Course
UNDERGRADUATE ENS 102U
GRADUATE ENS 182U
T-Th, 7–8:30p
MRH 2.118
Dress rehearsals (mandatory for all UTUO performers) are held 6:30-10pm in Bates Recital Hall on the Sunday prior to each Tuesday night concert.
UTUO is a 1-credit-hour course.
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The University of Texas University Orchestra (UTUO) is the university's campus-wide orchestra, drawing its membership from throughout the university community. Led by graduate students in orchestral conducting, the UTUO welcomes all UT Austin undergraduate and graduate students as well as faculty, staff and affiliates to audition. UTUO performs two concerts each semester that reflect a wide and exciting range of symphonic literature.
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ALL university students are eligible to audition for University Orchestra for all standard orchestral instruments (except piano). Auditions are in both Fall and Spring semesters. Students admitted in Fall do not re-audition in Spring.
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.
Audition Information
Spring 2027 audition information will be posted soon,
Upcoming Performances
Hamish MacCunn
The Land of the Mountain and the Flood
Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 6 in D Major, op. 60
Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Wasp Overture
Amy Beach
Symphony in E Minor, op. 32, Gaelic
Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Capriccio Italien, op. 45
Jean Sibelius
Karelia Suite, op. 11
Aram Khachaturian
Masquerade Suite
Previous Events
Explore concerts and repertoire from recent seasons
Chris Tran, conductor
Jarred Kennedy, conductor
Jonathan Thoma, conductor
George Whitefield Chadwick
Jubilee from Symphonic Sketches
Alexander Borodin
Symphony No. 2 in B Minor
Johann Strauss
Die Fledermaus Overture
Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov
The Tsar’s Bride Overture
Manuel De Falla
Three-Cornered Hat Suite No. 2
Antonín Dvořák
Carnival Overture, op. 92
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 1 in E Minor, op. 39
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Symphonic Variations on an African Air
Josef Suk
Pohadka (Fairy Tale), op. 16
Alexander Borodin
Prince Igor Overture
Vasily Kalinnikov
Symphony No. 2 in A Major
Matthew Pavon, conductor
Chris Tran, conductor
Edvard Grieg
Lyric Suite, Op. 54, Nos. 1-4
Modest Mussorgsky
Pictures at an Exhibition
Chris Tran, conductor
Matthew Pavon, conductor
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 1 in C Major
Florence Price
Symphony No. 3 in C Minor
Chris Tran, conductor
Matthew Pavon, conductor
Sergei Rachmaninoff
The Rock, Fantasy, Op. 7
Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Suite from Swan Lake, Op. 20a
Matthew Pavon, conductor
Chris Tran, conductor
W.A. Mozart
Symphony No. 34 in C Major, K. 338
Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88
Paul Dukas
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Maurice Ravel
Rapsodie espangole
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Ke Yuan Hsin, Gabriela Mora Fallas, & Zongheng Zhang, conductors
Jean Sibelius
Finlandia
Vasily Kalinnikov
Symphony No. 1 in G Minor