Curb Youth Symphony

05/14/2022

Bravo CYS! Bravo Joanne! Bravo Luke!

That was an absolutely amazing Concert! Check your email for the link to download the Concert video!

05/04/2022

You are invited to the Monday, May 9th CYS Concert!
7:30 PM

Joanne Kang, Piano
Grieg- Piano Concerto, I

Luke Turner
Prokofiev- Piano Concerto No. 3, III

Respighi- Pines of Rome

Rimsky-Korsakov- Capriccio Espagnol

Williams- Suite from "Far and Away"

Ingram Hall
Blair School of Music
2400 Blakemore Ave.
(The entrance to Ingram Hall is on Children's Way)

Free parking! Enter the parking garage entrance that is directly across from Blair's main entrance.

All are invited! Reservations and tickets are not needed!

04/06/2022

Stay tuned for details on the 2022 NSOI! Tuesday, May 31- Friday, June 2

08/30/2021

VANDERBILT
YOUTH ORCHESTRA PROGRAM

2021-2022
AUDITION RESULTS!

CURB YOUTH SYMPHONY, PHILHARMONIA,
REPERTORY ORCHESTRA, YSO (1, 2, 3)
AND READING ORCHESTRA

Congratulations to all on your hard work and wonderful achievements!

(Check all of the VYO Ensembles to find your name and the VYO Orchestra that you have been assigned to. If you have any questions, contact Dr. Nies ([email protected]).

Register at https://blair.vanderbilt.edu/blair-academy/NYOP.php to hold your VYO Position.

*****Each VYO Orchestra member will receive an email about your first rehearsal. First rehearsal dates are below:
CYS- Monday, September 6
6:35-9:05 PM
(We will begin rehearsals on-line)

Philharmonia- Sunday, September 12
2:00-4:30 PM
(We will begin rehearsals on-line)

Repertory Orchestra- Tuesday, September 14
6:30-8:45 PM
(We will begin rehearsals on-line)

YSO 1- Thursday, September 16
6:00-6:50 PM
(We will begin rehearsals online)

YSO 2- Tuesday September 14
6:00- 6:50 PM
(We will begin rehearsals online)

YSO 3- Tuesday September 14
7:10- 8:00
(We will begin rehearsals online)

Reading Orchestra- Thursday, September 16
7:10- 8:00 PM
(We will begin rehearsals online)

VIOLIN – CYS (In Alphabetical Order)
Kate Ask
Heather Benz
Ella Bramlett
Saurav Chakraborty (Viola also)
Madison Chung
Audrey Cox
Jun Han
Angel Hu
Amanda (Ash) Huang
Joanne Kang
Anja Kunkee
Connor Lane
Greta Li
Mitchell Loh
Kerrigan Mandrell
Riya Mitra
Jessica Muellenbach
Isabella Nguyen
Vivian Nguyen
Abby Reed
Chloe Robinson
Iris Shepherd
Rachel Smola
Ainsley Stewart
Antonio Thai
Amy Xu
Brian Xu
Sheerea Yu

VIOLA – CYS (In Alphabetical Order)
Paul Kent Bramlett
Saurav Chakraborty
Andrew Gan
Elaine Krell
Sophie Lee
Anne-Marie Nguyen
Anna Robertson

CELLO–CYS (In Alphabetical Order)
Angel Carvajal
Roger Chen
Adah Gaby
Caleb Guelcher
Luka Hernandez Palmer
Noah Kim
Andrew Pavlovic
Julie Qi
Sylvia Rapp
Alexa Sheldon

BASS–CYS (In Alphabetical Order)
Joseph Bonvissuto
Dylan Cook
Nikko Haroldson
Edward Owens

FLUTE–CYS (In Alphabetical Order)
Katherine Beatty
Alliese Bonner
Hannah Chen
Camille Hu
Aarushi Kumar
Zachary Tucker
Rina Xu

OBOE–CYS (In Alphabetical Order)
Angelina Bautista
Bethany Guelcher
Rachael Kim
Jennie Li

