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Orchestral Ensembles 3 (MUSI20093) // Dates and times
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- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
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Contact information
Semester 1
For orchestral-related enquiries, please contact your head of area:
- Strings: Dr Curt Thompson
- Woodwind: Derek Jones
- Brass: Don Immel
- Persussion: Peter Neville
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Tonie Field Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours Between one and three 2-hour rehearsals weekly during semester and intensive rehearsal periods prior to concerts. Total time commitment 100 hours Teaching period 4 March 2019 to 2 June 2019 Last self-enrol date 15 March 2019 Census date 31 March 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 10 May 2019 Assessment period ends 28 June 2019 Semester 1 contact information
For orchestral-related enquiries, please contact your head of area:
- Strings: Dr Curt Thompson
- Woodwind: Derek Jones
- Brass: Don Immel
- Persussion: Peter Neville
Time commitment details
Up to 100 hours
Additional delivery details
The MCM has several performing groups within the Orchestral Ensemble subject, with the University of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Wind Symphony taking priority over all others. Auditions for all ensembles are usually held in February, after which students will be rostered on merit into an appropriate ensemble.
At the completion of the audition process, students will be placed by staff into a ‘primary’ performing group. Once a student has been placed into a performing group there is no flexibility for negotiating a change. Where applicable, students will then be rostered into a self-chosen ‘secondary’ performing group. It is important for students to provide staff with their preferred choices to enable staff to attempt to follow students’ wishes. If students do not offer an order, staff will also choose each student’s secondary ensemble, again without recourse for negotiating a change. Students can offer to play in more than two ensembles (and many students do). Once both primary and secondary ensembles have been rostered, students cannot then change their ensemble priorities without the consent of both the Head of Area and Head of Orchestral Studies.
Information on all ensembles can be found here.
Last updated: 3 November 2022