Vanderbilt Youth Orchestras Auditions

Curb Youth Symphony

Repertory Orchestra

Ashly Martella, director

Audition dates for 2020-21 are August 15 and 22 (Online)
Percussion auditions take place August 16, 2-5pm (Online)

Email Curb Youth Symphony to schedule an audition. Please include the following information in your email: your full name, grade level, home phone number, cell phone number, instrument, years of instrumental study, and which orchestra you are auditioning for. For more information, please email Carol Nies.

Strings, woodwinds, brass and harp

A prepared solo
Major scales (Up to three flats or three sharps — C, G, D, A, F, B flat, E flat, with strings playing at least two octaves. Students auditioning for First Violin should play three octaves.)
Sight-reading

Percussion

You may choose to audition on snare drum, snare drum and timpani, or snare drum, timpani and marimba/xylophone.

Snare Drum

A prepared solo or etude
Sight-reading

Timpani

A prepared solo or etude
Sight-reading

Marimba/Xylophone

A prepared solo or etude
Sight-reading

Youth Strings Orchestras (I-III) and Reading Orchestra

Audition dates for 2020-21 are August 18 & 25, 5-8pm (Online); and August 20 & 27, 6-8pm (Online)

To schedule an audition, email Celeste Tuten.

Audition requirements

A prepared solo
Scales: C, G, D, A, F, B-flat, E-flat
- YSO - (Two octaves)
- Reading Orchestra (One octave)
Sight reading

Beginning Reading Orchestra