HEART Youth Symphony Details
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Audition Requirements
Applications accepted year round.
Auditions are conducted by video submission.
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Instructions for the video submission:
*Please make sure that the applicant's full head, torso and instrument are in the frame.
Create an unlisted YouTube video containing:
1) Major scales for middle school All State Band and Orchestra auditions
Strings:
Violin - G and A major - at least 2 octaves
Viola and Cello - C and D major - at least 2 octaves
Double Bass - F and G major 2 octaves
Woodwinds and brass:
Concert F, Bb, Eb, Ab
Full range chromatic scale
Percussion:
Concert F, Bb, Eb, Ab on mallet instrument of choice
2) A 2-3 min solo of the student's choosing
Please do not play portions of band or orchestra music. If you need help finding a solo, please ask your private teacher or your school band/orchestra director.
**Percussion may choose two shorter solos and must include two different instruments (mallets and timpani, snare and timpani, mallets and snare, timpani and snare).
Dues
Annual dues are $400 per student. This can be paid as one payment in full or $200 per semester.
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Payments may be made in person, or paid online HERE.
Schedule
2025-2026 Concerts:
TBD
Rehearsals:
Sundays @ 2-4pm
beginning early September 2025
Location for all rehearsals:
First Baptist Church of Athens
355 Pulaski St, Athens, GA