2024-2025 AMP Youth Orchestras Audition Boot Camp

Thank you for your interest in auditioning for the 2024-2025 AMP Youth Orchestras!

ORCHESTRA AUDITION BOOT CAMP

AMP presents its very first Orchestras Audition Boot Camp to help prepare students for their AMP Youth Orchestras audition. This program is designed for middle and high schoolers desiring to audition successfully for our Junior and Senior Youth Orchestras, but who may need assistance in preparing the required scales and excerpts at a high level.

Training will be provided by AMP faculty members for the following instruments: violin, viola, cello, double bass, flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, french horn, tuba, orchestral percussion.

This boot camp will take place from August 3-25, just before auditions during the final week of August. Each student will receive four, specialized courses on their specific instrument. Students may attend all or part of this program and will learn to master the technique needed to be successful in the ensemble they choose to audition for.  

For participating students, it is important to understand that simply attending the four Audition Boot Camp classes will not be enough to complete a successful audition. It is essential that the participating student takes the concepts taught during the classes and practices them at home, individually, on a daily basis. In other words, the classes will provide the “how to play these requirements” and “how to practice these requirements at home” concepts. But the mastery of the audition material will rest mostly with the student’s commitment to daily, individual home practice. 

AUDITION BOOT CAMP REHEARSAL SCHEDULE

Monday August 5, 12, 19

JYO Winds 6:30PM - 8:00PM

Tuesday August 6, 13, 20

SYO Strings 6:30PM - 8:00PM

Wednesday August 7, 14, 21

JYO & SYO Oboe, Bassoon, Tuba, Percussion 6:30PM - 8:00PM

Thursday August 8, 15, 22

JYO Strings 6:30PM - 8:00PM

Saturday August 3, 10, 17

SYO Winds 2:00PM - 3:30PM

Saturday August 24 - ALL GROUPS (EXCEPT FOR SYO WINDS)

JYO Winds 9:00AM - 10:30AM

SYO Strings 10:45AM - 12:15PM

JYO & SYO Oboe, Bassoon, Tuba, Percussion 12:30PM - 2:00PM

JYO Strings 2:15PM - 3:45PM

Sunday August 25

SYO Winds 2:00PM - 3:30PM

TUITION

All students receive a full scholarship covering tuition.