The Ensembles
For our Musicians
Important information for
WVYS musicians
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Audition requirements
These are Adobe Acrobat PDF files
Download the text and scale information, and then the music for your
instrument
Cadet audition requirements (text and scales)
Youth Strings audition requirements (text and scales)
Youth Orchestra and winds/brass audition requirements (text and scales)
Audition Changes
The Program Committee for the WVYS has decided to change the Move-up Audition Process.
Holding move-up auditions in the Spring has been traditional for the WVYS but we recognize that this is often a students busiest time of year giving them little time to adequately prepare. With this in mind we have moved move-up auditions to February 7, 2008. At this time students would audition to move up for the Fall of 2008. These auditions will be open to all WVYS students and strongly encouraged for all 1st violins and principal 2nd violins. We believe holding these auditions during a quieter month will encourage more students to participate.
New Audition requirements will be available at rehearsals, just see Stephanie Isaacs. Start your preparation early!
The Conductors of the WVYS have asked me to say a word about auditions. String Seating auditions for the Fall Semester will be held on Monday September 24th for all three string ensembles. Wind and Brass instruments are excused from rehearsal that evening. We hope to have music in the mail to you in August.
Many of you put a lot of pressure on yourselves during these auditions.
The goal is not perfection but preparation. The conductors want to see
that you have practiced and prepared the chosen piece but do not expect
you to know it perfectly. We want to give you experience in doing auditions
to prepare you not only for future auditions for other orchestras, schools
and camps, but also to help build your confidence in yourself.
You can do it!
To assist our musicians in scheduling, we've added to the online calendar dates for non-WVYS orchestral events that affect many of our musicians, such as All State and WVU Honors orchestra events. Note that these do not affect everyone.
The West Virginia Youth Symphony Handbook