If you would like to make an online tuition payment now, click below. If you have any questions please email Barbara at bburroughs@arkansassymphony.org
Phone: 501-666-1761 | Email: info@Arkansassymphony.org
The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Youth Ensembles began as a dream of the ASO's founders in the 1960's and today continues to attract Arkansas' leading student-musicians. Ranging in age from 9-18 and traveling from over 37 communities throughout the state, the ASYO has grown to over 200 members.
For more information, please contact Barbara Burroughs at (501) 666-1761 ext. 116.
All auditions are online this year and should be sent NO LATER THAN SEPTEMBER 15, 2020, TO Barbara Burroughs, Director of Education, at bburroughs@arkansassymphony.org
Videos should be uploaded to a streaming platform such as YouTube or Vimeo, and a link sent in. Videos can be left 'unlisted' for privacy.
Please remember that the videos must be recorded with good lighting so that conductors can see your entire stance, all of the instrument and hands; and for strings, the entire bow and bow hold.
For Audition requirements and to register please visit:
For questions, please contact Barbara Burroughs at bburroughs@arkansassymphony.org
Step 1: Apply to audition (please read audition information first)
Step 2: After the student has been placed in an ensemble, complete registration for the ASO Youth Ensembles program.
If you would like to make an online tuition payment now, click below. If you have any questions please email Barbara at bburroughs@arkansassymphony.org
A strings-only group for students in 4th through 8th grades. Students need to have studied their instruments for at least 2 years.
For students 7th through 12th grade. An intermediate-level group that is a complete ensemble of woodwind, brass, string, and percussion players who must audition for a spot in the group.
For students 8th through 12th grade. The most advanced youth ensemble boasts some of the top student musicians in the state. Musicians in this group consistently place at the top of the All-State Band and Orchestra Competition and are leaders in their schools and communities.