Atlanta Festival Virtuosi
SPRING 2025 CONCERT ON APRIL 19, 2025 at 4PM!
The Atlanta Festival Virtuosi, William Pu, conductor
The Atlanta Festival Virtuosi offers high-level string players the opportunity to perform fantastic string ensemble repertoire full of lush melodies and vigorous technical passages.
Participation is open to all students in the Metro Atlanta area and beyond, with rehearsals and performances in North Fulton County! Acceptance into the Virtuosi is by audition.
All rehearsals, unless indicated otherwise, take place at William Pu Music Academy for the 2024-2025 season.
Rehearsals will take place every other Thursday per the schedule below from 5:30-7:00pm.
AFV 2024-2025 Schedule
Fall 2024 Rehearsals & Concert
Rehearsals will take place every other Thursday per the schedule below from 5:30-7:00pm.
- August 15, 2024
- August 22, 2024
- September 5, 2024
- September 19, 2024
- October 3, 2024
- October 17, 2024
- October 31, 2024
- FALL CONCERT – Postponed until future date
Spring 2025 Rehearsals & Concert
Rehearsals will take place every other Thursday per the schedule below from 5:30-7:00pm.
- January 16, 2025
- January 30, 2025
- February 13, 2025
- February 27, 2025
- March 13, 2025
- March 27, 2025
- April 10, 2025
- April 17, 2025
- CONCERT – April 19, 2025, 4:00pm @ Northview High School Auditorium
Audition Information
To audition for Virtuosi, please email [email protected] to make audition arrangements. Below are the audition requirements.
Scales
- Violin: G major scale, 3 octave, separate and slurred bows
- Viola: C major scale, 3 octave, separate and slurred bows
- Cello: C major scale, 3 octave, separate and slurred bows
- Bass: G major scale, 2 octave, separate and slurred bows
Prepared Repertoire
Students should prepare 6-8 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.
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Tuition
The non-refundable annual tuition for the AFV is $750.00 is due by 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 (founded in 2023)
- Atlanta Festival Symphony Orchestra (starting in 2023)
- Atlanta Festival Virtuosi (starting in 2023)
