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