CL - Bay Youth Orchestras of Virginia

Welcome to the Accept'd application page for Bay Youth Orchestras of Virginia! We are excited that you are interested in BYOV and invite you to audition for the 2023-2024 season! 

We have completed the first round of auditions and have opened a second round of auditions for the following instrument openings in our ensembles. The audition deadline is MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 2023.

Jr. Strings: Violin, viola, bass
String Orchestra: violin, viola, bass
Concert Orchestra: viola, bass, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, French horn, trumpet, percussion
Symphony Orchestra: bassoon, French horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba

Description of Bay Youth Orchestras of Virginia

Over 340 student musicians from throughout Hampton Roads create six performing ensembles to present concerts throughout the Tidewater area. Students from as far away as Williamsburg, Yorktown, and North Carolina, and as close as Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Hampton, Portsmouth, Suffolk, and Norfolk attend weekly rehearsals and present several concerts per year at venues throughout the area.

Under the direction and guidance of many supportive music educators for more than 50 years, BYOV has developed into one of the largest youth orchestra programs in the country. Bay Youth gives student musicians the opportunity to learn and perform the world’s greatest ensemble literature.

Bay Youth Orchestras of Virginia is a 501C(3) non-profit organization and receives funding from the Business Consortium for Arts Support of South Hampton Roads, the City of Chesapeake Fine Arts Commission, the City of Norfolk Arts and Humanities Commission, the City of Virginia Beach Arts and Humanities Commission, The Virginia Commission for the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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