Here you can download the current orchestral rehearsal plan.

Every student on the Bachelor's and Master's degree courses in Orchestral Instruments and Orchestral Musicians at the UdK Berlin is obliged to play an average of 15 "services" per semester in the orchestra.
This also applies to students in the ERASMUS exchange program.

Students on the Master's Instrumental Soloist course are obliged to play one orchestral project per academic year.

Every student on the Bachelor's degree course is obliged to play one New Music project, which falls under the orchestral projects, if there are sufficient offers.

Part-time students perform their orchestral obligation over several semesters according to their part-time work. However, only complete projects can be played.

The orchestral work takes place in the form of intensive phases. Students are expected to have prepared their parts for the first rehearsal of a project.
Sheet music can be collected from the orchestra office (Fa room 211) approximately three weeks before the start of rehearsals.
Students are obliged to maintain contact with the orchestra office and to keep themselves informed about current rehearsal schedules and dispositions via e-mail and notices on the bulletin boards in Fasanenstraße or Bundesallee.

Placement
The orchestra office is responsible for scheduling. If there are important reasons for absence from an individual work phase, the orchestra office must be informed in sufficient time. The scheduling takes place towards the end of the previous semester. Thereafter, withdrawal from the planned projects is only possible in justified exceptional cases. A replacement must be provided independently of this. All assigned string players must confirm their participation in the projects in the orchestra office by the end of the semester.

The wind instrumentation is determined by the main subject teachers at the beginning of each semester.

Attendance
Participants must arrive in the concert hall ten minutes before the start of the rehearsal. Five minutes before the rehearsal begins, the orchestra will tune up. Attendance at rehearsals is monitored by the orchestra office. Students must ensure that they are registered.

Students may apply for exemption from orchestral playing when meeting one of the following requirements:

• permanent engagement in a professional orchestra, this also includes a temporary contract 100%

In this case, an application for orchestra exemption (form available at the orchestra office) must be submitted. Internships and academy positions do NOT qualify for exemption, nor do temporary project work in professional orchestras.

In the event of absence due to illness, a doctor's certificate must be submitted unsolicited. In the event of illness at short notice, cancellation is expected by telephone to the orchestra office at least one hour before the start of the rehearsal.
If attendance at an individual orchestra rehearsal is exceptionally not possible for other reasons (solo concert, audition, competition), an application for exemption from a rehearsal must be submitted. (Application form available at the orchestra office).

The orchestra services are recorded digitally by Tom Pielucha in the orchestra office. Students can enquire about their status there at any time.
To register for the Bachelor's or Master's examination, you need an overall certificate, which can be obtained from the orchestra office. If the orchestra requirement has not been fulfilled at this point, the preliminary examination or Bachelor's or Master's examination is deemed to have been failed in accordance with §7 of the examination regulations. The examination board will then set a date for retaking the examination. In order to be admitted to the examination, the missing services must have been completed by the examination date. Failure to pass the repeated Bachelor's or Master's examination will result in disenrollment.

Rehearsals and concerts usually take place in the Concert Hall Hardenbergstraße (KoSa Ha, entrance on Fasanenstraße). The rehearsal room and the choir hall are located in the rooms adjacent to the concert hall.
Rehearsals, particularly sectionals, can take place in the Joseph-Joachim-Konzertsaal Bundesallee (KoSa Bu) or in the small recital hall (Kleiner Vortragssaal, KlVs Bu) or in the Carl Flesch Hall (CFS Bu).

Zoltan Kovacs-Gokieli
Fasanenstraße 1B, Room 18 (ground floor)
Tel. 3185 - 2340

Tom Pielucha
Fasanenstraße 1B, Raum 211
Tel.: 3185 - 2367
Fax: 3185 - 162 795
E-Mail: tom.pielucha@intra.udk-berlin.de

Office hours: Monday to Friday from 9am to 2pm and after consultation

An orchestra committee, consisting of four students, will be elected at the beginning of the winter semester. They will hold their position for one year (two semesters).
The Orchestra Board represents the interests of the orchestra at meetings of the Orchestra Council, the Institute Council, towards the Orchestra Office and the Artistic Director and is the point of contact for the musicians.

Current Members are:

Emma Dodds, Violin
Simone Kreuzpointner, Double Bass
Jona Mehlitz, Flute
Una Weske, Horn / Moritz Lopper, Trumpet

You can contact the committee via orchestervorstand_ @udk-berlin.de .