Performance Calendar

The Public Policy major at Gettysburg College requires students to complete a policy-related internship for academic credit (PP 470). Students must take PP 221 and participate in an internship information session before undertaking their internship. Many students complete their internship during the summer before their junior or senior year. Many others complete their internships during our “DC semester”, during a Center for Global Education (CGE) experience, through the Center for Public Service, or through community opportunities. Please refer to the CGE website to see how to obtain academic credit for internships done through CGE.

Public Policy internships can be in local, state, federal, or international environments. They can occur in governmental and non-governmental settings.

What Are the Internship Requirements?

BEFORE YOU START YOUR INTERNSHIP

Identify an internship that relates to your area of concentration;
Ask a member of the Public Policy faculty to serve as your internship adviser. Usually, your internship adviser will be the same as your Public Policy faculty adviser;
Submit a one-page summary of the proposed internship experience to your Faculty Adviser describing the organization, its purposes, how it relates to your policy studies, and what you will be doing.
Work with your Faculty Adviser to develop three learning objectives for your internship;

Register your internship with the Center for Career Engagement (CCE) and complete the learning contract in consultation. You MUST choose a Fall or Spring semester to avoid additional personal costs;

Through this CCE process, you will register for PP 470 to receive academic credit for your internship and related Policy Concept Paper. Be sure to register for PP 470 for the semester following your internship;

DURING YOUR INTERNSHIP

Keep a daily journal, highlighting how your internship experience relates to key policy concepts studied in PP 221;
Complete a minimum of 160 hours of work during the internship, documented per instructions from your internship adviser;
Prepare a 12-15-page Policy Concept Paper during the semester following your internship.
Enjoy your internship experience!

AFTER YOUR INTERNSHIP

Prepare your Policy Concept Paper and submit it to your Faculty Adviser no later than September 30 for summer internships. If you are studying off campus during the fall semester, then your paper is due on February 28; and

The final grade for the internship is based partly on the paper and partly on your on-site internship supervisor’s evaluation of your performance. Your internship grade is on an A-F basis. The credit fulfills the Public Policy internship requirement and counts toward the College’s 32-course graduation requirement.

How Do I Find an Internship?

Work with the Center for Career Engagement to identify possible internships. Begin working with them as soon as possible.
Consult with your Public Policy faculty advisor.
Join Gettysburg Connects to interact with alumni interested in mentoring students.
Review this list of organizations offering internships.
Follow us on Facebook and Instagram for newly released information.
Join our private LinkedIn group for networking opportunities.
Industriously and creatively reach out to organizations relevant to your policy studies.

* We ask for three objectives:

An objective related to learning about a substantive policy arena, with specific language related to what you hope to learn about that policy arena
An objective related to the policy process, such as policy development, documentation, communication, or some feature of the policy cycle we study in PP 221
A personal goal related to your growth as a scholar or your professional future.

Welcome and Advising for incoming Music Education majors

In addition to the information on the main incoming students page, we will be offering a special webinar for our music education majors to assist with course registration and more. This webinar will includes details about many of the steps you should take to ensure a successful transition to Gettysburg and the music education major and is an opportunity for you to meet program coordinator Dr. Russell McCutcheon.

Be on the lookout for more information in the next few weeks about the webinar!

Important links - more to come!

Visit Join PMEA and click the “Join Now” button in the upper right corner of the main page.

Symphony Orchestra
Wind Symphony
Jazz Ensemble

We are proud of our instrumental ensembles and eager to work with you as we prepare another great season of music. We welcome all new student musicians as well as our returning musicians.

Dr. César Leal, Director of Orchestral Activities,
Dr. Russell McCutcheon, Director of Bands
Dr. Amanda Heim, Director of Jazz Ensemble

We invite all students at Gettysburg College to audition for instrumental ensembles. Membership is not restricted to music majors. All prospective ensemble members must audition, regardless of prior ensemble membership.

Music majors, music minors in their first four semesters of participation, and students on a music scholarship whose principal instrument is a string, woodwind, brass or percussion instrument must take part in these auditions; please review the ensemble participation policy in the Sunderman Conservatory Student Handbook.

