Youth Orchestra

YPSO 2023-2024 Season Audition

YPSO is accepting audition applications for our upcoming season (23-24) in the following limited sections: trumpet, trombone, basstrombone, tuba, bassoon, oboe, viola, doublebass, and violin.  Join us for an exciting season of 4 season concerts, the Bay Area Youth Orchestra Festival (BAYOF) at Davies Symphony Hall, and the tour to Japan! Submission of screening videos is due June 1.  For details and registration: www.ypsomusic.org/how-to-join

Orchestra Auditions for 2023-24 Season

Palo Alto-based Golden State Youth Orchestra invites young musicians ages 6-18 to audition for the 2023-24 season. Led by an internationally renowned faculty, GSYO offers six orchestras/ensembles for students at all levels of musical ability. Start your musical journey in the entry-level orchestra Chamber Players or challenge yourself in the prestigious Senior Symphony! 

GSYO has openings at all levels for the 2023-24 Season!

New Member Auditions for Golden State Youth Orchestra

​​Musicians ages 6-18 are invited to audition for Golden State Youth Orchestra! Palo Alto-based Golden State Youth Orchestra (GSYO) invites musicians ages 6-18 to audition for the 2020-21 Season. GSYO offers six orchestras/ensembles for students at all levels of musical ability.

Start your musical journey in the entry-level orchestra Chamber Players or challenge yourself in the prestigious Senior Symphony! GSYO has openings at all levels for the 2020-21 Season!

LINK TO APPLICATION: https://www.gsyomusic.org/how-to-join/

AUDITIONS!! SAN JOSE YOUTH SYMPHONY!!

AUDITIONS!! The San Jose Youth Symphony (SJYS), located in San Jose, California, is one of the oldest and finest youth orchestras on the West Coast of the United States. Founded six decades ago as part of the former San Jose Symphony, the San Jose Youth Symphony has a rich tradition of musical performance and education. Auditions for the upcoming 2019-2020 season will take place in April! All levels of school-age musicians (up to age 21) are welcome to audition and participate in SJYS.

Auditions for 2016-2017

The enormous success and warm reception by the community at the Inaugural Concert held on November 22, 2015 at Dublin High School Center for Performing Arts & Education, Dublin, CA inspired new youth Orchestra Gradus ad Parnassum announces auditions for its new season of 2016-2017.

Young People's Symphony Orchestra Spring Auditions 2015

YPSO Spring 2015 Auditions:
Tuesday, May 26th 2015 from 4:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Wednesday, May 27th 2015 from 4:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 31st 2015 from 12:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Young People's Symphony Orchestra is the oldest youth orchestra in California and the second oldest in the nation. Our Music Director and Conductor David Ramadanoff is now celebrating his 26th season with YPSO.

Looking for Girls Who Love To Sing (grades 5-10)

Come sing with us in the Allegro Chorus! It offers a large variety of fun and worthwhile opportunities like singing in the chorus of an opera and at places like the California Academy of Sciences. Not only will you have a great time with other skillful and welcoming girls but also learn to sing in different languages, music style, and harmony. Through this after school activity you can make life-long friends while learning how to read and sing all different kinds of music and touch audiences. It meets twice a week: Wednesday and Sunday afternoons 4-6 pm.

Looking for Girls Who Love To Sing (grades 2-7)

Come sing with us in the Prelude Chorus. It offers a great variety of fun and worthwhile opportunities like learning to sing in different languages, music styles, and in harmony. Through this after school activity you can make life-long friends while learning how to read and sing all different kinds of music and touch audiences. It meets twice a week on Wednesday and Sunday afternoons 4-5:30 pm. Auditions will be looking for a nice, natural singing voice that has good pitch and can carry a tune. We are also looking for girls who love to sing and perform.