PYCO Orchestra String Seating Auditions

To avoid server overload, PYCO Orchestra Video Audition Due Dates are staggered as follows:
CELLOS: due by Wednesday, October 20 at 9 pm
VIOLAS & BASSES: due by Thursday, October 21 at 9 pm
VIOLIN 1: due by Friday, October 22 at 9 pm
VIOLIN 2: due by Saturday, October 23 at 3 pm

Instructions for Easy Recording & Uploading

• Record each excerpt separately, preferably on a smartphone or tablet.*  Make sure the device is placed back far enough that it will show your face, the entire fingerboard of your instrument, and your bow arm.

• From your phone/tablet, open this page (pyco.org/pyco-orchestra-string-seating-auditions) and click on the excerpt link below that you want to upload.  It will ask you to select a file.  Go to where you saved your excerpt on your phone/tablet and select that video recording.​

• Upload the file.  No need to rename your file.  Just make sure you are uploading your excerpt to the correct link and to the correct instrument group (for example, do not upload a Violin 1 excerpt by clicking on a Violin 2 link).

​​*We prefer smartphones because they compress the file which makes the upload process faster and more reliable. HD video or recording on special recording equipment is unnecessary. It is not critical for your audio quality or for the outcome of your audition. It will only clog our servers, make your upload time longer, and possibly cause your upload to not complete.

Please email info@pyco.org with any upload questions or problems.

Please use brackets to mark the excerpt selections below in your music. This is a condensed list of the passages in your music that have been identified as particularly difficult and required to have a dedicated time of personal practice and professional help from your teacher. However, remember that at the concert you will play ALL the excerpts! For divisis play the highest part.

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VIOLIN 1: due by Friday, October 22 at 9 pm

• Shostakovich, Symphony No.5: A to 41 
• Shostakovich, Symphony No.5: E to 67
• Rutter, Suite for Strings - 1. A-Roving: H to the End 
• Gershwin, An American in Paris: 28-54 
• Gershwin, An American in Paris: pick up to 91 to 121 
• Custer, A Salute to the Big Apple: 167 to the End 

VIOLIN 2: due by Saturday, October 23 at 3 pm

• Shostakovich, Symphony No.5: 15-41
• Shostakovich, Symphony No.5: 42-67
• Rutter, Suite for Strings - 1. A-Roving: H to the End
• Gershwin, An American in Paris: 28-54 
• Gershwin, An American in Paris: pick up to 91 to 121  
• Custer, A Salute to the Big Apple: 73-110 

VIOLAS: due by Thursday, October 21 at 9 pm

• Shostakovich, Symphony No.5: 15-41
• Shostakovich, Symphony No.5: 42-63 
• Rutter, Suite for Strings - 1. A-Roving: A to B (play bottom notes at m44) 
• Rutter, Suite for Strings - 1. A-Roving: 143 to the End (play bottom notes at m204) 
• Gershwin, An American in Paris: 91-119   
• Custer, A Salute to the Big Apple: 73-110

CELLOS: due by Wednesday, October 20 at 9 pm

• Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5: Reh. C- mm. 76 
• Custer, A Salute to the Big Apple: mm. 1-56 
• Custer, A Salute to the Big Apple: mm. 111-150  
• Gershwin, An American in Paris: mm. 24-54 
• Gershwin, An American in Paris: mm. 74-90 
• Rutter, Suite for Strings- Dashing Away- mm. 37-108 

BASSES: due by Thursday, October 21 at 9 pm

• Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5: pick up to Reh. B- mm. 47
• Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5: pick up to mm. 49- Reh. F 
• Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5: mm. 67-73 
• Gershwin, An American in Paris: mm. 12-28 
• Rutter, Suite for Strings- A-Roving: Reh. L-end
• Rutter, Suite for Strings- Dashing Away: pick up to Reh. B- Reh. D 
• Anderson, A Christmas Festival: mm. 218-end