CLARINET–CYS (In Alphabetical Order)
Yassin Adams
Samuel Jarzab
Casey Martens
Laurel Nicholas
Lukas Varden

BASSOON– CYS (In Alphabetical Order)
Bridget Bruno
Xayvion Davidson
Will Duenkel
Ethan Grossman

HORN–CYS (In Alphabetical Order)
Luke Guelcher
Elliott Hillyer
Dennis Nikiforov
Jossalyn Varden
Miles Woods

TRUMPET–CYS (In Alphabetical Order)
Aidan Amphonephong
Alex Vinson

TROMBONE–CYS (In Alphabetical Order)
Isaac Grunfeld
Orlandis Maise
Cooper Peterson
Wyatt Roder

TUBA – CYS
Lillian Weiss

PERCUSSION – CYS (In Alphabetical Order)
Christian Begnaud
Justice Bright
Shaina Capozzi
Isabelle Kailing
Hailey Tomlinson

HARP– CYS (In Alphabetical Order)
Raegan Holmes
Lily Stewart

VIOLIN - PHILHARMONIA (In Alphabetical Order)
Prisha Bangera
Saule Bernotas
Shruti Chakraborty
Samantha (Sam) Coplan
Ella Goggans
Sagar Gupta
Cara Hallquist
Marissa Huggett
Anabeli Kellum
Alice Koh
Jason Lim
Megan Loh
Diana Lu
Marianna Nimmo
Geon Park
Yoojin Park
Katy Shaffer
Zixiang "Gordon" Sheng
Hayden Tan
Sophie Tan
Jason Wang
Katie Wang
Cynthia Xu
Brayden Zhang

VIOLA – PHILHARMONIA (In Alphabetical Order)
Rajveer Chaudhury
Will Jebasingh
Phoebe Kelso
Daniel Olopade
Annmary Pallan

CELLO – PHILHARMONIA (In Alphabetical Order)
Ethan Oh
Dara Olopade
Debra Zhang
Elaine Zhang
Sophia Wang

BASS – PHILHARMONIA
(Auditions continue this week)

FLUTE – PHILHARMONIA (In Alphabetical Order)
Vivian Acevedo
Emily Barnes
Charlotte Cleaves
Ellie Grossman
Jessica Huang
Rinaz Jamal
Ashley Maliakal
Syrah Sanders
Ana Suarez
Linda Xu

OBOE – PHILHARMONIA (In Alphabetical Order)
Aubrey Holland
Ethan Yang
(Jerry Zhang- contact Dr. Nies)

CLARINET – PHILHARMONIA (In Alphabetical Order)
Icsis Church
Judy Hsu
Bill Ouyang
Sarah Page-McCaw
Jay Sung

BASSOON – PHILHARMONIA
Charlie Kelso

HORN – PHILHARMONIA
Willa Sands

TRUMPET – PHILHARMONIA
(Auditions continue this week)

TROMBONE - PHILHARMONIA (In Alphabetical Order)
Lincoln Schaaf
Dayla Spencer

TUBA – PHILHARMONIA
Paul Muirhead

PERCUSSION - PHILHARMONIA (In Alphabetical Order)
*Zaiden Allen (*Assistant from CYS)
Boone Paschal

VIOLIN - REPERTORY ORCHESTRA (In Alphabetical Order)
Michelle Aguilar
Tanish Bangera
Nevaeh Bass
Ardin Beecher
Anna Casler
Eric Jenson
Sofia Jenson
Eunice Jung
Aaron Kim
Nora Kunkee
Claire Kwon
Frances Lyle-Murray
Mary Lyle-Murray
Jayden Manoj
Jubin Park
Prithvi Patil
Smriti Shetty
Varsha Shetty
Kevin Song
Whittney Thai
Isaiah Woodyard
Audrey Zhang
Claire Zhang
Oscar Zhu

VIOLA - REPERTORY ORCHESTRA (In Alphabetical Order)
Lilly Faye Kraemer
Olivia Scott
Audrey Yu
(Rhucha Chawathe)

