Shasta Youth Symphony - Auditions

The Shasta Youth Symphony is recruiting new players for this upcoming academic year.  All new and interested string and wind players are invited to sign up for a short 10-minute audition that will involve 3 scales (G, D, and A major), a prepared solo for their instrument, and a short piece to be sight-read. Please call or e-mail Mrs. Heneveld, Youth Symphony President, at 472-1260 or email to lotsofarrows@yahoo.com before Aug. 21 to set up your audition time.  All current and new players are asked to attend, with their parents, on Aug. 21 at 4 pm in Room 633 to obtain registration forms. Wind auditions will be held, beginning Wed., Aug. 21, from 4:30-6 pm, in room 633, at Shasta College. Further, auditions for upper strings will be held on Sat., Aug. 24, 8 am to 2 pm, in room 633, and be completed on Aug. 29 (lower strings and percussion), 4:00-5:30 pm. If you are auditioning for the first time, do not register for the class until you have auditioned and been accepted. The last day to register for a full time Fall Semester class is Sept. 6.

The Youth Symphony’s Fall concert will be on Sunday, Nov. 17, at 3:15 pm and will consist of orchestra works and solos with as many ensembles as possible. Please contact Dr. Richard Allen Fiske, Music Director, at (530) 242-2365 for more information.