2025 Dates
Rehearsals
WYSO begins August 31, 2025, at 6 p.m.
Seton Hill University’s Performing Arts Center
100 Harrison Avenue, Greensburg, PA 15601
(required for ALL students )
Concert
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.
Seton Hill University Performing Arts Center
100 Harrison Ave, Greensburg, PA 15601
AUDITIONS
Saturday, August 23 and Sunday, August 24 – 9 a.m. to 2:40 p.m. (both days)
Auditions are required for all students interested in joining the Philharmonic or Philharmonia.
Contact Ramona Coppage at wysorc@verizon.net to schedule an audition.
Requirements:
Brass/Winds:
- Majors Scales up to 4 sharps and 4 flats (two octaves when possible)
- Concert B-flat chromatic scale (two octaves when possible)
- Excerpt from an etude or solo of your choosing (2-5 minutes in length)
- Sight reading
Strings:
- Majors Scales up to 4 sharps and 4 flats (two octaves; three octaves when possible. Legato, staccato, pizzicato)
- Excerpt from an etude or solo of your choosing (2-5 minutes in length)
- Sight reading