The Greenwich Village Orchestra

Auditions

We will be holding our annual auditions the evening of Tuesday, September 11th, 2012 in the Old Stuyvesant Campus, 345 East 15th Street. If you would like to audition to join one of New York City’s top community orchestras, please read the requirements below and then email auditions@gvo.org to get on the list (include your name and instrument). We will contact you with the exact time and location of your audition.

We currently have full-membership positions open for all string players and French Horn, and substitute positions for other winds and brass.

About the orchestra

You can read about the orchestra here, and you may also want to learn more about our Music Director, Barbara Yahr, hear the orchestra, read reviews of some past concerts, and see what we performed in the 2011/12 season.

The orchestra typically puts on six concerts during a season that runs from October through May (the 2012/13 season will have fewer concerts as our regular venue is unavailable). Concerts are usually on Sunday afternoons and are preceded by five to seven rehearsals on Tuesday evenings plus a dress rehearsal the Saturday morning before the concert. Members are not asked to pay dues to play with the orchestra.

Requirements

Strings

Please prepare two movements from the standard solo concerto or sonata repertoire demonstrating contrasting musical styles and technical work. A movement from a Bach solo work is recommended.

Please note that we will only review a total of five minutes of playing.

Woodwinds

Please present five minutes of a movement from a standard solo work of your choice, and be prepared to play any excerpt from the following list.

Flute

Piccolo

Oboe

English horn

Clarinet

Bassoon

Contra bassoon

Brass

Please prepare five minutes of a movement from the concerto specified, or a work of similar style. You will also be asked to play any excerpt from the following list.

French horn

Trumpet

Trombone

Bass trombone

Tuba

Percussion

Please email auditions@gvo.org for audition requirements.