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PYCO Orchestra String Seating Auditions

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.

VIOLIN 1: due by Friday, November 6th at 9 pm

  • Tchaikovsky Serenade: 2ms before C to F
  • Tchaikovsky Serenade: F to H
  • Tchaikovsky Serenade: K to N
  • Sing, Sing, Sing: 29 to 54
  • Sing, Sing, Sing: pick up to 84 to 99 (play the solo)
  • Sing, Sing, Sing: pick up to 160 to 176
  • Lady Radnor Suite, VI. Gigue: 2nd Ending to the End

VIOLIN 2: due by Saturday, November 7th at 5 pm

  • Tchaikovsky Serenade: 68 to D
  • Tchaikovsky Serenade: 99 to H
  • Tchaikovsky Serenade: K to N
  • Sing, Sing, Sing: 20 to 58
  • Sing, Sing, Sing: pick up to 84 to 106 (play the solo)
  • Sing, Sing, Sing: pick up to 160 to 176
  • Lady Radnor Suite, VI. Gigue: 2nd Ending to the End

VIOLAS: due by Thursday, November 5th at 9 pm

  • Tchaikovsky Serenade: 68 to D
  • Tchaikovsky Serenade: D to F
  • Tchaikovsky Serenade: 218 to M
  • Sing, Sing, Sing: 20 to 58
  • Sing, Sing, Sing: pick up to 84 to 106
  • Sing, Sing, Sing: pick up to 160 to 176
  • Lady Radnor Suite, VI. Gigue: 2nd Ending to the End

CELLOS: due by Wednesday, November 4th at 9 pm

  • Tchaikovsky Serenade: measures 53-84
  • Tchaikovsky Serenade: measures 91-146 (upper divisi)
  • Tchaikovsky Serenade: rehearsal K-M
  • Sing Sing Sing: measures 91-112
  • Sing Sing Sing: measures 160-167
  • Sing Sing Sing: measures 196-220
  • Lady Radnor’s Suite, VI. Gigue: rehearsal B-End

BASSES: due by Thursday, November 5th at 9 pm

  • Tchaikovsky Serenade: rehearsal A-first note of rehearsal A to first note of B
  • Tchaikovsky Serenade: rehearsal D to first note of E
  • Tchaikovsky Serenade: measures 126-154
  • Sing, Sing, Sing: measures 99-112
  • Lady Radnor’s Suite, VI. Gigue: beginning to rehearsal B, no repeat
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