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Coming up . . .

26 May 2012 5.30pm
Concert at Twilight
Old Museum Concert Hall
With QYO3 & Brisbane Boys’ College Strings.

2 June 2012 7.00pm
QYS - The Emperor
QPAC Concert Hall
Program includes Vine’s Celebrare Celeberrime, Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 The Emperor with Soloist Jayson Gillham and Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition.

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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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How to apply

Applications to Join QYO in 2012 are now closed. Information on how to Join QYO in 2013 will be released in late May.

Audition Fees

The single audition application fee is $38. Second and subsequent applications for family members, or for a separate instrument, attract a reduced fee of $30, with a maximum fee for families of $68. An additional late fee of $30 applies to applications submitted after 6 August 2011. Audtition fees are non-refundable.

Instruments for audition

You may apply for one or more instruments. If you wish to audition for two different instruments (eg. cello & clarinet), you must submit TWO separate application forms and pay the family fee of $68. If you wish to audition for two instruments within the same family (eg. flute & piccolo), you must submit TWO forms and pay one fee of $38.

Orchestra preference

You may nominate one or more orchestras for which you would like to be considered. It is recommended to list a second preference in the event that you are unsuccessful with the first one. Preferences should be listed in order of QYO standard (the higher orchestra first, see chart on page 3), and you will only be considered for the orchestras that you list.
For your audition, you are required to prepare the excerpts for your orchestra of first preference.

For Big Band applications

If you wish to apply for the Big Band and another ensemble, you must submit two separate applications and pay the $68 family fee. You will receive two audition times and two sets of excerpts.

Eligibility / AMEB Grade requirements

AMEB (Australian Music Examinations Board) grade levels indicated are a guide to the equivalent standard that applicants must have achieved before auditioning. Applicants are not required to have passed examinations before auditioning. Due to the competitive nature of QYO auditions, players may need to be of a higher standard than indicated to be successful. There is no guarantee that a player who has passed an exam in any of the indicated minimum grades will be offered a QYO position. There is also no guarantee that a current member of QYO will be offered a position in 2012.