• 2024-25 Auditions will be held in-person from August 27-30 at Emory’s Schwartz Center for Performing Arts.
  • All auditionees must sign up for their audition via Emory’s online eAudition System – the system is now live.
  • Contact instrumentalmusic@emory.edu with questions or concerns about auditions/audition times.
  • Following the audition period in the Fall, the Department of Music will enroll successful auditionees in ensembles. Students cannot enroll themselves in EUSO.
  • All students must keep the EUSO class rehearsal times free of conflicts so that they are free to accept an invitation to join the orchestra: Tuesdays & Thursdays, 4:30pm-6:30pm.

NEW & RETURNING STUDENTS

Membership (via audition) is open to ALL Emory students (Oxford & Atlanta, undergraduate & graduate) each year. Majors, minors, and non-majors are all eligible to audition. The EUSO’s roster proudly draws from across all the University’s disciplines each year. 

Students may register for their audition online via our eAudition system here:

https://secure.web.emory.edu/music/eaudition/user/login


AUDITION REPERTOIRE

New and returning students may select up to six minutes of audition works from the standard solo, orchestral and etude repertoire.  A single piece with contrasting sections is also an acceptable option. Sight-reading may be required as well. Students are evaluated on the basis of tone quality, intonation, rhythmic accuracy, and expressivity.

Please click here for Percussion-specific audition requirements.

If you have any problems with the eAudition system,  please email Martha Shockey in the Music Department at mshocke@emory.edu.

Students – particularly incoming Freshmen – who may not yet know their class schedule should schedule their audition regardless and adjust their time if necessary. Remember to keep your schedule free of conflicts during the EUSO course meeting time – Tuesdays & Thursdays, 4:30pm-6:30pm. This will allow you to join the EUSO following your successful audition.

IMPORTANT ADVICE ON NOT WAITING TO AUDITION

Sometimes students consider waiting until the second semester of their freshmen year to try and audition; we would strongly recommend against this as a viable strategy. There are rarely spots available in the middle of the season and EUSO members accepted in the Fall play for the entire season (Fall and Spring). 

PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS

Prospective students may contact Dr. Bhasin for questions about Woodruff Scholarships, Music Woodruff Scholarships, and Music Liberal Arts Scholarships, and Liberal Arts Scholarships.  More information can be found on our departmental scholarships page, the Emory Scholars page, and our departmental auditions page.