.
Watch
Go inside rehearsal with the University of Texas Symphony Orchestra. Students discuss their love for the music, their shared experience and their beloved conductor, the orchestra's Director of Music Farkhad Khudyev, who brings passion and energy to every rehearsal and concert.
Concerto Competition
Each season the Symphony Orchestra performs major works with winners of every Butler School Concerto Competition:
- Strings
- Brass, Woodwinds & Percussion
- Piano
- Voice & Opera
- Composition
Recent Visiting Artists
John Adams
William Bolcom
Carl St. Clair
James Conlon
Michael Gilbertson
Jennifer Higdon
Michelle Merrill
Christopher Roundtree
Upcoming Performances
Farkhad Khudyev, conductor
Rebecca Davis, soprano
Richard Strauss
Don Juan, Op. 20
Giuseppe Verdi
Ave Maria from Otello
Ottorino Respighi
Pines of Rome
+ more...
Farkhad Khudyev, conductor
Andrew Parker, oboe
Claude Debussy
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
W.A. Mozart
Oboe Concerto in C Major, K. 314
Maurice Ravel
Mother Goose Suite
Farkhad Khudyev, conductor
Niyazi Hajibeyov
Suite from the ballet Chitra
Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No. 10 in E Minor, op. 93
Farkhad Khudyev, conductor
Behzod Abduraimov, piano
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Polonaise from Eugene Onegin
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, op. 23
Margaret Bonds
Montgomery Variations
Mahler's Symphony No. 2, Resurrection
Farkhad Khudyev, conductor
J.D. Burnett, director of choirs
Leah Crocetto, soprano
Sophio Dzidziguri, mezzo soprano
Concerto Competition Winners
Farkhad Khudyev, conductor
Winning soloists and repertoire will be announced later in the season after finals take place.
WATCH
Scene and Duet from Ballet Suite No. 2,
"The Path of Thunder"
Gara Garayev
Farkhad Khudyev, conductor
excerpt
Bates Recital Hall
Austin, TX
Past Events
Explore recent performances & repertoire from previous seasons.
Featuring Anton Nel, piano
W.A. Mozart | Piano Concerto No. 23
Florence Price | Dances in the Canebrakes
Tchaikovsky | Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy
Gabriela Lena Frank | Leyendas:
Schubert | Rosamunde, D. 797
Beethoven | Leonore Overture No. 3
Featuring Patrick Hughes, horn
Saint-Saëns | Romance for Horn & Orchestra
Max Reger | Scherzeno
Antonín Dvořák | Symphony No. 8 in G Major
with Jonathan Gunn, clarinet
& Anton Nel, piano
Polina Nazaykinskaya | Nostalghia
W.A. Mozart | Symphony No. 40 in G min.
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
With UT Combined choirs
Rebecca Davis, soprano
Page Stephens, mezzo soprano
Ben Gulley, tenor
Donnie Ray Albert, baritone
Chase McCay, composer
John Dawson, marimba
Nick Hammel, violin
Emmanuel Séjourné | Marimba Concerto
Max Bruch | Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46
+ more...
Featuring
José Ramón García Pérez, piano
Hayan Kim, soprano
Sergei Rachmaninov | Piano Concerto No. 3
+ more...
Bion Tsang, cello
UT Choirs
Tchaikovsky
Pezzo Capriccioso
Ravel
Daphnis et Chloé Suite
+ more...
Andrew Parker, oboe
Jonathan Gunn, clarinet
Patrick Hughes, horn
Kristin Wolfe Jensen, bassoon
Mozart
Sinfonia Concertante for Four Winds
+ more...
This performance was moved from Feb 8 to Feb 12.
Donnie Ray Albert, baritone
Floyd
Pilgrimage
Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade, Op. 35
Farkhad Khudyev, conductor
Imamyar Hasanov, kamancha
Alim Gasimov, mugham singer
Natig Shirinov, naghara
Laman Hendricks, dancer
Khanmammadov
Concerto for Kamancha
+ more...
Concerto Winners Concert 1
Concerto Winners
Concert 1
Featuring
student winners of the Symphony Orchestra
Concerto Competition
Concerto Winners Concert 2
Concerto Winners
Concert 2
Featuring
student winners of the Symphony Orchestra
Concerto Competition
Douglas Kinney Frost, guest conductor
Leah Crocetto, soprano
Clarice Assad
Baião ‘n Blues (world premiere commissioned by KMFA 89.5)
Samuel Barber
Knoxville: Summer of 1915
+ more...
J.D. Burnett, Ke Yuan Hsin, & Gabriela Mora Fallas, guest conductors
UT Combined Choirs
Ester Mägi
Symphony No.1
Leonard Bernstein
Chichester Psalms
+ more...