PREPARATORY STRING ORCHESTRA ENROLLMENT INFORMATION

ELIGIBILITY:
Preparatory String Orchestra (PSO) is open to violin, viola, cello, and string bass students in grade levels 4 and 5.

APPLICATION:
Auditions are not required for Preparatory String Orchestra. Instead, please submit our online application (below) as soon as possible. A recommendation from a private teacher is REQUIRED for new students (not for students enrolled during the previous season) – more info below.

TEACHER RECOMMENDATION:
Applications of new students must be accompanied by a recommendation from the student’s private instructor indicating that the student can play at the appropriate level. See samples of repertoire from Preparatory Strings for guidance. Teacher recommendations must be included as part of the application process, either as copied/pasted text or uploaded as Word or PDF file.

ACCEPTANCE AND REGISTRATION:
Accepted NEW students will be notified no later than August 18, 2023, at which time registration information will be provided. RETURNING students are automatically accepted and may register online beginning August 1, 2023.

PARTICIPATION:
Rehearsals take place on Wednesday afternoons from 4:15-5:45pm at the AYSP Facility. Participation requires an annual tuition fee.

Reminder:

Inquiry submissions must be accompanied by a recommendation from the student’s private instructor indicating that the student can play at the appropriate level. See samples of repertoire from Preparatory Strings for guidance. Recommendations should be copy and pasted into the submission form, or uploaded to the form as a PDF or Word document.

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STUDENT INFORMATION
Please copy/paste the recommendation from your student's private teacher into this box. If you would rather upload a document (PDF, word, etc.), please type "file uploaded" and submit the file below.
Max. file size: 100 MB.

CONTACT US

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