2025-2026 season

Sign-ups are open!
The process is different from previous years, so please read the steps below.

• $40 Audition Fee
  
• $850 Season Tuition
  
• 10% sibling discount

To apply, follow this process:

1. Sign up at the Google Form. Once signed-up please add [email protected] and [email protected] to your address book so you don't miss any critical information. You can also follow us on Instagram @cyoscorchestra for updates.

Sign up

2. Please note, all students (new and returning) must complete an audition. There are THREE parts to the audition process:

• An audition fee of $40 per applicant due by August 8
• A prescreening audition video due by August 8
• An in-person audition which will be scheduled August 12-15

Read all the details about the auditions and find your audition materials in the folder linked below.

Audition Requirements

3. Submit the  $40 audition fee by 8 August 2025 at the link below. Please note that without this fee, your video will not be processed and you will not be scheduled for the in-person audition. 

Audition Fee

4. Prepare your prescreening audition video that includes:

• A major scale of your choice (1, 2, or 3 octaves)
• A solo work that best demonstrates your ability (no more than 2 mins)
• One of the excerpts that best matches your playing ability.

Submit the video at the link below by August 8

Audition Form

5. Once we have received your fee, we will schedule your in-person audition. At your in-person audition, you will be required to complete some sight-reading.

6. We will email you to let you know the outcome of your audition by August 22. If you are offered a place and choose to accept it, you will be sent:

• A link to pay tuition. Tuition for the season is $850 per student, and is non-refundable. Siblings get a 10% discount. Tuition is due before the first rehearsal on September 5.
• You will be required to sign a contract regarding attendance and behavior. Students unable to attend more than 5 rehearsal during the season will not be able to play concerts and risk being removed from their ensembles.
  

7. Rehearsals start on September 5. The full season calendar can be found at the link below. Please ensure that you are able to attend rehearsals and BOTH concerts.

2025-2026 Calendar

8. If you have any questions, email: [email protected]

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