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December 2024
Youth Orchestras Winter Concert
UNITED IN PURPOSE Hoff-Barthelson's Orchestra Program Winter Concert Dr. Leandro Gazineo Director of Orchestral Programs Featuring the Young People's Symphonette and Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Robert Schwartz and the Festival Orchestra under the direction of Leandro Gazineo. Performing works by George Frideric Handel, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Joseph Haydn, Edvard Grieg, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Giacomo Puccini, Johann Strauss, Jean Sibelius, Leroy Anderson, and Camargo Guarnieri. SPECIAL PERFORMANCE For the first time in HBMS history, all three orchestras will unite…
Find out more »Placement Auditions: HBMS Orchestra Program
Hoff-Barthelson Music School invites you to audition for our prestigious Youth Orchestra Program! Auditions for the Chamber Orchestra and Festival Orchestra will be held from 7:15 - 10:00 pm. Reserve an audition time here. Audition requirements: Two pieces of your choice that showcase your technical and musical abilities Scales and Rolls Violin and Cello: One 3-octave scale of your choosing Viola, Bass, and Harp: One 2-octave scale of your choosing Winds and Brass: One 1-octave scale of your choosing Timpani:…
Find out more »May 2025
Auditions: HBMS Orchestra Program – New Students
Hoff-Barthelson Music School invites students in grades 6-12 to audition for our prestigious Youth Orchestra Program's Chamber Orchestra and Festival Orchestra. Request an audition time here. Audition requirements for new students: Two pieces of your choice that showcase your technical and musical abilities Technique Skills Violin, Cello, and Piano: One 3-octave scale of your choosing Viola, Bass, and Harp: One 2-octave scale of your choosing Winds: One 1-octave scale of your choosing Percussion: Rolls in crescendo and diminuendo Short sight…
Find out more »Music Showcase Festival at Dorney Park
Members of the Young People's Symphonette and Chamber Orchestra travel to Dorney Park in Allentown, Pennsylvania to participate in the 2025 Music Showcase Festival where they will receive a year-end assessment by an outside panel focused on reinforcing skills that students have developed through their participation in the orchestras.
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