Joining The Society

Membership in the Junior Strings, the Intermediate Strings and the Surrey Youth Orchestra is determined by auditions for all players. Auditions are generally held twice each year, in May and in early September. Individual auditions can be arranged at other times during the year, as well.

There are limited openings for our September 11th, 2010 auditions: for the Youth Orchestra, the flute and clarinet sections have been filled. Openings are still available for oboe, bassoon, French Horn, trumpet, trombone and tuba sections. There are openings in all 3 orchestras for violins, violas, cellos and bass.

Our auditions for the 2011/2012 season are scheduled for May 28th, 2011.  Contact us for an audition appointment.

To audition, each participant needs to:

ü play a piece of music about 1 page long of their own
      choice, unaccompanied
ü play a scale in a key of their own choice
ü sight read several lines of music given to them at the audition

Each audition lasts approximately 10 minutes.

Musical proficiency required for each group is as follows:

• Junior Strings - Minimum age 8 years, with Grade 3 Royal Conservatory / completion of Suzuki Book 2.
• Intermediate Strings - Minimum age 9 years, with Grade 5 Royal Conservatory / Suzuki Book 4.
• Surrey Youth Orchestra - Minimum age 12 years. Strings minimum Grade 8 Royal Conservatory, Winds minimum of 2 years playing experience.

If you know of qualified young musicians who may be interested in playing in one of our groups, please encourage them to contact us.

To arrange for an audition, contact our General Manager, Anna Russell, at 604-572-9225 or inquiries@surreyyouthorchestra.org