Play for SYO!
Registration for fall auditions for our 2017-18 season is open! To register, please fill out this form. Auditions will be held in the Saybrook College Underbrook Performance Space. If you have any questions, please do contact the orchestra at saybrookorchestra@gmail.com.
The Saybrook College Orchestra welcomes all Yale-affiliated musicians to audition for membership, whether undergraduate, graduate, alumni, faculty, or staff. The orchestra remains, however, predominantly composed of undergraduates from all of Yale's fourteen residential colleges. SYO rehearses once a week, on Friday afternoons from 3:30-6:00, in the Underbrook.
StringsPlease come with a prepared solo piece that you feel best demonstrates your ability on your instrument. The audition will also include sight-reading. |
WindsPlease come with a prepared solo piece with contrasting sections (slow/lyrical and fast) that best demonstrates your ability. You will also be asked to sight-read a short passage. |
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BrassPlease come with a prepared solo piece with contrasting sections (slow/lyrical and fast) that best demonstrates your ability. You will also be asked to sight-read a short passage. |
Piano/CelestePlease come prepared with a solo piece of your choosing that best demonstrates your ability. You will also be asked to sight-read a short piece. |
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PercussionWe love percussionists! No, seriously. Please audition.
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HarpPlease prepare a solo piece of your choosing, that demonstrates technique and finger speed, as well as musicality. Sight-reading will not be required. |