BYO Symphony for Advanced Musicians

Challenge yourself

The BYO Symphony explores and performs orchestral literature from the standard to the unusual and rare repertoire.

This Symphony Orchestra plays three major concerts a season at various venues. Occasionally extra run out concerts are given.

Rehearsals: Wednesdays, 7:00—9:30 pm at Our Savior Lutheran Church, 22-15 Broadway, Fairlawn, NJ

Symphony Concert and Rehearsal Schedule

Registration/Audition Fee:     $ 50.00

Seasonal Tuition:                    $795.00

BYO Symphony Requirements

Woodwind and Brass:

Scales:  All major keys, full range of instrument

Articulation:  Legato, staccato and double tonguing.

Triple tonguing for brasses.

Intonation: Excellent in prepared music.

Transposition:

Clarinet: An understanding and moderate ability to transpose from “A” to “C” parts.

Bassoon: Ability to play in tenor clef

Horn & Trumpet: Advanced ability

Trombone:  Ability to play in alto & tenor clefs.

Sight Reading: Fluid ability. Players should have the ability to adequately perform music at the same level as the suggested audition pieces.

Timpani & Percussion:

All rudiments of technique

Ability to tune timpani

Ability to play three to five timpani

For mallet instruments:  All major scales

Sight Reading: Same as Woodwind & Brass

Strings:

Scales:  All major keys full range of instrument in all positions in 3 octaves

Bowing:  Advanced technique in legato, staccato, spiccato and martelé

Intonation:  Same as Woodwind & Brass

Sight Reading: Same as Woodwind & Brass

Suggested Audition Pieces or alternate pieces of similar level to be chosen by student:

Flute: Hindemith or Poulenc Sonata

Piccolo: Vivaldi Concerto

Oboe: Bellini, Haydn or Mozart Concerto

Clarinet: Mozart or Weber Concerto

Bassoon: Mozart or Weber Concerto

Horn: Mozart or Strauss Concerto

Trumpet: Haydn or Hummel Concerto

Trombone: Rimsky-Korsakov Concerto

Tuba: Haddad Suite

Timpani: Delécluse Etude

Snare Drum: Delécluse, choose from First Etudes

Xylophone: Bach Keyboard Transcriptions or Shostakovitch “Age of Gold” Polka

Violin: Mozart All Concertos (Fast Mvts)

Viola: J.C. Bach, Hoffmeister or Handel Concertos (Fast Mvts)

Cello: Haydn Concertos

Bass: Vivaldi Sonatas

Phone: (201) 390-6465
Hawthorne, NJ 07506
6 Royal Avenue