Welcome to Orchestra at UWaterloo
Welcome to orchestra@uwaterloo, the extracurricular ensemble open to students, staff, faculty and alumni. UWaterloo students can earn credit for participation in the orchestra.
Are you interested in live classical music? Come to our free concerts on campus. You can get notices about upcoming concerts by joining our mailing list.
Do you play an instrument? Find out how you can join the orchestra, or read about our concerto and aria competition if you have solo aspirations.
Feel free to look around! You can listen to some of our recordings, or read about the orchestra and our music director Daniel Warren.
We keep links to other music groups on campus and beyond.
News
- Sep. 12, 2017Open Auditions this Week
Auditions
Fall 2017 audition dates: Thursday, September 14: after open rehearsal; Friday, September 15 from 3 to 5pm, and 7 to 9pm, in Room 1209 at CGUC; Saturday, September 16 from 10am to 1pm, in Room 1209 at CGUC.
- Aug. 1, 2017Music Builds Community at UWaterloo
Students at the University of Waterloo are an incredibly diverse group, with interests spanning math, health, engineering, science, environment, and arts. Many of these students have spent hundreds of hours of their life learning a musical instrument and, instead of giving up their love of music while at university, they have found a collective place to express it.
- July 5, 2017orchestra@uwaterloo Concerto & Aria Competition entries now being accepted
News
- The next opportunity to join orchestra@uwaterloo is Fall 2017.
- Our next Concerto and Aria Competition will be in January 2018, with applications due in Fall 2017.
- BIG NEWS. orchestra@uwaterloo has joined the Music Department at Conrad Grebel University College. Students can now get credit for playing in the orchestra!
READ MORE - We are pleased to announce our new Music Director, Daniel Warren.