How to Join

Would you like to audition to join us for our 2025-26 season? We are hosting in person auditions at SMC the afternoon of June 17-18. For our 2025-26 season, we will also be accepting virtual auditions through Wednesday, June 18. Virtual auditions can be submitted online by emailing us an audition video.

• In order to audition, please do the following:

• • Complete this online application form to audition for 2025-26 season.

• • Your audition will consist of two parts:
    1. Required scales
    2. About 3 minutes of a polished piece (when in doubt, play your most recent ISSMA piece.)

• • For 2025-26 virtual auditions:
    • Create a video recording. (You can make one recording file for scales and a separate one with your piece, in order to limit file size.)

• • • Email your audition video to sbyso@sbyso.org.  Be sure to share the video with the following email addresses:                    
    •  sbyso@sbyso.org        
    • robertwboardman@gmail.com                       
    • coudretsbyso@gmail.com

• For 2025-26 auditions:
  • Follow instructions on form to paste link to your YouTube video.

SBYSO’s annual tuition for 2025-26 is $595 (Concert Orchestra) / $695 (Symphony Orchestra.) Once accepted, a $150 tuition deposit will be required to hold your place for the season.  Also, once accepted, an SBYSO student (new or returning) can receive a $100 recruitment discount for each student they invite to audition for SBYSO who JOINS for the full season.  Please email sbyso@sbyso.org with questions; thanks.  Total discounts (family / recruitment) not to exceed full tuition.

Questions? Email sbyso@sbyso.org