CELLO - REPERTORY ORCHESTRA (In Alphabetical Order)
Manushri Kalasikam
Aaron Kim

BASS - REPERTORY ORCHESTRA
Chloe Sutton

FLUTE - REPERTORY ORCHESTRA (In Alphabetical Order)
Caitlin Anglum
Sophie Goggans
Emily Kim
Thomas Rowbottom
Angel Zambrano

CLARINET - REPERTORY ORCHESTRA
Aarush Jawale

BASSOON - REPERTORY ORCHESTRA
(Auditions continue this week)


HORN - REPERTORY ORCHESTRA
Mary Li

TRUMPET - REPERTORY ORCHESTRA
(Auditions continue this week)

TROMBONE - REPERTORY ORCHESTRA
(Auditions continue this week)

OBOE - REPERTORY ORCHESTRA
(Auditions continue this week)

TUBA - REPERTORY ORCHESTRA
(Auditions continue this week)

PERCUSSION – REPERTORY ORCHESTRA
TBA

VIOLIN - YOUTH STRINGS ORCHESTRA 3
Lily Rankin
Abigail Weinman
(Auditions continue this week)

CELLO - YOUTH STRINGS 3
(Auditions continue this week)
Kendall Bradshaw

VIOLIN - YOUTH STRINGS ORCHESTRA 2
(Auditions continue this week)
Nathan Callaway

VIOLA - YOUTH STRINGS ORCHESTRA 2
(Auditions continue this week)
Andrew Callaway

CELLO - YOUTH STRINGS 2 (In Alphabetical Order)
(Auditions continue next week)
Mariana Campos
Eunchan (Daniel) Lee

VIOLIN - YOUTH STRINGS ORCHESTRA 1
(Auditions continue this week)

VIOLIN- READING ORCHESTRA
(Auditions continue this week)
Eliot Chamberlain
Henry Chamberlain
Mary Katherine Rankin
(Auditions continue this week)

VIOLA - READING ORCHESTRA
(Auditions continue this week)
Elijah Folsom

CELLO - READING ORCHESTRA
(Auditions continue this week)

Curb Youth Symphony and Vanderbilt Youth Orchestras

08/30/2021

Vanderbilt Youth Orchestra Program
Audition Results!
2021-2022
(Curb Youth Symphony, Philharmonia, Repertory Orchestra, Youth Strings Orchestras (1, 2, 3) and the Reading Orchestra)

We had so many VYO auditions that results are delayed until tomorrow morning, Monday, August 30 at 8:30 AM! Congratulations to all on your hard work and your excellent auditions! Check back here at 8:30 AM! Please contact Dr. Nies ([email protected]) if you have any questions.

Each VYO Orchestra member will receive emails about your first rehearsal. First rehearsal dates are below:

CYS- Monday, September 6
(We will begin rehearsals on-line)

Philharmonia- Sunday, September 12
(We will begin rehearsals on-line)

Repertory Orchestra- Tuesday, September 14
(We will begin rehearsals on-line)

YSO 1- Thursday, September 16
(We will begin rehearsals online)

YSO 2- Tuesday September 14
(We will begin rehearsals online)

YSO 3- Tuesday September 14
(We will begin rehearsals online)

Reading Orchestra- Thursday, September 16
(We will begin rehearsals online)

06/18/2021

Audition for the 2021-2022 Vanderbilt Youth Orchestras Program!

Send an email now to reserve your August audition time!

Curb Youth Symphony
Philharmonia
Repertory Orchestra
The VYO String Orchestras

CYS and Philharmonia Audition requirements:
https://blair.vanderbilt.edu/blair-academy/audition-cys.php

Repertory Orchestra and the VYO String Orchestras Audition requirements:
https://blair.vanderbilt.edu/blair-academy/audition-nyro.php

For more information contact Dr. Carol Nies ([email protected])

Audition information for Vanderbilt Youth Orchestras

03/24/2021

Congratulations to the winners of the 2020-21 CYS Concerto Competition!

