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Auditions for the Mobile Symphony Youth Orchestra are August 28, 29 and 30, 2009 at the Larkins Music Center.
MSYO Retreat and first rehearsal will be Saturday, September 19 and Sunday, September 20, 2009. Regular Sunday rehearsals resume immediately following the retreat.
IMPORTANT: Please be sure that you print all of the pages
for your audition.
The following instruments have only 1 page:
Saxophone
Trombone
Bass
The following instruments have 2 pages:
Flute/Piccolo
Oboe
Clarinet
Bassoon
Horn
Trumpet
Violin
Viola
Cello
The PERCUSSION audition consists of 3 pages.
If you have any problems with these documents, please call
251-432-2010 to request a hard copy through the mail.
Click here
for MSYO Audition Guidelines.
Bass
Bassoon Page 1
Bassoon Page 2
Cello Page 1
Cello Page 2
Clarinet Page 1
Clarinet Page 2
Flute and Piccolo Page 1
Flute and Piccolo Page 2
Horn Page 1
Horn Page 2
Oboe Page 1
Oboe Page 2
Percussion Page 1
Percussion Page 2
Percussion Page 3
Saxophone
Trombone
Trumpet Page 1
Trumpet Page 2
Tuba Page 1
Tuba Page 2
Viola Page 1
Viola Page 2
Violin Page 1
Violin Page 2
Find your instrument and click for audition excerpts:
To schedule an audition time, call education director Sarah Wright 251-432-2064, or e-mail
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Audition Location: Larkins Music Center • 257 Dauphin Street • Mobile
Auditions are scheduled at 10 minute intervals.
Notification of the results will be mailed within one week of the audition.
Audition Requirements
• Scales: 2 major scales, 2 octaves, to be selected by the judges from F, B-flat, E-flat, D, G, C.
• One solo selection, unaccompanied, no longer than 2 minutes
• Excerpts (see above)
Percussion only: Basic techniques on snare, mallet, tympani, and
auxilliary percussion
Audition excerpts (available online)
• Interview
You will be judged on
• technical accuracy
• intonation
• tone quality
• rhythm/tempo
• expression/dynamics
Weekly Rehearsals are held Sunday afternoons from 2:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
at the Larkins Music Center, 257 Dauphin Street, Mobile.
Concerts: MSYO performs concerts along the Gulf Coast throughout the
season, usually on Sunday afternoons. A concert schedule for the season
is published at the beginning of the year.
Tour: MSYO makes a concert tour in early June. Previous tours have
included Washington, D.C. and aboard the Carnival Cruise Ship Holiday.
Fees: $375 for the season. Cost of tour is separate and is the
responsibility of the MSYO member.
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