WYSO Philharmonic

Spring 2024

REHEARSALS
Sunday evenings at Seton Hill University
Spring Semester Begins February 4, 2024
Philharmonic: 6:00 – 8:30 pm (2.5 hrs)
Philharmonia: 6:00 – 8 pm (2.0 hrs)

>WYSO Ensemble Application Form (required for new students, current members do not have to fill out the form again )

Concert
April 28, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. (musicians report at 6 p.m.)
Seton Hill University Performing Arts Center
100 Harrison Ave, Greensburg, PA 15601

Repertoire
Copland: Variations on a Shaker Melody
Elgar: Nimrod from “Enigma Variations”
Williams: Raiders March from Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark

AUDITIONS
Saturday,  January 27, 2024
Beginning at 10:30 am at the Greensburg Garden and Civic Center
951 Old Salem Rd., Greensburg, 15601

Contact Ramona Coppage at [email protected] to schedule an audition.

Details:

  • Auditions are required for new members 
  • They will be approx. 10 minutes in length. 

Requirements:

    • Brass/Winds:
      • Majors Scales up to 4 sharps and 4 flats (two octaves when possible)
      • Concert B-flat chromatic scale (two octaves when possible)
      • Excerpt from an etude or solo of your choosing (2-5 minutes in length)
      • Sight reading
    • Strings:
      • Majors Scales up to 4 sharps and 4 flats (two octaves; three octaves when possible. Legato, staccato, pizzicato)
      • Excerpt from an etude or solo of your choosing (2-5 minutes in length)
      • Sight reading 


 

 

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