Bay Youth Orchestras of Virginia

Welcome to the Acceptd application page for Bay Youth Orchestras of Virginia

We are excited that you are interested in BYOV and invite you to join us for the 2023-2024 season! 

We are in first round of auditions and have openings for all instruments in all ensembles!  

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

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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