Orchestral training

Sinfonia Orchestra

A chamber orchestra for children roughly 8 to 13 who already have basic orchestral skills, and who are working toward the Junior Symphonic Ensemble.

About the ensemble

What Sinfonia is.

The Sinfonia is a chamber orchestra for young students at Children’s Orchestra Society who have already acquired basic orchestral playing skills and experience, and who wish to grow musically in preparation for the Junior Symphonic Ensemble (JSE). While repertoire is still taken from arrangements for young players, the selections are always challenging.

Sinfonia is larger than Kinder Orchestra, and members’ ages generally range from 8 to 13. This ensemble is featured twice a year in the annual Winter and Spring Concerts.

At a glance

Sinfonia

Ages

8 to 13, generally

Level

Basic orchestral skills already in place

Meets

Saturdays, 1:30 to 3:30pm

Conductor

Dr. Timothy Cho

Room

Auditorium

Performs

Twice a year, Winter and Spring Concerts

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Moving up

Where Sinfonia leads.

Sinfonia prepares players for the Junior Symphonic Ensemble, the full orchestra with strings, winds, and percussion.

Nobody is held at one rung for a set number of years, and nobody is pushed before they want to go. Each semester your child can audition for the next ensemble up, whenever they feel ready to handle its requirements. Those requirements are published, so you and your child can read them together and decide when the time is right.

Junior Symphonic Ensemble audition requirements:

Strings

Winds & brass

Percussion

Read about the next ensemble:

About the Junior Symphonic Ensemble

Not sure this is the right fit?

You don’t have to be. Every child auditions so faculty can hear where they are and how they learn, and they are placed where they will thrive. No child is turned away.

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