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2024-2025 season auditions will be held on August 17 & 18, and registration is now available here. Please review the information below for reference. Please feel free to contact us with any questions.
The 2024-2025 EYSO Season features comprehensive orchestral performance and educational activities- including full orchestra rehearsals, concerts, masterclasses, and pre-college seminars.
Auditioning for EYSO comprises both entrance auditions (for admittance to the EYSO program) and string seating auditions. Entrance auditions take place each August, and string seating auditions take place twice per season: in August, following entrance auditions, and in January, preceding rehearsals for our Winter Concert Cycle.
2024-2025 Audition Requirements & Information
Audition repertoire requirements
- required orchestral excerpts (string auditionees, please be sure to prepare the excerpt for the entrance audition, not the seating audition)
- sight-reading
- solo repertoire of your choice (4-6 minutes)
- string players – accepted violinists, violists, cellists, and bassists will play an in-person seating audition at Emory on Wednesday, August 21 (the sign up form to schedule an audition will be sent to all accepted string players on Monday, August 19)
The appropriate required orchestral excerpts can be found below and will be provided to each auditionee immediately via email when they register for their audition online. Solo repertoire should be 4-6 minutes of music of the student’s choosing including two contrasting excerpts (technical and lyrical) from standard solo literature. A single solo work with contrasting sections is also an acceptable option. Memorization is not required.
Required 2024-2025 Audition Excerpts for all auditionees:
Flute & Optional Piccolo | Beethoven Symphony No. 7
Oboe | Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3
Clarinet | Beethoven Symphony No. 6
Bassoon | Rimsky Korsakov Scheherazade
Horn | Strauss Till Eulenspiegel
Trumpet | Mahler Symphony No 5
Trombone | Hindemith Mathis der Maler
Bass Trombone | Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4
Tuba | Prokofiev Symphony No. 5
Percussion | [multiple]
Harp | Stravinsky Firebird Suite
Piano | Copland Appalachian Spring
Percussionists
In choosing your solo works, in addition to the required orchestral excerpt above (you will choose one out of two options), please prepare material on two out of three of: snare drum, timpani, mallets. Should you have any questions, please contact EYSO Staff: youthsymphony@emory.edu
Auditionees are evaluated on the basis of tone quality, intonation, rhythmic accuracy, musicianship, expressiveness, and reading ability.
Students will receive information on how to pay their audition registration fee via Emory’s IRIS system when they register.
Questions regarding auditions should be directed to Samantha Frischling, Orchestra Manager: youthsymphony@emory.edu