Summer Bradshaw and Joanna Kang

Honorable Mention
Isabella Nguyen and Abby Reed

Congratulations to all who participated in this year's CYS Concerto Competition! The judges had many nice comments for all of you!

08/31/2020

Congratulations to all VYO members!

Our first CYS rehearsal will be tomorrow, Monday, 8/31 at 6:35 PM. If you have not received an email with details about our first rehearsal- let me know immediately- as you will need this email for:
-the specific rehearsal schedule
-the link to print music
-your part assignments

Best wishes!

Dr. Carol Nies
Director, Curb Youth Symphony
Director, Vanderbilt Youth Orchestras
[email protected]

08/30/2020

VANDERBILT YOUTH ORCHESTRAS
2020-2021

Congratulations to all on your hard work!
If you have any questions, contact Dr. Nies ([email protected])

Check all VYO Orchestras for your name! An audition for the CYS or Philharmonia serves as your audition for all of the eight VYO Ensembles.

Philharmonia Orchestra's first rehearsal will be an Introductory Zoom meeting today!
SUNDAY, AUGUST 30, 2:00 PM
https://vanderbilt.zoom.us/j/4103528869 (You will enter a Zoom waiting room, and then Mr. Madole will invite Philharmonia members into the rehearsal. Make sure that your screen is labeled with your name, or he will not be able to invite you in!) Mr. Madole's email is [email protected].

Curb Youth Symphony's first rehearsal (beginning online) will be this Monday, August 31. Check your email and Facebook for more information.

Repertory Orchestra's first rehearsal (beginning online) will be Tuesday, September 8!

The Vanderbilt Youth Orchestra String Orchestras will begin rehearsals on September 1 and 3. Rehearsals will begin online. Contact Ms. Tuten for more details! [email protected]

Flute- CYS (Alphabetical Order)
Elena Bull
Hannah Chen
Ella Herrenbruck
Camille Hu
Eunkyul (Clara) Lee
Rina Xu

Flute- Philharmonia (Alphabetical Order)
Emily Barnes
Katherine Beatty
Alliese Bonner
Alyssa Croston
Lucia Victoria Enriquez
Ava Foley
Ellie Grossman
Jessica Huang
Hursha Kondee
Sarah Kimbro
Linda Xu

Flute- Repertory Orchestra (Alphabetical Order)
Vivian Linda Acevedo
Caitlyn Anglum
Mallie Higgins
Ashley Maliakal
Emily Kim
Ana Gabriela Suarez
Zachary Tucker
Suhjin Yoon
Angel Reverol Zambrano

Oboe- CYS (Alphabetical Order)
Anna Guelcher
Eileen Hsu
Ava Peters
Ashlyn Surratt

Oboe- Philharmonia (Alphabetical Order)
Angelina Bautista
Bethany Guelcher
Rachel Kim
Jennie Li

Oboe- Repertory Orchestra (Alphabetical Order)
Lillian Besinger
Schafer Herrenbruck
Aubrey Holland
Ethan Yang

Clarinet- CYS (alphabetical order)
Yasin Adams
Nicholas Beck
Lauren Nicholas
Samuel Jarzab
Amsale Takele

Clarinet- Philharmonia (alphabetical order)
Malek Chmayssani
Chloe Delease
Casey Martins
Bill Ouyang
Page Weising

Clarinet-Repertory Orchestra (alphabetical order)
Judy Hsu
Jaehyeon (Jay) Sung
Ava Twyman
Lukas Varden

Bassoon- CYS (alphabetical order)
Bridget Bruno
Xayvion Davidson
Noah Lamont
Gracie Li

Bassoon- Philharmonia
Ethan Grossman (and Orchestra Assistant)

Bassoon- Repertory Orchestra (alphabetical order)
Charlie Kelso
Will Duenkel



Alto Saxophone- Philharmonia
Check with Mr. Madole ([email protected]) to see if there is saxophone
repertoire on the first Concert)
Leonardo Avila Suarez (Alto Saxophone/Percussion)

