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Orchestral Ensembles 2 (MUSI10061) // Dates and times
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable(opens in new window)
Contact information
Semester 2
For orchestral-related enquiries, please contact your head of area:
- Strings: Dr Curt Thompson w.thompson@unimelb.edu.au
- Woodwind: Derek Jones drjones@unimelb.edu.au
- Brass: Don Immel don.immel@unimelb.edu.au
- Percussion: Peter Neville pneville@unimelb.edu.au
Dates & times
- Semester 2
Coordinator Nicholas Williams 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 3 August 2020 to 1 November 2020 Last self-enrol date 14 August 2020 Census date 21 September 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 16 October 2020 Assessment period ends 27 November 2020 Semester 2 contact information
For orchestral-related enquiries, please contact your head of area:
- Strings: Dr Curt Thompson w.thompson@unimelb.edu.au
- Woodwind: Derek Jones drjones@unimelb.edu.au
- Brass: Don Immel don.immel@unimelb.edu.au
- Percussion: Peter Neville pneville@unimelb.edu.au
Time commitment details
Up to 100 hours
Additional delivery details
This subject is delivered either partially or fully in-person in Second Half Year 2020. Please ensure you are able to attend any essential in-person requirements or speak to Stop 1 about alternative subject options.
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.
Delivery
This subject is co-delivered with:
- MUSI20094 Orchestral Ensembles 4
- MUSI20123 University Orchestral Ensembles 2
- MUSI30186 Orchestral Ensembles 6
- MUSI90220 Orchestral Experience 2
- MUSI90226 Orchestral Experience 4
Last updated: 3 November 2022