Auditions for the 2025-26 BPYO season are now open.

The deadline for submitting applications (including video audition materials) is April 30, 2025. If you would like to audition for the 2025-26 season, please fill out the form at https://app.getacceptd.com/bostonphilyouth. There will be a $15 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. BPYO auditions will include an informal interview. Inquiries about auditions should be directed to the BPYO office: bpyo@bostonphil.org

If you have questions or need help, please email bpyo@bostonphil.org and we will assist you. 

Read the BPYO Audition FAQ


The excerpts for the spring of 2025 are below.

 

Violin

Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night’s Dream - Scherzo

Brahms: Symphony No. 2 - Allegro non troppo

 

Viola

Mozart: Symphony No. 35 - Mvmt. 1

Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn - variation VII

 

Cello

Mozart: Symphony No. 41 - Movmt. 1 Allegro vivace

Brahms Symphony No. 2 - Mvmt. 2 Adagio non troppo

Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture

 

Double Bass

Mozart: Symphony No. 41 - Mvmt. 1 Allegro vivace

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 - Movmt. 4 presto

Mahler: Symphony No. 1 - Mvmt. 3

 

Flute

Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night’s Dream - Scherzo

Brahms Symphony No. 4 - Mvmt. 4

 

Oboe

Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 - Mvmt. 2

 

Clarinet

Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night’s Dream - Scherzo

Kodaly: Dances of Galanta

 

Bassoon

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 - Mvmt. 2

MozartL Le Nozze di Figaro Overture

 

Horn

Brahms: Symphony No. 3 - Mvmt. 3

R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben

 

Trumpet

Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3

R. Strauss: Don Juan

Stravinsky: Petrouchka (1947)- Ballerina’s Dance 

 

Tenor Trombone

Mozart: Requiem - andante

Wagner: Die Walküre

 

Bass Trombone

Berlioz: Hungarian March

Wagner: Die Walküre

 

Tuba

Wagner: Die Walküre

Mahler: Symphony No. 1 - Mvmt. 3

 

Timpani/Percussion

Snare Drum: 

Glockenspiel: Mozart Magic Flute Finale of act 1

Xylophone: Porgy and Bess

Timpani: Hindemith Symphonic Metamorphosis “Turandot”