Please see below for the 2024 Ensemble Program audition requirements.
The following excerpts are for JUNIOR ENSEMBLES only:
MELBOURNE YOUTH JUNIOR STRINGS
ALEXANDRA CAMERON STRINGS
MELBOURNE YOUTH STRINGS
MELBOURNE YOUTH CONCERT BAND
JOHN ANTILL YOUTH BAND
The following excerpts are for SENIOR ENSEMBLES only:
Melbourne Youth Chamber Strings, Melbourne Youth Wind Symphony, Percy Grainger Youth Orchestra and Melbourne Youth Orchestra.
ALTO SAXOPHONE
BARITONE SAXOPHONE
BASS CLARINET (MELBOURNE YOUTH WIND SYMPHONY ONLY)
BASS TROMBONE
BASSOON
CELLO
CLARINET
DOUBLE BASS
EUPHONIUM
FLUTE
FRENCH HORN
HARP
OBOE
PERCUSSION AND TIMPANI
PIANO
TENOR SAXOPHONE
TENOR TROMBONE
TRUMPET
TUBA
VIOLA
VIOLIN
The following excerpts are for MELBOURNE YOUTH BIG BAND & MELBOURNE YOUTH JAZZ ORCHESTRA ENSEMBLES only:
SAXOPHONES/BRASS & RHYTHM SECTION
Please find our audition polices below:
2024 AUDITION TERMS & CONDITIONS
AUDITION & ENSEMBLE PROGRAM SELECTION POLICY
RECORDED AUDITION GUIDE (for applicants unable to attend an in person audition)
AMENDMENTS
The SENIOR ensembles, FLUTE requirements have been updated as of 3rd October 2023, due to an error with Excerpt 4.
The Melbourne Youth Jazz Orchestra and Melbourne Youth Big Band audition requirements for all instruments have been updated as of 10th October 2023.
The Recorded Audition Guide has been updated to include the correct Dropbox upload link.
The SENIOR ensembles, DOUBLE BASS requirements have been updated as of 25th October 2023, due to an error with correct divisi in Excerpt 2.