Our Audition Policies:
2025 AUDITION SELECTION POLICY
2025 ENSEMBLE PROGRAM APPLICATION TERMS & CONDITIONS
Please see below for the 2025 Ensemble Program Audition Requirements.
JUNIOR-INTERMEDIATE STRING ENSEMBLES:
MELBOURNE YOUTH JUNIOR STRINGS
ALEXANDRA CAMERON STRINGS
MELBOURNE CAMERATA STRINGS
MELBOURNE YOUTH STRINGS
JUNIOR-INTERMEDIATE SYMPHONIC BANDS:
MELBOURNE YOUTH CONCERT BAND
JOHN ANTILL YOUTH BAND
JAZZ ENSEMBLES
MELBOURNE YOUTH BIG BAND & MELBOURNE YOUTH JAZZ ORCHESTRA (all instruments)
MELBOURNE YOUTH SINFONIA
The below excerpts are for MELBOURNE YOUTH SINFONIA APPLICANTS only:
FLUTE
OBOE
CLARINET
BASSOON
FRENCH HORN
TRUMPET
TROMBONE
PERCUSSION
VIOLIN
VIOLA
CELLO
DOUBLE BASS
HARP
PIANO
MELBOURNE YOUTH CHAMBER STRINGS, PERCY GRAINGER YOUTH ORCHESTRA, MELBOURNE YOUTH WIND SYMPHONY & FLAGSHIP MELBOURNE YOUTH ORCHESTRA
Melbourne Youth Chamber Strings, Percy Grainger Youth Orchestra, Melbourne Youth Wind Symphony & Flagship Melbourne Youth Orchestra, please select your instrument for the excerpts below.
Harp, Percussion/Timpani & Piano
HARP
PERCUSSION & TIMPANI
PIANO
Brass
BASS TROMBONE
EUPHONIUM
FRENCH HORN
TENOR TROMBONE
TRUMPET
TUBA
Woodwinds
ALTO SAXOPHONE
TENOR SAXOPHONE
BARITONE SAXOPHONE
BASS CLARINET
BASSOON
CLARINET
FLUTE
OBOE
Strings
CELLO
DOUBLE BASS
VIOLA
VIOLIN
RECORDED AUDITION REQUIREMENTS
Those who cannot attend the audition dates (23rd/24th/30th Nov/1st Dec)and wish to complete a recorded audition, must email MYO (myo@myo.org.au) to request a recorded audition.
All students submitting a recorded audition, must submit all the requirements for their relevant instrument and ensemble, excluding sight-reading. More information on how to submit the recorded audition and guidelines can be found below.
2025 RECORDED AUDITION GUIDE
2025 RECORDED AUDITION SUBMISSION LINK
All recorded auditions must be submitted no later than 5pm Tuesday 12 November 2024. No late submissions will be accepted.
AMENDMENTS
2/10/24 – VIOLIN for SENIOR ENSEMBLES, incorrect name for Excerpt 1 has been corrected.
16/10/24 – CELLO for SENIOR ENSEMBLES, PGYO applicants only need to prepare Excerpts 1-2, as opposed to Excerpts 1-3.