Horn- CYS (alphabetical order)
Luke Guelcher
Sophie Li
Abigail Pielak
Emily Sholar
Jossalyn Varden

Horn- Philharmonia (Alphabetical Order)
Oliver Craddock
Joseph Collins
Caleb Guelcher
Elliot Hillyer
Solmin Kim
(Derek) Miles Woods

Horn- Repertory Orchestra (Alphabetical Order)
Mary Li
Dennis Nikiforov

Trumpet- CYS (Alphabetical Order)
Spencer Guy
Connor Prim
Philip Troutman

Trumpet- Philharmonia (Alphabetical Order)
Alex Vinson
Elijah Guelcher

Trombone- CYS (Alphabetical Order)
Lindsay Damon
Benjamin Donderville
Issac Grunfeld
Wyatt Roder

Trombone- Philharmonia (Alphabetical Order)
Oscar Field
Orlandis Maise
Cooper Peterson


Trombone- Repertory Orchestra
Lincoln Schaaf

Percussion-CYS (Alphabetical Order)
Christian Begnaud
Justice Bright
Maxwell Daley
Shaina Capozzi

Percussion- Philharmonia
Mya Foley

Percussion- Repertory Orchestra
TBA

Harp- CYS (Alphabetical Order)
(Harps may also be invited to perform with the Philharmonia)
Raegan Holmes
Lily Stewart
Isabelle Turney

Piano/Harpsichord- CYS (Alphabetical Order)
Isaac Herrenbruck

Violin- CYS (Alphabetical Order)
Launna Atkinson
Summer Bradshaw
Ella Bramlett
Lilian Branch
Saurav Chakraborty
Madison Chung
Sarah Cook
Audrey Cox
Caleb Doughty
Abigail Harms
Andrew Huang
Joanne Kang
Elaine Krell
Greta Li
Mitchell Loh
Kerrigan Mandrell
Peter Mangum
Riya Mitra
Isabella Nguyen
Abby Reed
Iris Shepherd
Rachel Smola
Nora Wang
Amy Xu
Brian Xu
Sheeline Yu
Sheerea Yu

Violin- Philharmonia (Alphabetical Order)
Katherine (Kate) Ask
Heather Benz
Mary Bryant
Ella Goggans
Sophia Hacket
Cara Hallquist
Amanda Huang
Megan Loh
Diana Lu
Eshani Mehta
Jessica Mullenbach
Anne-Marie Nguyen
Geon Park
Yoojin Park
Camille Quiampang
Isaac Riordian
Chloe Robinson
Katy Grace Shaffer
Margaret Steffens
Sophie Tan
Antonio Thai
Cynthia Xu
Anna Zhao



Violin- Repertory Orchestra (Alphabetical Order)
Prisha Bangera
Tanish Bangera
Shruti Chakraborty
Samantha Coplan
Bethany Guelcher
Claire Kwon
Alice Koh
Stephie Lee
Elizabeth (Ellie) Lukasiak
Vivian Nguyen
Marianna Nimmo
Orman Nimmo
Smriti Shetty
Varsha Shetty
Abigail Steffens
Ainsley Stewart
Whitney Thai
Jason Wang
Isaiah Woodyard
Brayden Zhang

Viola- CYS (Alphabetical Order)
Paul Kent Bramlett
Amelia Branch
Treasure Eckles
Sophie Lee
Anna Robertson
Selina Wang
(Luke Guelcher)

Viola- Philharmonia (Alphabetical Order)
Andrew Gan
Daniel Olopade
Jenna Street
Samuel Whiteley

Viola- Repertory Orchestra (Alphabetical Order)
Rajveer Chaudhury
Rebecca Guirguis
Phoebe Kelso
AnnMary Pallan
Lydia Steffens

Cello- CYS (Alphbetical Order)
Alyssa Bradshaw
Roger Chen
Andrew Chung
Tristan Deters
Tiffany Kwak
Andrew Pavlovic
Julie Qi
Alexa Sheldon
Caroline Thigpen
Simon Whiteley



