Audition prep
Orchestra Kingdom
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Audition prep
Tell us what you're playing and when. We build the week-by-week plan, the materials list, and the Judge cadence. State auditions, chair tests, college rounds, festivals, anything.
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The short version: to prepare for a string audition, work backward from the date, pick your excerpts, and target your two weakest of the five dimensions a panel grades: tone, intonation, rhythm, tempo, and musicality. Record a scored mock take at least once a week so you know where you stand. Orchestra Kingdom builds that week-by-week plan for any target and the first Judge take is free, no account required.
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Work backward from the audition date. Pick your excerpts, build a week-by-week plan that targets your two weakest dimensions, and record a scored mock take at least weekly so you know where you actually stand instead of guessing. Orchestra Kingdom builds that plan for any target (All-State, chair test, college pre-screen, youth orchestra, festival) and the first Judge take is free, no account required.
A panel grades five dimensions: tone, intonation, rhythm, tempo, and musicality. Orchestra Kingdom's Judge scores the same five on a recorded take, tracking intonation note by note in cents, and returns an Advance, Callback, or Not Yet verdict calibrated against real state rubrics like TMEA, FMEA, and CMEA. The full method is public at /how-scoring-works.
Yes. Record a 30-second take of your excerpt and the Judge returns a panel-style verdict and a breakdown across all five dimensions in about a minute. The first take is free with no signup, so you can see where you stand before committing to anything.
A great private teacher is the best preparation there is, and nothing replaces one for interpretation and long-term technique. Orchestra Kingdom is built for the six days a week your teacher is not in the room: objective feedback between lessons, a daily practice plan, and mock takes under pressure. Use both if you can.