GYSO Audition Requirements
General Guidelines
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Grade 7-8 Royal Conservatory of Music (RCM) level, or similar
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Strings - Knowledge of scales from keys up to and including four sharps and four flats.
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Winds/Brass/Percussion - Knowledge of scales from keys up to and including five sharps and five flats. *Clarinet, Trumpet, and Horn players can expect to encounter transposing!
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After one year in GYSO, students are expected to know all major and minor keys/scales (in the octaves appropriate to your instrument).
Not quite ready for the GYSO? Check out the
GYMC Junior and Intermediate String Orchestras
Audition Requirements
For all instruments (mid year submission 19/20):
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One Étude or Exposition from a solo concerto/sonata
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Two contrasting orchestral excerpts (please email if you need guidance with excerpts)
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Perform major and minor scales, in two octaves as appropriate for your instrument, in EM/c#m and BM/g#m (not transposed! - these keys for you)