2007 - 2008 Audition Announcement (UPDATED 8-29-07)

The following is a very important message to all new and returning Garden State Philharmonic Youth Orchestra Members.  Links contained in this message point to various files on our website.  For ease of use, links pointing to essential files will be highlighted in green and icons representing the file type will be inserted to the left of the link.  The file formats are as follows:

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Dear Youth Orchestra Members & Prospective Youth Orchestra Members,

Greetings!  We are very excited to be on the verge of a new year.  We hope you have all had a wonderful, restful, and music-filled summer.

Please find below very important information about auditions and first rehearsals.  If you have not already submitted your membership application and dues, please do so as soon as possible so as not to jeopardize your membership in the organization.

If you need to set up an audition time, please call us at 732.451.0064 so we may schedule your time and review the guidelines with you.  Unfortunately, we are unable to schedule audition requests via e-mail.

Please stay tuned for corrections to any of the information/schedules listed below.

Should you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to call us at 732.451.0064 or e-mail us at gspmusic@earthlink.net.


AUDITION CHECKLIST

1.                 2007-2008 Youth Orchestra Membership Application 

2.               Membership Fee:  Membership Fee Information will be posted shortly.  Please check back to this page periodically for updates.

3.                 2007-2008 Youth Orchestra Attendance Policy:  Please submit the OFFICE COPY.  Please keep the STUDENT COPY for your records. 

4.               Audition Guidelines:  Please check the Audition Guidelines section below to download audition guideline documents for your ensemble.

5.               Audition Excerpts:  Please print the Audition Excerpt for the Ensemble & Instrument for which you are auditioning.  Please refer to the Audition Guidelines for more information. [Scroll down to download audition excerpts] 

6.               Audition Appointment:  To schedule an audition, please contact Lucy Durazzo at (732) 451-0064.

 

AUDITION SCHEDULING

To schedule an audition, please contact Lucy Durazzo at (732) 451-0064.

 

AUDITION DATES

 

AUDITION GUIDELINES

 

AUDITION EXCERPTS

www.gspyouth.org:  Download guidelines and excerpts from THIS PAGE, SIMPLY CLICK THE LINK OF THE APPROPRIATE INSTRUMENT AND ORCHESTRA BELOW TO BEGIN YOUR DOWNLOAD.

String Ensemble (6th grade and under):

 

Concert Youth Orchestra (7th & 8th grades):

 

Symphonic Youth Orchestra (9th through 12th grades):

 

FIRST REHEARSALS

String Ensemble: Tuesdays, 6:30 - 8:00 PM at Toms River Intermediate North

Concert Youth Orchestra: Tuesdays, 7:00 - 8:30 PM at Toms River Intermediate East (STRINGS ONLY)

Symphonic Youth Orchestra: Tuesdays, 7:00 - 9:00 PM at Toms River Intermediate East (STRINGS ONLY)

First Rehearsals for each ensemble will take place on Tuesday, September 25th, 2007