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​​CYO auditions 


Live auditions for the 2022/2023 season will take place in June 2022.


Playing level for CYO members is a minimum grade 9 level, Royal Conservatory of Music. The minimum age is approximately 14.

It is recommended that applicants take private lessons.

Audition requirements for ALL RETURNING STUDENTS (including Academy and APP students):
  • Two contrasting selections (one slow, one fast)

Audition requirements for NEW APPLICANTS:
STRINGS
  • Two contrasting selections (one slow, one fast)
  • 3 octave scale and arpeggio: one bow up, one bow down; spiccato - one note per bow
  • Double basses: 3 octave scale - 8 notes  per bow; 3 octave arpeggio - 6 notes per bow; spiccato (scale and arpeggio) - one note per bow

WINDS / BRASS
  • Two contrasting movements or two contrasting studies (one slow, one fast)
  • 2 or 3 (preferred, if idiomatic for the instrument) octave scale and arpeggio: once slurred, once tongued

PERCUSSION
  • Pieces or studies for the following instruments: timpani, snare drum, xylophone or marimba, cymbals

​HARP – Note: Possibly minimal participation during the season, depending on the repertoire, or possibly no repertoire with harp. Repertoire decisions will be made in July.
  • Two contrasting movements or two contrasting studies (one slow, one fast)
  • 3 octave scale and arpeggio   
                                                                                     AUDITION FORM LINK :

Audition Form Link
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Telephone

403-440-5978

Email

cyo@mtroyal.ca
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