HIGH SCHOOL SUMMER CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

June 19-30, 2023

Come spend your early summer evenings at the AYSP facility playing Haydn’s Symphony No. 104, “London.” Students will submit a short audition video to win one of the limited slots.

The instrumentation for this chamber symphony is as follows:

Violin I: 6              Flute: 2                      Horn: 2

Violin II: 6             Oboe: 2                     Trumpet: 2

Viola: 4                  Clarinet: 2                 Timpani: 1

Cello: 4                 Bassoon: 2

Bass: 2

Please be sure to take a look at “Frequently Asked Questions” (below) for more information about audition requirements, rehearsal and sectional dates/times, concert information, and tuition.

AUDITION STEPS

1. Fill out the short registration. There is no audition fee!
2. Submit your audition video to dan@aysmusic.org Audition excerpts are below.

*The audition deadline is by midnight of Sunday, May 14, 2023. Acceptance results will be announced via email May 18th.

The final performance will be Friday, June 30th from 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm, combined with the Middle School Summer Chamber Program.

Tempos
Mvt 1 – Adagio in 8 (eighth = 72); Allegro in 2 (half = 100-104)

Mvt 2 – In 2 (quarter = 50-56) and in 4 (eighth = 100-112) – same tempo but mixture of both

Mvt 3 – Minuet in 1 (dotted half = 54-56); Trio in 1 (dotted half = 50-54)

Mvt 4 – in 2 (half = 120), maybe 132 if comfortable

Recordings

All movements – Haitink with Vienna Phil https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OitPLIowJ70