Auditions

Auditions and registrations for the 2024-25 season will open on April 1, 2024. Please contact admin@oyoa-aojo.ca with questions.

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News

OYSO Students Perform at the UAE Embassy

OYSO Students Perform at the UAE Embassy

November 12, 2023
On November 8, our Ottawa Youth Symphony Orchestra students performed for His Excellency Fahad Saeed Al Raqbani, Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to Canada, at the UAE Embassy in Ottawa. We are so proud of our students, Cal McGowan, Grace van der Sloot, Claire Qiu, and Cecilia Kim, who gave a thirty-minute string quartet […]
Concerto Competition, Final Round

Concerto Competition, Final Round

October 30, 2023
We are pleased to announce the finalists for our Concerto Competition which will take place on November 5th, 2023, Freiman Hall, at the University of Ottawa at 5pm (430pm – doors). Adjudicators will announce winners at the end of the competition and the top soloist(s) will be invited to play their selection at the February, […]

Programs

Preparatory Programs
Preschool classes, preparatory music for kindergarten aged students, and recorder ensembles for young learners. The journey begins here.
Ensembles for beginners, intermediate and advanced students, as well as opportunities to learn a new instrument. More advanced students can audition for our orchestras.
beginner, primary, junior, intermediate, and senior string ensembles serve a wide range of learners. There are two full orchestras for our most advanced players.
Ensembles for beginners, intermediate and advanced students, opportunities to learn new instruments. More advanced students can audition for our two orchestras.
Ensembles for beginners, junior, intermediate and advanced harpists. Opportunities for young players to learn the harp through our Jumpstart Program.
Ensembles for beginner percussion students and opportunities to play in our two full orchestras.  Learn percussion through our Jumpstart Program.

The next level

Symphony Orchestras

Ottawa Junior Youth Orchestra
The Concert Orchestra provides advanced string, wind, brass and percussion students with a full orchestral experience, including sectional coaching, and a number of performance opportunities.
The Symphony Orchestra provides the Academy’s most experienced players with the opportunity to learn advanced orchestral repertoire and to perform in at least three public concerts each year.

Recordings

Ottawa Youth Symphony Orchestra, Coleridge-Taylor – Haiwatha; Conductor, Emmanuelle Lambert Lemoine, Feb 25, 2023.

Ottawa Youth Concert Orchestra, Marquez – Danzon #2, Conductor Emmanuelle Lambert Lemoine, Feb 25, 2023.

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