Orchestra Audition Requirements
Course Offerings
YPAS Philharmonia (auditioned, advanced large ensemble)
Manual Concert Orchestra (auditioned, intermediate large ensemble)
Chamber Strings (for 10-12th grade YPAS Orchestra majors)
String Techniques (for 9th and transfer YPAS Orchestra majors)
Music Electives, including Music Theory I, and AP Music Theory
All Orchestra Applicants Should be Prepared to Play:
The following major scale(s), ascending and descending, in the suggested key, rhythms and tempos;
Requested orchestral excerpt(s)
One solo piece of their choice (written for their specific instrument - selections from a concerto would be an excellent choice, for example);
One short musical piece to sight-read.
The specific scales and orchestral excerpts are divided by instrument