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17 March 2012 5.30pm
Concert at Twilight
Old Museum Concert Hall
With QYO Junior String Ensemble and QYO3.

18 March 2012 3.00pm
Concert at Twilight
Old Museum Concert Hall
With QYO Wind Ensemble and Glennie School, Toowoomba.

24 March 2012 5.30pm
Concert at Twilight
Old Museum Concert Hall
With QYO2.

25 March 2012 4.00pm
Concert at Twilight
Old Museum Concert Hall
With QYO Wind Symphony and Big Band. Please note: the concert starts at 4.00pm.

Sat 31 March 2012 7pm
QYS - Don Juan
QPAC Concert Hall
The first concert of QYS in 2012, featuring Strauss’ famous tone poem Don Juan, Saint-Saens’ Cello Concerto (Soloist Oliver Scott) and Symphony No. 12 by Shostakovich.

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The Old Museum

Brisbane’s youth performing arts centre and home of QYO.

2012 NYCC

QYO’s National Youth Concerto Competition, Australia’s leading competition for string players aged 17 and under. Applications are now open for 2012.

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Find out everything about the QYS 2012 Concert Series and purchase your tickets here.

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Audition Excerpts for 2012

About Auditions

Each audition is 3 to 4 minutes duration and applicants are required to prepare:

  • excerpts for your orchestra of first preference, available below
  • piece of own choice, 1 to 2 minutes duration

If possible, listen to recordings of the excerpts and take the excerpts to your teacher for preparation. Use a metronome to make sure the tempo is correct and look up the musical terms. Learn about the musical and technical concepts of the excerpts and aim to demonstrate these in your performance.

 

Download Audition Excerpts

 

Audition Panel and Assessment

For each instrument, the audition panel consists of two professional musicians including music teachers, lecturers and members of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra. Many panellists are former members of QYO. All positions for 2012 are available through the audition process.

Each audition is ranked by the panel who assess the following:

  • intonation, rhythm, dynamics and tone production
  • musical style and attention to directions of the music
  • staccato & sautille bowings for strings
  • legato & tonguing for wind and brass
  • conductor’s comments on orchestral skills, attendance record and commitment (for ongoing members only)

 

Additional Information

For more details please read the following documents: