RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES

Circle of Fifths

Blank Staff Paper

Audition Materials

Honor Orchestra:
  • Polished Solo 
  • Selected Scales
  • Sight Reading

Junior Youth Symphony:
Please communicate directly with your school orchestra teacher as well.
  • Polished Solo or Etude (one-minute only)
  • D major two-octave Scale
  • F major two-octave Scale
  • Sight Reading

Anchorage Youth Symphony:
  • Polished Solo Excerpt
  • Selected Scale
  • Selected Scale
  • Audition Excerpts [download]
  • Sight Reading

All-State Orchestra:
Please communicate directly with your school orchestra teacher as well.
  • All-State Application Form [download]
  • All-State Festival Intent form [link]
  • 2019 Audition Excerpts [download]
  • A CD should be submitted in the following format:
                Track 1: Major Scale
                Track 2: Melodic Minor Scale
                Track 3: Excerpt
                Track 4: Excerpt
                Track 5: Identify and play a one-minute excerpt from
                your solo literature

Practice Motivation and Incentives

  • Track how many hours you practice and see if you can beat your record! Daily Practice Chart [download]
  • Practice 100 days in a row! 100 Day Practice Challenge [download]   ​

Local Ensembles

  • Anchorage Civic Orchestra: The ACO provides an outlet for talented musicians representing citizens from many local industries, including retail sales, law, accounting, pharmacy, dentistry, medicine, finance, fishing, teaching and the oil industry.
  • SuperStrings: For students who are not eligible for their school orchestra or who are home schooled, beginning level of Suzuki Book 3 or higher
           Contact: Karyn Grove-Bruce at [email protected] 
  • Society of Strings: Adult Intermediate Level Orchestra
           Contact: Mary Schallert at [email protected]

Suzuki Community

Summer Enrichment Opportunities

Purchasing Instruments and Supplies