General Audition Information
Pinellas Youth Symphony 2024-2025 Season
Rehearsals for all orchestras will
take place on Sunday afternoons
between 2:00-6:30 p.m. in the Marcia P. Hoffman Education Institute of Ruth Eckerd
Hall. Specific times for string classes and orchestra rehearsals are posted on
this website (see the Rehearsal Schedules
link on the Membership page.
Audition Dates and
Process:
NOTE: All plans for the 2024-2025 season are tentative and subject to change based on factors beyond our control
including Covid-19 and the hurricane season. We will do our best to communicate changes to with our registrants via this website and/or mass
emails. With that said...
We are planning to hold auditions on the weekend before Labor Day weekend (
August 24th and 25th, 2024
)
in the Education Institute of Ruth Eckerd Hall, 1111 McMullen Booth Road, Clearwater. Our first rehearsals are planned for
September 8th, 2025
, the Sunday AFTER Labor Day, with our Beginning Strings classes starting one week later, on Sunday,
September 15th, 2024.
If you are interested in auditioning for an
orchestra, please submit the online registration form below.
You will receive notice of your assigned audition day/time by e-mail, approximately one week prior to your audition
date.
A $25 non-refundable* registration fee will be due at the time of your audition.
*It is non-refundable, but gets applied toward the fees for students who choose to join.
Please note:
audition requirements are posted on this website and, for some of our
orchestras, include the requirement of performing appropriate excerpt(s) as part if the audition for acceptance into that
orchestra. Excerpts are posted on this website under the
Membership link and can be downloaded for practice purposes. If you are unable to download
the excerpts, notify us by email, stating the instrument you play and for which orchestra(s) you are auditioning. You may contact us by email at
operations@pysmusic.org
PYS Beginning String Classes:
[Note: see the Beginning Strings
page for more details.]
Pre-registration for
Beginning String Classes:
Please complete pre-registration form below. Submitting this registration form will
place your child in line for classes. Class
spaces will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis, and will commence only if enough students are regustered. An email
confirming the receipt of the online registration form will be sent to each
applicant.
Final registration for
Beginning String Classes:
Final registration will take place on the first day of class.
* Required Information
NOTE: Use the Copy Student Data buttons to copy Last
Name, Address, Phone, Email info from student section to parent section(s)