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Audition Submission Form

All auditions will be submitted via Submittable. In the form you'll fill out your initial registration for OAYO and then submit your videos. You can start this at any time even if your videos aren't ready: you'll be able to save your progress! Auditions will be listened to and results will be sent out on a rolling basis through December 28th, so submit your audition as soon as you're ready! We cannot guarantee that specific instrument and ensemble spots will be available through December 28th, so we encourage you to audition as early as you can.

Audition Submission link coming soon!

Before you submit your audition: please check the list below and ensure that the instrument and ensemble you wish to audition for is still available. Last updated: October 21, 2025

Audition Packets

Visit the links below to download audition packets. Prepare only one audition packet: prepare the packet for the most advanced ensemble you wish to be considered for. See ensemble descriptions below.

Each folder contains an Auditions Info and FAQ sheet: please read it if you have any questions about how to record and submit your audition.

Packets for All Instruments

Flute (not accepting mid-season auditions)

Oboe (not accepting mid-season auditions)

Clarinet (not accepting mid-season auditions)

Bassoon - Accepting Auditions for YP ONLY

French Horn - Accepting Auditions for YS and YP

Trumpet - Accepting Auditions for YP ONLY

Trombone - Accepting Auditions for YS and YP

Tuba - Accepting Auditions for YS and YP

Percussion - Accepting Auditions for YS and YP

Violin - Accepting Auditions for YS ONLY

Viola - Accepting Auditions for YP ONLY

Cello - Accepting Auditions for YCS ONLY

Bass - Accepting Auditions for YCS and YP


Youth Concert Strings

Sundays from September to March, 4:15 - 6 P.M.

  • An intermediate level, string orchestra.
  • Typically includes students in grades 4-8

Audition Requirements

  • Scales
  • 1-2 minute solo or etude
  • Required excerpt

Youth Philharmonic

Sundays from September to March, 4 - 6 P.M.

  • Musicians typically in grades 7-12 who demonstrate an expanded set of abilities specific to their instrument.

Audition Requirements

  • Scales
  • Solo or etude
  • Required excerpt

Youth Symphony

Sundays from September to May, 1:30 - 3:30 P.M.

  • Typically, students in grades 9-12 who demonstrate the full range of abilities specific to their instrument.

Audition Requirements

  • Scales
  • Solo or etude
  • Required excerpt

Contact Us

  • Omaha Area Youth Orchestras
  • UNO School of Music
  • 6001 Dodge St.
  • Omaha, NE 68182
  • Phone: 531.350.0180
  • Email: cfritch@unomaha.edu

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Omaha Area Youth Orchestras

UNO School of Music
  • College of Communication, Fine Arts and Media
  • 6001 Dodge Street
  • Omaha, NE 68182
  • 531.350.0180
  • cfritch@unomaha.edu

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