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 Excerpts
Please prepare the indicated the orchestral excerpts from the pdfs listed below by instrument. Only prepare the sections between the added red parenthesis.
Tuba.pdf
Harp.pdf