New student Audition information:
New Student Auditions for the 2025-2026 Season will be held at the Eastman School of Music/Eastman Community Music School on:
Saturday, April 26th, 2025 from 2:00-7:00 PM
Sunday, April 27th, 2025 from 10:00 AM-12:00 PM
Monday, April 28th, 2025 from 3:30-6:00 PM
Prospective students will be expected to prepare:
NYSSMA Level 6 solo piece (about five minutes in length)
The designated excerpts for your instrument (listed below on this page)
Prospective students will also be asked to sight-read
The panel of judges will be comprised of select RPO musicians and RPYO’s Music Director, Jherrard Hardeman.
Percussionist do NOT have to prepare a solo. They are only responsible for the listed excerpts/etudes in the PDF below.
If a student is not able to attend any of the given dates listed above, they are welcome to submit a video audition. Please email aallaire@rpo.org for more details.
Unfortunately, the audition application is closed at this time. Please don’t hesitate to reach out via email should you have any questions.
Please Note: Applicants will hear about their audition time slots no later than Friday, April 18th via email!
IMPORTANT DATES:
Friday, April 11th - Applications and Fee DUE
Friday, April 18th - Applicants will be notified via email of their audition date/time slot
Saturday, April 26th - Monday, April 28th - Audition Days
Tuesday, May 6th - Applicants will be notified of audition results
Friday, May 16th - Decision Day! Accepted applicants must accept/decline RPYO membership offer
Please note: We have the same Decision Day as the Hochstein Youth Symphony Orchestra (HYSO), to allow fairness to students auditioning for both groups.
FAQs:
We have compiled answers to frequently asked questions both about the RPYO audition process, as well as the RPYO program as a whole.