Cello- Philharmonia (Alphbetical Order)
Caleb Guelcher (Horn/Cello)
Noah Kim
Levi Steffens
Luka Palmer
Sophia Wang
Debra Zhang
Elaine Zhang


Cello- Repertory Orchestra (Alphbetical Order)
Ethan Oh
Dara Olopade
Sylvia Rapp
Laura Tew

Bass- CYS (Alphabetical Order)
Joseph Bonvissuto
Dylan Cook
Nikko Haroldson
Avery Noe
Carrie Simmons

Bass - Philharmonia (Alphabetical Order)
Edward Owens

08/30/2020

Audition results for the Curb Youth Symphony, the Philharmonia and the Repertory Orchestra will be posted tomorrow morning (Sunday, August 30) at 12:30 PM. We have had a tremendous number of auditions! Stay tuned!

Philharmonia Orchestra's first rehearsal will be an Introductory Zoom meeting tomorrow:
SUNDAY, AUGUST 30, 2:00 PM
https://vanderbilt.zoom.us/j/4103528869 (You will enter a Zoom waiting room, and then Mr. Madole will invite Philharmonia members into the rehearsal. Make sure that your screen is labeled with your name, or he will not be able to invite you in!)

Curb Youth Symphony's first rehearsal (beginning online) will be this Monday, August 31. Stay tuned for more details!

Repertory Orchestra's first rehearsal (beginning online) will be Tuesday, September 8!

The Vanderbilt Youth Orchestra String Orchestras will begin rehearsals on September 1 and 3. Rehearsals will begin online. Contact Ms. Tuten for more details! [email protected]

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08/05/2020

Audition for the 2020-2021 Curb Youth Symphony/Vanderbilt Youth Orchestras!
Reserve your 2020-2021 Audition time now!
(All August 2020 auditions will be held online.)

The Curb Youth Symphony, Philharmonia, Repertory Orchestra, Youth Strings Orchestras 1-3,
Reading Orchestra and Beginning Reading Orchestra!

The Curb Youth Symphony
(The CYS is co-sponsored by the Nashville Symphony and the Blair School of Music)
Rehearsals: Mondays (6:35- 9:05 PM) (Beginning online)
Auditions (Online): August 12- 27, 2020
*Percussion auditions (Online): August 16 (2:00-5:00 PM)

Email [email protected] now to reserve your August 2020 audition time!
Audition Requirements:
-A prepared solo
-All major and melodic minor scales and arpeggios
-Sight-reading

For more information: Email Dr. Carol Nies ([email protected])
Fall 2020 first rehearsal: August 31 (Rehearsals will begin online)

Philharmonia
Rehearsals: Sundays (2:00- 4:30 PM) (Beginning online)
Auditions (Online): August 12- 27, 2020
*Percussion Auditions (Online): August 16, 2:00-5:00 PM

Email [email protected] now to reserve your August 2020 audition time!
Audition Requirements:
-A prepared solo
-All major and melodic minor scales and arpeggios
-Sight-reading
For more information: Email Craig Madole ([email protected])
Fall 2020 first rehearsal: August 30 (Rehearsals will begin online)

Repertory Orchestra
Rehearsals: Tuesdays (6:30-8:45 PM) (Beginning online)
Auditions (Online): August 15 and 22, 2020
*Percussion Auditions: August 16, 2:00-5:00 PM

Email [email protected] now to reserve your August 2020 audition time!
Audition Requirements:
-Prepared solo
-Major scales (C, G, D, A, F, B flat, E flat- with strings playing at least two octaves. Students auditioning for the first violin
section should prepare three octave scales. Woodwinds and Brass should prepare octaves as appropriate for each scale/instrument.)

