Atlanta Festival Symphony Orchestra
Spring 2024 Concert on April 13!
Auditions for 2024-2025 Season on April 20!
AFA proudly looks forward to the 2024-2025 season of the Atlanta Festival Symphony Orchestra!
The Atlanta Festival Symphony Orchestra, Jeremy Woolstenhulme, conductor
The Atlanta Festival Symphony Orchestra offers experienced string, wind, brass, and percussion players the opportunity to explore the rich and challenging literature of the string orchestra repertoire. Over two 10-week periods, AFSO will rehearse in-person, and at the end of this period, the orchestra will culminate with a weekend of rehearsals and a rousing concert performance.
Participation is open to all students in the Metro Atlanta area and beyond, with rehearsals and performances in North Fulton County! Acceptance into the orchestra is by audition, and the general age range is 7th grade thru 12th grade.
All rehearsals and concerts, unless indicated otherwise, take place at Northview High School for the 2024-2025 season.
Rehearsals will take place on Tuesday evenings from 5:00-7:00pm*.
*Times subject to change
AFSO 2023-2024 Schedule
Fall Concert
All rehearsals take place 5:00-7:00pm at Northview High School
- Tuesday, August 22, 2023 – Music Pickup Day (optional)
- Tuesday, August 29, 2023
- Tuesday, September 5, 2023
- Tuesday, September 12, 2023
- Tuesday, September 19, 2023
- Tuesday, September 26, 2023
- Tuesday, October 3, 2023
- Tuesday, October 10, 2023
- Tuesday, October 17, 2023
- Tuesday, October 24, 2023
- Thursday, November 2, 2023 (avoids Halloween)
- DRESS REHEARSAL – Sunday, November 5, 2023, 1pm to 3pm at Northview High School Auditorium
- CONCERT – Sunday, November 5, 2023 at 4pm at Northview High School Auditorium
Spring Concert
- Tuesday, January 16, 2024
- Tuesday, January 23, 2024
- Tuesday, January 30, 2024
- Tuesday, February 6, 2024
- Tuesday, February 13, 2024
- Tuesday, February 20, 2024
- Tuesday, February 27, 2024
- Tuesday, March 5, 2024
- Tuesday, March 12, 2024
- Tuesday, March 19, 2024
- Tuesday, March 26, 2024
- NO REHEARSAL on April 2 for Spring Break
- Tuesday, April 9, 2024
- DRESS REHEARSAL – Saturday, April 13, 2024, 1:00-3:00pm at Northview High School Auditorium
- CONCERT – Saturday, April 13, 2024 at 4pm at Northview High School Auditorium
Audition Information
Auditions for the 2024-2025 season will take place on Saturday, April 20 at Northview High School. If you are unable to audition that day, please email [email protected] to make alternate audition arrangements. Below are the audition requirements.
Scales
- Violin: G major scale, 3 octave, separate bow
- Viola: C major scale, 3 octave, separate bow
- Cello: C major scale, 3 octave, separate bow
- Bass: G major scale, 2 octave, separate bow
Prepared Repertoire
Students should prepare 3-5 minutes of music of their choice, including a technical (fast) excerpt and a lyrical (slow) excerpt. Sight-reading will also be included during the audition.
APPLY HERE!
Tuition
The non-refundable annual tuition for the AFSO is $750.00 is due on September 1, 2024.
Atlanta Festival Academy Programs
- Atlanta Festival Academy Summer Music Camp (founded in 2019)
- Atlanta Festival Academy Solo Competition (founded in 2020)
- Virtual Masterclass Series (founded in 2020)
- Atlanta Festival Academy Chamber Music Camp (founded in 2021)
- Atlanta Festival Chamber Orchestra (founded in 2021)
- Atlanta Festival Junior Orchestra (starting in 2023)
