2012-2013 Auditions

AUDITION FEE: $25 non-refundable
Applications sent after 4/11/2012 require a $5 late fee

May 14-17, 2012

Youth Symphony
Brass & Woodwinds
Flutes/Piccolo
Flute Callbacks
***Audition Excerpts for YOUTH SYMPHONY can be found HERE (Password Required)

May 21-23, 2012

Symphonette Orchestra (string players)
String Orchestra
Percussion Ensemble

APPLICATION DEADLINE: April 11, 2012

Your assigned specific audition time and day will be mailed to you after May 1^st.
NO AUDITION TIMES WILL BE CHANGED AFTER MAY 7^th—NO EXCEPTIONS
Location will be included with your audition date and time.
Results will be mailed by July

Audition Requirements

ENSEMBLE PREFERENCE*: Must meet music level of difficulty and scale requirements for the first ensemble listed.
SCALES: All groups will be required to play scales as specified below.  Scales need to be memorized and played in eighth notes (quarter note = 60).
EXCERPTS: Phoenix Youth Symphony will audition on an excerpt.  Excerpts will be mailed on April 11, 2012.

ALL GROUPS  MAY BE ASKED TO SIGHT-READ.

PREPARED UNACCOMPANIED SOLO:
Auditioners for Symphonette, Symphonic Winds and String orchestras MUST include on your application the name of the piece and composer.

> Symphonette Orchestra and Symphonic Winds: Piece is student’s choice (2 minutes), includes both fast and slow passages and show advanced techniques.
> String Orchestra: Piece is student’s choice (2 minutes), should be comparable to Suzuki Book 3 or beyond, and demonstrate student’s technical ability and musicality.

YOUTH SYMPHONY (YS):
(Rehearses on Wednesdays, 6:30-9:15pm; Membership fee: $530)

Ensemble Music Level of Difficulty: Performs literature from the main body of orchestral repertory such as:  Mahler Symphony #1, Brahms Symphony #1, Wagner Meistersinger Prelude, and Respighi Pines of Rome

> Scales, Strings – All major and melodic minor, 3 octaves.  Be prepared to demonstrate your spiccato by playing four 16ths per note at quarter = 80.
> Scales, Woodwinds & Brass – All major  and minor scales (2 octaves when possible) and chromatic scale covering entire range of instrument.

SYMPHONETTE ORCHESTRA (SYM):
(Rehearses on Wednesdays, 6:30-8:30 pm; Membership fee: $460)

Ensemble Music Level of Difficulty: Performs literature such as:  Bizet L’Arlesienne Suite # 2, Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture, Saint-Saens Bacchanale from Samson and Delilah, and Dovork Symphony #8

> Scales, Strings – Up through 4 flats and 4     sharps, major & melodic minor, 3 octaves.
> Scales, Woodwinds & Brass – All major scales (2 octaves when possible) and chromatic scale covering entire range of instrument.

SYMPHONIC WINDS (SW):
(Rehearses on Wednesdays, 6:30-8:30 pm; Membership fee: $430)

Ensemble Music Level of Difficulty: Performs literature from levels 4-6. Music includes works by composers such as: Balmages, Grainger, Hazo, Holst, Smith, Sparke, Tichelli, Van de Roost.

> Scales, Woodwinds & Brass – All major scales (2 octaves when possible) and chromatic scale covering entire range of instrument.

STRING ORCHESTRA (SO):
(Rehearses on Wednesdays, 6:30-8:30 pm; Membership fee $430)

Ensemble Music Level of Difficulty: Performs literature mainly at levels 3-5.

> Scales – up to 3 flats and 3 sharps.  Major (2  or 3 octaves)

HARP, SCALES: All major scales and their natural minors, 2 octaves.

PERCUSSION: Show competency on snare  drum, timpani, and xylophone.

QUESTIONS? Contact: Sandy Rutledge, (auditions@phoenixyouthsymphony.org) or 602-882-0401.
7071 W. Antelope Drive, Phoenix, AZ  85383

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