Symphony Orchestra and Wind Symphony Auditions

Audition Process

The Liberty University Symphony Orchestra (LUSO) and the Liberty University Wind Symphony (LUWS) are open to all LU students, regardless of major. Students interested in auditioning for either ensemble should optimistically enroll in either the LUSO class (MUSC 185/485/589) or the LUWS class (MUSC 194/494/589) for one credit hour and prepare the audition materials as listed below.

• LUSO meets on Tuesdays/Thursdays | 3:45-6:15 p.m.

• LUWS meets on Tuesdays/Thursdays |9:45-11:00 a.m.

For returning students

LU students who play woodwinds, brass, percussion, harp, and piano: Auditions for the Fall 2026 semester will be conducted in person on May 7 and 8. To register for an audition, please go to the LUSO and LUWS Returning Student Audition Form. Then schedule an audition time through the Returning Student Audition Time Booking Tool.

Each student will prepare to perform three excerpts:

• two excerpts will be pre-selected (listed below, by instrument)

• one excerpt will be selected by the student (about 30-60 seconds of a solo piece)

For incoming students

LU students (freshmen, transfer, and graduate students) who play woodwinds, brass, percussion, harp, and piano: Auditions for the Fall 2026 semester will be submitted by video recording. Each student will record themselves performing the appropriate excerpts, upload the videos to YouTube (unlisted), and submit the videos within the LUSO and LUWS Incoming Student Audition Form no later than May 5. 

For all students who play strings: Auditions will be held in person on the afternoon of Sunday, August 23, 2026.
Please sign-up here for an audition time: LUSO String Audition Booking Form.

Required Audition Excerpts:

• Bassoon (PDF)
• Clarinet (PDF)
• Euphonium (PDF)
• Flute (PDF)
• French Horn (PDF
• Harp (PDF)
• Oboe (PDF)
• Percussion (PDF) – (First three excerpts are required for LUSO/LUWS audition; additional fourth and fifth excerpts are for those who wish to be considered for Percussion Quartet).
• Piano (PDF)
• Saxophone (PDF)
• Strings (PDF)
• Trombone (PDF)
• Trumpet (PDF)
• Tuba (PDF)