Auditions & Program Info
The New Bedford Symphony Youth Orchestras will be holding auditions for the 2010-2011 season on August 21, August 28, and September 4 from 9:00am - 12:00 noon. To schedule an audition time, please email NBSYO coordinator Merrillan Melberg at coordinator@nbsyo.org with a requested half hour time frame. We will do our best to accommodate your request. Scheduling will be done on an ongoing basis until all time slots are filled.
Audition Requirements
Students auditioning should prepare two excerpts that will demonstrate technical proficiency and lyrical expressive playing. Auditions for the Symphony Orchestra will include a short sight reading piece.
Scale requirements
Symphony Orchestra
Strings: C, G, D, A, Bb (2 or 3 octaves) and F, Eb (1 octave)
Woodwinds & Brass:
C Instruments - C,
F, Bb, Eb, Ab
Bb Instruments - C, F, Bb, G, D
F Instruments - C,
F, Bb, Eb, G (scales played 2 octaves where possible)
Debut Orchestra
Strings: D & G (1 octave)
Woodwinds & Brass:
C Instruments - Bb (1 octave)
Bb Instruments - C (1 octave)
F Instruments - C or F (1 octave)
Applicants will be notified of their acceptance by email within a week of the end of the audition cycle.
All rehearsals will take place on Saturdays at UMass Dartmouth in the College of Visual and Performing Arts. The Symphony Orchestra meets from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., the Debut Orchestra meets from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. and the Poco Strings meet from 9:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. You can find the complete rehearsal calendar here.
