Auditions

Music Ensembles

To become part of any of the FSPA's ensembles, you just need to take a placement audition.

Limited openings are available!

For details and to schedule an audition, please call the FSPA Office at 810-238-1350, ext. 3.

Watch the Dort Honors String Quartet; Year of Haydn video.

Youth Orchestras and Wind Ensemble

Audition dates: May 13 and September 9

Audition Requirements
Suggested Audition Solos

Youth Symphony Scales (For Strings)
(click to view PDF)
Flint Youth Symphony Orchestra Audition Violin Scales
Flint Youth Symphony Orchestra Audition Viola Scales
Flint Youth Symphony Orchestra Audition Cello Scales
Flint Youth Symphony Orchestra Audition Double Bass Scales

Philharmonia Scales (For Strings)
(click to view PDF)
Flint Youth Philharmonia Audition Violin Scales
Flint Youth Philharmonia Audition Viola Scales
Flint Youth Philharmonia Audition Cello Scales
Flint Youth Philharmonia Audition Double Bass Scales

String Orchestra Scales (For Strings)
(click to view PDF)
Flint Youth String Orchestra Audition Violin Scales
Flint Youth String Orchestra Audition Viola Scales
Flint Youth String Orchestra Audition Cello Scales
Flint Youth String Orchestra Audition Double Bass Scales

Chamber Groups

For the 2022-2023 school year: Saturday, September 9, 2023

2023-2024 String Honor Ensemble Audition Form
2023-2024 Shand & Hentgen Honor Ensemble Audition Form

Concerto Competition

Would you like to be a soloist in concert with the Flint Youth Symphony Orchestra of Flint Youth Wind Ensemble? Advanced music lesson students (grades 9-12) may enter the biannual Concerto Competition; a winner will be selected at the next competition Fall 2024.

Concerto Competition
Concerto Competition Application