Audition Information

Students audition once for Wind Symphony and Symphony Orchestra (at the same time/block audition format).
These auditions include woodwinds, brass, percussion, strings, piano, and harp.
Jazz Ensemble:
- Wind performers (saxophone, trumpet, trombone) interested in jazz ensemble will audition for jazz ensemble during the same audition as Symphony Orchestra and Wind Symphony and should also prepare the jazz portion of their excerpts below.
- Jazz rhythm section performers and vocalists should see the separate Jazz Ensemble rhythm section audition page.
A sign-up sheet with audition times and locations will be posted outside of the Instrumental Ensembles Office the weekend before classes start. Students auditioning should sign up for an audition time. The Instrumental Ensembles office is located on the 2nd floor of Schmucker Hall.
Auditions for woodwinds, brass, percussion, piano, and harp will be held Monday, August 28, 2023 from 4:00pm - 6:00pm. We may begin earlier; check the times on the sign-up sheets for the final schedule.
Auditions for strings (violin, viola, cello, bass), will be held Tuesday, August 29, 2023 from 7:00pm – 10:00pm.
If selected, the first Wind Symphony meeting will take place on Wednesday, August 30 from 4:00pm - 6:00pm.
If selected, the first Jazz Ensemble meeting will take place on Wednesday, August 30 from 7:30 - 9:30pm.
If selected, the first Symphony Orchestra meeting will take place on Thursday, August 31 from 7:30pm - 9:30pm.

Course Information

All ensembles at Gettysburg College, including Wind Symphony, Jazz Ensemble, and Symphony Orchestra, are courses for which students earn grades and credit.

Students cannot pre-register for these courses as they are audition-dependent. All ensemble members will be registered administratively after auditions during the first week of classes. Do not worry about signing up in advance.
Even though you cannot sign up in advance, you should still hold space in your schedule for ensemble rehearsals/meetings.
- Wind Symphony meets on Mon/Wed 4:00 - 6:00pm.
- Symphony Orchestra meets Tues/Thurs 7:30 - 9:30pm.
- Jazz Ensemble meets Wed 7:30 - 9:30pm.
- Music majors, music minors in their first four semesters of participation, and students on a music scholarship whose principal instrument is a woodwind, brass or percussion instrument should hold all times until auditions are complete and placements are made.
Students can fulfill the Multiple Inquiries-Arts requirement of the Gettysburg Curriculum through performance in ensembles for four semesters.
After your first four semesters - when each 0.25 adds to a full (1) course for MI-Arts - ensemble credits will continue to accrue above the 32 required courses for graduation.
Grades earned in ensembles are factored into your GPA, both during your first four semesters and beyond.
Ensembles are listed as 0.25 courses. They do not count toward your regular course enrollment toward full-time status of three or four courses. They also do not count against your regular course enrollment, so if you are registered for four or even five regular courses you can still participate in ensembles.
The Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Music Education degrees are 36-course programs. Ensembles for these students continue to count toward the 36 courses for graduation up through 36. Ensemble courses beyond the 36 will accrue above the 36 required.

Preparation

Auditionees should prepare excerpts from the list below and major scales. If you are able to play minor scales, please inform the panel at the beginning of your audition. All string musicians should also expect a short sight-reading excerpt.

Excerpts for each instrument are contained in a single file for download.

For most excerpts, instructions regarding what to prepare are included in the file.
- In cases where there are only two excerpts, prepare both.
- In cases where multiple excerpts are given, choose two unless instructed otherwise in the contents of the file.
- Try to choose contrasting excerpts.
For some instruments, these are the same excerpts as in the past.
- If this is true for you and if you have options, please choose different excerpts than the ones you prepared previously.
- Otherwise, prepare the same excerpts.
If you are auditioning for jazz ensemble as well (saxophone, trumpet, trombone), be sure to prepare the jazz portion of your audition materials as well.

List of Performance Excerpts

Auditionees are strongly encouraged to consult professional recordings and excerpt guides when preparing these excerpts. Many free recordings and resources can be found online. The Gettysburg College library is a great place to start, and has subscriptions (free for you) to several online music sites including Naxos music online and the Classical Music Library. You can also often find great recordings on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music, and many other streaming services. For all excerpts, we have attempted to include the title, movement, and composer of the piece from which it was drawn. This should be helpful as you search for recordings.

Using recordings to aid in your preparation helps you to understand the tempo, style and phrasing of the piece and how your part fits into the whole. It is not cheating to listen, it is the appropriate professional practice.

All excerpts linked below are in PDF format, ready to download. If you require audition materials in a different format for accessibility, please contact bands@gettysburg.edu. We are committed to ensuring all students are welcome in our ensembles.