CYO auditions
Live auditions for the 2023/2024 season will take place between June 5 and 9, 2023.
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)
- Excerpts from Mahler's 1st symphony
Audition requirements for NEW APPLICANTS:
The music does not need to be played from memory. Please bring a copy of your music to the audition.
STRINGS
- Two contrasting selections (one slow, one fast)
- 3 octave scale and arpeggio - own choice key: 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
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