Audition Music
As an example for what to expect for auditions in 2025, here are the auditions sheets from 2023 and 2024. 2025 materials will be posted about 1 month prior to auditions.
Helpful Hints
- Use a metronome in the practice room. Using a steady beat helps your rhythmic accuracy.
- Do a scavenger hunt in your audition sheet. Find time signatures, key signatures, accidentals, difficult rhythms/notes, dynamics, bowings, and articulations. Are you demonstrating all of these when you play?
- Play musically. Prepare your music further than, “I can play the correct notes.” Dynamics, Bowings, and Phrasing will be adjudicated, as well as intonation.
- Practice sight reading. It is a skill. Open your book to a new page and try to learn a new song every day you practice for the audition.
- Play with great posture. Poor posture often hurts your chances of playing as accurately as you would with better posture.
Audition for YES
2024 Auditions have concluded. If you would like to add your email to a list serve, we will notify you when audition materials, dates, and other materials are made available for the 2025 YES orchestra.
*For information about eligibility for YES, please visit our “YES Guidelines” page.
*Please check the Rehearsal/Concert Information page to make sure your schedule works with ours before auditioning.
