Schaumburg Youth Orchestra Announces Auditions for the 2018-19 Season
The Schaumburg Youth Orchestra has announced that it is holding auditions for the 2018-19 season over several days: May 22, 24, 29, 30, 31, June 1, 2018.
Full audition details and audition form at schaumburgyouthorchestra.org. To schedule an audition, call 847-923-3604 by May 18. Students are asked to schedule an appointment for the ensemble that best matches their playing level. The Schaumburg Youth Orchestra program offers four ensembles designed to meet students' needs:
SCHAUMBURG YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Joseph Malmquist, Director
The SYSO consists of strings, winds, brass and percussion.
SCHAUMBURG YOUTH CONCERT ORCHESTRA Ron Polomchak, Director
The SYCO includes string, woodwind, brass and percussion students.
SCHAUMBURG YOUTH SINFONIA STRINGS Tobin Langridge, Director
The SYSS is an advanced string orchestra, performing music literature from a wide variety of styles and composers.
SCHAUMBURG YOUTH STRING ENSEMBLE Dung Pham, Director
The SYSE is designed to give developing students a chance to improve their playing skills both in a small group seeing and as an orchestra.
After scheduling an audition, visit schaumburgyouthorchestra.org to complete and submit an online audition form (please submit form prior to audition). Orchestra placement is at the discretion of the directors. Students must audition each season, regardless of previous participation in the Schaumburg Youth Orchestra program.
What began as a 16-member string ensemble in the spring of 1989 has developed into four orchestras featuring over 200 student musicians from Chicago's northwest suburbs. The mission of the Schaumburg Youth Orchestra is to promote the continuing growth of the cultural arts in the community by providing area students with an outlet to perform challenging ensemble and orchestral music, and by presenting youth orchestra performances to the community and outlying areas through concerts, recordings and tours.
The Schaumburg Youth Orchestra is a program of the Village of Schaumburg through the Al Larson Prairie Center for the Arts, located at 201 Schaumburg Ct., Schaumburg, IL. For more information about the Al Larson Prairie Center for the Arts and its programs, visit www.prariecenter.org.