Auditions for the 2019/20 year are concluded. Thank you to everyone who auditioned.
Auditions
Audition results will be sent by email within 72 business hours of each audition to the primary parent/guardian on file. If after 72 business hours you have not received your result, please email info@syso.org.
AUDITION GUIDELINES
For returning students of Prelude String Orchestra (PSO), Symphonette Orchestra (SO) and Debut Symphony Orchestra (DSO), and new students 13 or younger, prepare the following:
- One major scale (one or two octaves according to your ability)
- One minor scale (one or two octaves according to your ability)
- A two-minute solo piece (does not need to be memorized)
- You will also be required to sight-read.
For returning students of Junior Symphony Orchestra (JSO) and Youth Symphony Orchestra (YSO), you are required to prepare the following:
- One major scale (two or three octaves according to your ability)
- One minor scale (two or three octaves according to your ability)
- All excerpts provided below for your instrument
- You will also be required to sight-read.
For new students 14 years and older, it is your choice to prepare the following:
- One major scale (two or three octaves according to your ability)
- One minor scale (two or three octaves according to your ability)
- A two-minute solo piece (does not need to be memorized)
- You will also be required to sight-read.
OR
- One major scale (two or three octaves according to your ability)
- One minor scale (two or three octaves according to your ability)
- All excerpts provided below for your instrument
- You will also be required to sight-read.
SYSO 2019-2020 Audition Excerpts:
Flute / Piccolo Excerpts [UPDATED 6/11]
Violin Excerpts [UPDATED 6/11]
For more audition preparation, read:
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