For more information email: Ms. Ashly Martella ([email protected])
Fall 2020 first rehearsal: September 8 (Rehearsals will begin online)

NYOP String Orchestra Auditions
Audtions (On-line): August 18 and 25, 2020 (5:00 - 8:00 PM)
and August 20 and 22, 2020 (6:00 - 8:00 PM)
To schedule an audition: Call Ms. Tuten after August 2
(615-746-5212)
For more information email Ms. Tuten ([email protected])

Youth Strings Orchestra 1-3
Audition requirements:
-A prepared solo
-Major scales (two octaves)- C, G, D, A, F, B flat, E flat
-Sight-reading

Reading Orchestra
Audition requirements:
-A prepared solo
-Major scales (one octave)- C, G, D, A, F, B flat, E flat
-Sight-reading

Beginning Reading Orchestra
Audition requirements:
-A prepared solo
-Major scales (one octave)- C, G, D, A
-Sight-reading

Fall 2020 first rehearsals for String Orchestras (Rehearsals will begin online):
September 1 YSO (all sections)
September 3 BRO and RO

08/05/2020

Reserve your 2020-2021 Audition time now!
2020-2021 Curb Youth Symphony/Nashville Youth
Orchestra Program Auditions!
(All August 2020 auditions will be held online.)

The Curb Youth Symphony, Philharmonia, Repertory Orchestra, Youth Strings Orchestras 1-3,
Reading Orchestra and Beginning Reading Orchestra!

The Curb Youth Symphony
(The CYS is co-sponsored by the Nashville Symphony and the Blair School of Music)
Rehearsals: Mondays (6:35- 9:05 PM) (Beginning online)
Auditions (Online): August 12- 27, 2020
*Percussion auditions (Online): August 16 (2:00-5:00 PM)

Email [email protected] now to reserve your August 2020 audition time!
Audition Requirements:
-A prepared solo
-All major and melodic minor scales and arpeggios
-Sight-reading

For more information: Email Dr. Carol Nies ([email protected])
Fall 2020 first rehearsal: August 31 (Rehearsals will begin online)

Philharmonia
Rehearsals: Sundays (2:00- 4:30 PM) (Beginning online)
Auditions (Online): August 12- 27, 2020
*Percussion Auditions (Online): August 16, 2:00-5:00 PM

Email [email protected] now to reserve your August 2020 audition time!
Audition Requirements:
-A prepared solo
-All major and melodic minor scales and arpeggios
-Sight-reading
For more information: Email Craig Madole ([email protected])
Fall 2020 first rehearsal: August 30 (Rehearsals will begin online)

Repertory Orchestra
Rehearsals: Tuesdays (6:30-8:45 PM) (Beginning online)
Auditions (Online): August 15 and 22, 2020
*Percussion Auditions: August 16, 2:00-5:00 PM

Email [email protected] now to reserve your August 2020 audition time!
Audition Requirements:
-Prepared solo
-Major scales (C, G, D, A, F, B flat, E flat- with strings playing at least two octaves. Students auditioning for the first violin
section should prepare three octave scales. Woodwinds and Brass should prepare octaves as appropriate for each scale/instrument.)

For more information email: Ms. Ashly Martella ([email protected])
Fall 2020 first rehearsal: September 8 (Rehearsals will begin online)

NYOP String Orchestra Auditions
Audtions (On-line): August 18 and 25, 2020 (5:00 - 8:00 PM)
and August 20 and 22, 2020 (6:00 - 8:00 PM)
To schedule an audition: Call Ms. Tuten after August 2
(615-746-5212)
For more information email Ms. Tuten ([email protected])

Youth Strings Orchestra 1-3
Audition requirements:
-A prepared solo
-Major scales (two octaves)- C, G, D, A, F, B flat, E flat
-Sight-reading

Reading Orchestra
Audition requirements:
-A prepared solo
-Major scales (one octave)- C, G, D, A, F, B flat, E flat
-Sight-reading

Beginning Reading Orchestra
Audition requirements:
-A prepared solo
-Major scales (one octave)- C, G, D, A
-Sight-reading

Fall 2020 first rehearsals for String Orchestras (Rehearsals will begin online):
September 1 YSO (all sections)
September 3 BRO and RO