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Concert violin players

HEART Youth Symphony Details

Everything you need to know in one place.

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

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