Community Service Program

Community Youth Orchestra of Southern California is pleased to offer a  Community Service Program (CSP) for high school students in grades 9 through 12 who wish to develop skills in arts management and music education, serving as operational assistants to the staff as well as mentors for younger students in our Academy, Sinfonietta, and Sinfonia string orchestras. We also welcome advanced woodwind and brass volunteers for the Symphony. From time to time, we engage our entire CSP time in outreach to serve young musicians in disadvantaged programs that CYOSC partner to support. There is no fee to participate in CSP.

We are looking for students to fill the following positions: 

1. Violin students to mentor the younger students in our Online Academy (violin ensemble) program. Mentors will each be assigned a specific student to work with. All students in our Academy program is 4th grade and below, as young as Kindergarten. Online Academy rehearses on Friday nights from 5:00pm-5:45pm.
2. Viola and cello students to mentor the younger students in our Intermediate group. Students in this group are mostly 4th grade to 8th grade. Volunteers must have had orchestra experience in the past, and current members of CYOSC will be prioritized in the selection process. The Intermediate group rehearses on Friday nights from 6:00pm-6:45pm. (Sinfonietta and Sinfonia will be combined)
3. Violin, viola, and cello students to mentor the students in Sinfonia. Students in this group are mostly 6th grade to 9th grade. Volunteers must have had extensive orchestra experience in the past and will require an audition and interview with the staff. The Intermediate group rehearses on Friday nights from 6:00pm-6:45pm. (Sinfonietta and Sinfonia will be combined)
4. Advanced woodwind and brass students to mentor younger players in the Symphony. Students in this group average from 7th-11th grade. Volunteers must be proficiency with their primary instruments (All-Southern/All-State level), have previous orchestral experience, and will require an audition and interview with the staff. The Symphony rehearses on Friday nights from 7:00pm-7:45pm.
5. We are currently determining the best way to utilize our CSP members in our online programs.

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