PYCO Orchestra String Seating Auditions

To avoid server overload, PYCO Orchestra Video Audition Due Dates are staggered as follows:​
CELLOS: due by Wednesday, March 23rd @ 9 pm
VIOLAS & BASSES: due by Thursday, March 24th @ 9 pm
VIOLIN 1: due by Friday, March 25th @ 9 pm
VIOLIN 2: due by Saturday, March 26th @ 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, March 25th at 9pm

• Tchaikovsky, Symphony No.5, IV mov: 456 to 490 (skip measures of rests at 436 & 472) 
• Tchaikovsky, Symphony No.5, IV mov: 490 to 504 
• Tchaikovsky, Symphony No.5, IV mov: 504 to the down beat of 521
• Tchaikovsky, Symphony No.5, IV mov: 521 to 546 
• Bernstein, Mambo: 461 to 466 (play all arco) 
• Bernstein, Mambo: 507 to the End 

VIOLIN 2: due by Saturday, March 26th at 3 pm

• ​Tchaikovsky, Symphony No.5, IV mov: 440 to 482 
• Tchaikovsky, Symphony No.5, IV mov: 482 to 504 
• Tchaikovsky, Symphony No.5, IV mov: 504 to the down beat of 521 
• Tchaikovsky, Symphony No.5, IV mov: 521 to 546 
• Bernstein, Mambo: 461 to 466 (play all arco) 
• Bernstein, Mambo: 507 to the End 

VIOLAS: due by Thursday, March 24th at 9 pm

• ​Tchaikovsky, Symphony No.5, IV mov: 434 to the down beat of 490 (play lower notes of the divisi from 474-482) 
• Tchaikovsky, Symphony No.5, IV mov: 490 to 504 
• Tchaikovsky, Symphony No.5, IV mov: 504 to the down beat of 521 
• Tchaikovsky, Symphony No.5, IV mov: 521 to 546 
• Bernstein, Mambo: 462 to 466 (play all arco) 
• Bernstein, Mambo: 497 to the End 

CELLOS: due by Wednesday, March 23rd at 9 pm

• Tchaikovsky, Symphony No.5, IV mov: N to 268 
• Tchaikovsky, Symphony No.5, IV mov: 434-466 
• Tchaikovsky, Symphony No.5, IV mov: 472- down beat of 526 
• Mambo by Bernstein: 400-505 

BASSES: due by Thursday, March 24th at 9 pm

• Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 5, IV mov: Reh. A- m. 41 
• Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 5, IV mov: m. 433- m. 471 
• Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 5, IV mov: m. 504- m. 538 
• Bernstein, Mambo: m. 466-512