2024 - 25 YOP Season audition sign ups are open!
Auditions for the 2024-2025 Youth Orchestra season will take place on Saturday, June 8, 2024.
Sign-ups and updated Audition Packets are posted on each ensembles' page. Auditions will be held at Virginia Commonwealth University at the James W. Black Music Center (1015 Grove Ave, Richmond, VA 23284)
RICHMOND SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA PROGRAM (RSYOP)
The Richmond Symphony’s flagship educational program, founded in 1962, consists of five youth orchestras providing beginning to advanced musical training. As the premier orchestral training program of central Virginia, students participate in weekly rehearsals, coaching and masterclasses by Richmond Symphony musicians, chamber music performances, mentoring and other musical and social activities. The Youth Orchestra Program is open to violin, viola, cello, bass, flute/piccolo, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba, harp and percussion students in elementary through high school.
YOP is able to support student participation by supplying carpool lists each season, offering financial assistance and providing large or uncommon instruments when needed.