Youth orchestra instrumentalist audition practice interview
Prepared repertoire, orchestral excerpts, sight-reading, ensemble awareness and commitment to rehearsals. Practise the 5 questions casting panels ask with follow-ups. Paid plans add scored feedback on every answer.
Free with an Intaviu account: 320 credits a month, at 10 credits a minute of practice. Private: interview creators never see them.
- 15 minutes
- 5 questions
- Scored feedback on paid plans
About the audition
This audition helps a youth orchestra place instrumentalists and assess readiness for ensemble rehearsals and concerts. The panel considers technique and interpretation alongside sight-reading, awareness of other sections and a realistic approach to regular preparation.
How to prepare
- Choose a prepared piece that meets the stated level and shows secure control rather than only speed.
- Study every tempo, dynamic, articulation and character marking in the required excerpts.
- Practise short unseen passages while keeping the pulse after small mistakes.
- Listen to complete orchestral works so you know what happens around your excerpt.
- Plan how instrument care, travel and school commitments will fit the rehearsal schedule.
Common mistakes
- Playing too quickly to recover cleanly from difficult passages.
- Ignoring rests and other sections because you have studied only your own notes.
- Stopping after a sight-reading error instead of finding the next secure entry.
- Choosing repertoire beyond your current technical control.
What to expect
A real audition interview
5 questions the way casting panels ask, with follow-ups when an answer needs more.
Spoken, like the real thing
Speak your answers in your browser or the free desktop app, with live captions. You can ask the interviewer to repeat anything.
Scored on 5 areas
The things this interview weighs most. With a paid plan, your report shows how you did on each one.
A private report
On Plus, Pro and Premium: every answer scored, your strongest lines quoted and what to say differently next time. Interview creators never see it.
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