HIGH SCHOOL SUMMER CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

June 19-30, 2023

Come spend your early summer evenings at the AYSP facility playing Haydn’s Symphony No. 104, “London.” Students will submit a short audition video to win one of the limited slots.

The instrumentation for this chamber symphony is as follows:

Violin I: 6              Flute: 2                      Horn: 2

Violin II: 6             Oboe: 2                     Trumpet: 2

Viola: 4                  Clarinet: 2                 Timpani: 1

Cello: 4                 Bassoon: 2

Bass: 2

Please be sure to take a look at “Frequently Asked Questions” (below) for more information about audition requirements, rehearsal and sectional dates/times, concert information, and tuition.

AUDITION STEPS

  1. Fill out the short registration HERE. There is no audition fee!
  2. Submit your audition video to dan@aysmusic.org Audition excerpts are below.

*The audition deadline is by midnight of Sunday, May 14, 2023. Late applications will not be considered. Acceptance results will be announced via email May 18th.

The final performance will be Friday, June 30th from 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm, combined with the Middle School Summer Chamber Program.

AUDITION EXCERPTS

Recording Suggestions And Notes From Mr. Whisler!

TemposMvt 1 – Adagio in 8 (eighth = 72); Allegro in 2 (half = 100-104)

Mvt 2 – In 2 (quarter = 50-56) and in 4 (eighth = 100-112) – same tempo but mixture of both

Mvt 3 – Minuet in 1 (dotted half = 54-56); Trio in 1 (dotted half = 50-54)

Mvt 4 – in 2 (half = 120), maybe 132 if comfortable

Recordings

All movements – Haitink with Vienna Phil https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OitPLIowJ70

CONTACT US

Albuquerque Youth Symphony Program
4407 Menaul Blvd. NE
Albuquerque, NM 87110
PO Box 30961
Albuquerque, NM 87190
505-875-1319