Audition Application

We are now accepting new student auditions for the 2025-2026 season – Fall semester.

This form is for new students only.

School Music Program Participation Requirement

All students must participate in their school instrumental music program as available.


Conduct Requirement

YOBC requires students to treat their conductors, ensemble
liaisons, and fellow musicians with respect. Students who repeatedly engage in disruptive or disrespectful behavior may be dismissed and required to forfeit YOBC membership and tuition.


Private Lesson Requirement

Students who are not taking private lessons are allowed to audition for YOBC, however, all students who are accepted are required to begin private lessons prior to registering for membership.  YOBC requires all student members to take private lessons.

Please fill out this form when you are ready to indicate that you want to audition in-person OR that you are ready to submit an online audition. If you are auditioning online, to complete this form you need the URLs of your video and printed music ready.

Audition Application

Please complete all fields. If you have any trouble with the form, contact office@yobc.org



 
While YOBC can accommodate some special requests, not all areas of need can be supported. Please tell us about your child's special need:

YOBC communicates via email and will notify you about your audition this way. Please provide an email address that is regularly monitored. After it is reviewed, a copy of this application will be emailed to this address.



About student email and cellphone information

Providing your student's email or cellphone number helps us communicate with your student, especially the older students.  

It is YOBC’s policy to copy the Primary Contact Parent on any emails we send to a student.

If you are using a school email instead of a general email (eg., gmail, outlook, icloud) for your student, make sure that the school lets student accounts accept messages from outside the district.





If your private teacher's name did not come up in the previous field, please add new teacher here. Otherwise, leave this field blank.


What year did you start taking private lessons? (If you just started, or have not yet started lessons, please put the current year.)


If you attend private school or are homeschooled, please indicate. Indicate specific school below.

Indicate here if Homeschooled


What year do you anticipate graduating from high school? Class of:


Name of school instrumental music teacher


YOBC requires students to participate in their school instrumental music program, where one exists. Please let us know which music program you participate in.


Where did you learn about YOBC? (i.e., school teacher, private teacher, newspaper, website, other)


Please describe your playing experience.


YOBC requires participation in school instrumental music programs (where one exists). Participation will be verified should you be placed in a YOBC ensemble. Check here to authorize YOBC to verify school participation.


You can submit an online video audition at any time. If you prefer, in-person auditions are also available.

 

TO AUDITION IN PERSON.
In-person auditions are held in the music building of the Bucks County Community College, Newtown, PA campus.

You can expect the entire process from check-in, to warm-up, to audition to take up to an hour. The audition itself is no longer than 15 minutes. In early May you will receive an email of a more specific time slot that you are assigned to audition.

In-person auditions are on May 17th(Sat) and 18th(Sun), 2025 between 9a and 3p.

To audition in-person, please indicate your availability:

   

 

TO AUDITION ONLINE.
You can submit an online audition at any time. Please submit your audition by June 1st to be considered in the first round of ensemble placements or by July 15th for the second round of placements. Auditions received at other times will be reviewed and given an ensemble placement based on availability.

To audition online, you need to record a video of your audition and then upload it to YouTube or a cloud drive service such as Google Drive, One Drive, or iCloud. You will also need to provide a PDF or JPG of the printed music you auditioned with. Instructions are below. Percussionists: please upload the printed music for your snare drum solo.

Requirements of an audition video

How to upload a video and printed music to YouTube and/or a cloud drive service

Please provide here the URLs for your uploaded audition video and printed music. Remember to set the permissions to "anyone with this link can view this file".

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If you have any questions, please contact the office at office@yobc.org or 267-225-1908.