Auditions for the 2024-25 BPYO season are now open. The deadline for submitting applications (including video audition materials) is April 30, 2024. If you would like to audition for the 2024-25 season, please fill out the form at https://app.getacceptd.com/bostonphilyouth. There will be a $20 fee collected by Acceptd. If you have questions or need help, please email bpyo@bostonphil.org and we will assist you. 

Please prepare two contrasting pieces or movements of the highest level that showcase your musical and technical abilities. Pieces from different styles and time periods are encouraged. (Percussionists, please prepare something on timpani, snare, and mallets.)

Please also prepare the designated orchestral excerpts for your instrument, posted below. If you would like to substitute other excerpts from the standard repertoire, please email bpyo@bostonphil.org for approval. BPYO auditions will include an informal interview. Inquiries about auditions should be directed to the BPYO office, 617.470.8382 or bpyo@bostonphil.org

Read the BPYO Audition FAQ

 


The excerpts for the spring 2024 BPYO auditions are listed below. The parts are available by clicking the links below. Please select, download, and print the appropriate part at your convenience. IN ADDITION TO THE EXCERPTS LINKED BELOW, PLEASE PREPARE TWO CONTRASTING SOLO PIECES. 

The Eb Clarinet excerpt is an optional excerpt for clarinetists. English horn, piccolo, and bass clarinet excerpts are optional. Please bring an excerpt of your choice if you would like to audition on one of those instruments. 

IN ADDITION TO THE EXCERPTS LINKED BELOW, PLEASE PREPARE TWO CONTRASTING SOLO PIECES. 

Flute

Mendelssohn: Ein Sommernachstraum & Brahms: Symphony No. 4 Mov. 4

 

Oboe

Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin & Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 Mov. 2

 

Clarinet

Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream & Kodaly: Dances of Galanta

 

Eb Clarinet

Eb Optional: Strauss: r.14 to 21

 

Bassoon

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 & Mozart: La nozzi de Figaro

 

Horn

Brahms: Symphony No. 3, Mov. 3 & Strauss: Ein Heldenleben

 

Trumpet

Beethoven: Lenore Overture No. 3 & Strauss: Don Juan

 

Trombone

Mozart: Requiem & Wagner: Die Walküre

 

Bass Trombone

 

Tuba

Mahler: Symphony No. 1 & Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries

 

Percussion

Hindemith: Sinfonische Metamorphosen, Delibes: Lakme, Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf

 

Timpani

Holst: The Planets & Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis

 

Violin

Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream & Brahms: Symphony No. 2

 

Viola

Mozart: Symphony No. 35 Mov. 1 & Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 Mov. 2

 

Cello

Beethoven, Brahms, Mozart, Strauss

 

Bass

Mozart: Symphony No. 40 Mov. 1, Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 Mov. 4 & Mahler: Symphony No. 1 Mov. 3 beginning solo

 

Harp

Straus: r.46 to 56, r.69 to 94

Bartok Mov 1 m.157 to 198, m.425 to 438 Mov. 4 m.43 to end, Mov. 5 complete