Pittsburgh Youth Chamber Orchestra - Audition Requirements
Strings
  • 2 or 3 Octave Scales (up to 4 sharps & 4 flats)
  • Any solo of your choice from the standard repertoire (concerto, sonata, etude or orchestral excerpt) demonstrating technical and musical abilities.
  • Sight reading (provided at the audition)
Woodwinds & Brass
  • 2 or 3 Octave Scales (up to 4 sharps & 4 flats)
  • Any solo of your choice from the standard repertoire (concerto, sonata, etude or orchestral excerpt) demonstrating technical and musical abilities.
  • Sight reading (provided at the audition)
Percussion
  • Prepare a snare, mallet and timpani solo of your choice from the standard repertoire, demonstrating technical and musical abilities.
  • Sight reading (provided at the audition)
Piano/Keyboard
  • Three (3) solo works of your choice (concerto, sonata, etude or orchestral excerpt), each one no more than 5 minutes in duration. One solo should be from the Baroque period and the other from the Classical period.
  • Sight reading (provided at the audition)
Harp
  • Any solo of your choice from the standard repertoire (concerto, sonata, etude or orchestral excerpt) demonstrating technical and musical abilities.
  • Sight reading (provided at the audition)

 

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