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YOUTH SYMPHONY ORGANIZATIONS AND THEIR UPDATES, CONCERTS AND INFORMATION

Please email the webmaster if you wish your group to be included. webmaster@colo-asta.org

Contact each of these groups to see if further auditions are taking place in the summer months.

 

NEW PLAYING OPPORTUNITIES AT C.A.K.E. IN THORNTON: ONE FOR STUDENTS, ONE FOR ADULTS
Check out our new youth orchestras in Thornton. These are small chamber orchestras for beginners 7-12, middle school, and high school. They will be taught by Liz Dinwiddie, Loretta Thompson, and Jennifer John, respectively. There are no auditions this term since we're just getting this up and running, but we may shuffle groups around a little to get people in the right levels.

We also have three adult learner groups!!

CHECK THESE OUT!  Contact Linda Bolander for more info

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The Greater Boulder Youth Orchestras, under the artistic direction of CU Director of Orchestral Studies  Gary Lewis, will be holding more entrance auditions for all instruments and ages on August 14 and 15, 2011. I hope you will encourage your students to join this fantastic new organization, which will begin its second season on August 22nd.  See info flyer.

 

Concerts for the 2011-2012 season are:

Sunday October 30, 2011, 2pm
 

Sunday February 5, 2012, 2pm
 

Sunday May 6, 2012, 2pm

 

Interested students may sign up for an audition on our website, at www.greaterboulderyo.org/auditions

Full and partial financial aid will be available based on need. 

Please note that all GBYO students must take private lessons and participate in the parallel ensemble at their school.

The wonderfully successful Inaugural Season of GBYO concluded in May and featured more than 160 young musicians from around Colorado. Audio clips from our concerts and pictures from the year are available at www.greaterboulderyo.org. 

For more information about us,  please visit our website or, better yet, give me a call - I'd love to talk with you about GBYO!

All the best,

Brian Jack

Executive Director, GBYO

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Peakharmonic Youth Orchestra Announces Auditions for the 2011-2012 Season!

 

Colorado Springs Youth Symphony Association announces its auditions for the 2011-2012 season!

For full info, go here!

The Colorado Springs Youth Symphony Association, founded in 1980, is an internationally acclaimed non-profit organization that offers challenging and diverse musical experiences to develop young people as musicians and as leaders. Auditions are open to students who are prepared to make a commitment to the entire rehearsal and performance schedule, including tours and camps. Students are expected to participate in their school music program.

Our annual auditions for all our groups for the 2011-12 season--our 32nd year--will be held May 3 - May 7. Music is will be available the week of March 21. Audition reservations will be accepted at 719-633-3901 after music is posted.

Audition Location:
Colorado Springs Youth Symphony Association office in the former Jefferson Elementary School:
1801 N. Howard Ave., Colorado Springs, Colorado 80909
Telephone: 633-3901

 

 

There is a $10 non-refundable audition fee payable at the time of audition. Plan on arriving at least 15 minutes prior to your audition to warm up.

 

 

Auditioning for: violin, viola, cello, string bass, flute/piccolo, English horn, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, baritone sax, French horn, trumpet, trombone, euphonium/ baritone, tuba, percussion and harp.

 

NOTE: Throughout the year, if additional instrumentation is needed, further auditions are available. Auditions for open positions will also be held in December.  Check with the CSYSA office for more information and to schedule an audition.

 

Audition Preparations:

General requirements for strings:
-1 scale of the musician's choice
-1 scale of the judge's choice
-Audition excerpts at a tempo appropriate for you
-Sight reading
-See additional instructions on excerpts

Prepare scales in the following styles: legato (slur 4 notes per bow), martele, spiccato .  Scales for strings (listed from least to most advanced) will be selected from the following categories, commensurate with experience:
-Major scales: C G D   1 octave
-Major scales: C G D A F  1 octave

-Major scales: C G D A F  2 octaves
     Minor scales:  g d c e   2 octaves

-Major scales: C G D A F B-flat E-flat

      Minor scales:  g d c e     
      3 octaves, when possible        

-All major scales
      Minor scales thru 3 sharps & 3 flats
      3 octaves, when appropriate

 

General requirements for woodwinds and brass:

-Chromatic scale ascending & descending from your lowest possible note to your highest possible note at your fastest controlled speed

-The audition excerpts at a tempo appropriate for you

-Sight reading

 

General requirements for percussion:

-1 scale of musician's choice

-1 scale of judge's choice commensurate with experience

-The audition excerpts at a tempo appropriate for you

-Sight reading  

 

Requirements for piano and harp:

-See music excerpts/information sheet

AUDITION MUSIC:

Audition music for the 2010-11 season: Go to "Audition Music" or  Click Here

Music is also available at:

Graner Music Main: 4460 Barnes Road
Meeker Music Downtown: 113 E. Bijou
Meeker Music North: 3604 Hartsel Dr.
Meeker Music Fountain: 6330 S. Highway 85 & 87
and at
Youth Symphony Office 
1801 N. Howard Ave., Colorado Springs, Colorado

Orchestras/bands you may be placed in based on your audition:

Colorado Springs Youth Symphony: Advanced Full Orchestra | Travels regionally yearly and internationally every other year | Conductor: Gary Nicholson

Pikes Peak Winds Symphony: Advanced Band | Travels regionally yearly and nationally every 3 years | Conductor: Dick Kusk

Encore! Youth Orchestra: Intermediate Full Orchestra | Travels regionally yearly | Conductor: Dick Kusk

Bravo! Winds: Intermediate Band | Travels locally | Conductor: Rick Shaw

Vivace Strings: Intermediate String Orchestra | Travels locally | Conductor: Jennifer Boylan

Amadeus Strings: Beginning String Orchestra | Travels locally | Conductor: Ingri Fowler

Wolfgang Strings: Preparatory String Orchestra | Does not travel | Conductor: Daryl Counsell

 

 

 

 

Longmont Youth Symphony    brochure (pdf)

The Longmont Youth Symphony, Longmont Strings Ensemble, and Wind Ensemble are auditioning musicians ages 8-18 on all instruments for the 2011-2012 season on June 4, June 20, August 20 and August 27. See our audition requirements page for details. http://longmontyouthsymphony.org/auditions/

Continuously operating since 1996, the Longmont Youth Symphony is the premiere honors orchestra of young musicians in the St. Vrain Valley and surrounding areas. LYS musicians play an active concert season of challenging music -- at least 4 concerts per year and side-by-side concerts with the Longmont Symphony Orchestra and Boulder Symphony Orchestra.

There is no charge to audition for the Longmont Youth Symphony. Sign up online to arrange an audition. http://longmontyouthsymphony.org/auditions/audition-signup/

Join the Longmont Youth Symphony for our 15th anniversary year and become a part of one of the most challenging and exciting youth ensembles in the area.

To sign up for an audition date:
http://longmontyouthsymphony.org/auditions/audition-signup/

To be held at:
Longmont Symphony Orchestra offices
519 Main St.
Longmont, CO 80501

For more information:
go: http://longmontyouthsymphony.org/
write: info@longmontyouthsymphony.org (Sarah Clusman)
call: (303) 351-1452
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