The Youth Theatre Orchestra Education Program is an auditioned training program at The Oshawa Little Theatre that is partnered with our longstanding and highly regarded Youth Theatre Education Training Program.

The orchestra program is a valuable learning experience for all student musicians, and will give students the opportunity to rehearse and meet with local Music Directors, shadow musicians in the main stage OLT shows, learn full musical scores, meet other performers and musicians in the local areas, and perform in the pit orchestra for a live production. The program will culminate in a full-length musical production performed by the OLT Youth Theatre Orchestra and the OLT Youth Theatre Education Training Program.

Depending on the applicant’s level, the musician may perform all, or some of, the musical numbers in the full-length production. Admission is based on the performance in your audition, as well as the instrumentation needed for that year’s musical production. These instruments we require this year are listed below. Also included are the approximate difficulty level of music for each instrument, which should be used as a minimum level of proficiency for auditioning.

Woodwinds
(RCM Level 3 – School Grade 10)

Piccolo
Flute
Clarinet
Bass Clarinet
Soprano Saxophone
Alto Saxophone
Tenor Saxophone


** Each woodwind player will be required to play multiple instruments. Doubling for the audition (while encouraged) is not a requirement. The willingness to learn other instruments will be expected

Brass
(RCM Level 3 / Grade 3 Jazz and / or Concert Band)

Trumpet
Trombone

Strings
(RCM Level 3 / Grade 3 Jazz and/or Concert Band)

Violin
Cello

Guitar
(RCM Level 3 / Grade 3 Jazz Band)

** Please note that the music (both chords and melodic) is not written in TAB. The ability to read standard music notation is required.

Piano / Keyboard
(RCM Level 6)

Drums / Auxiliary Percussion / Mallet Percussion
(Grade 3 Jazz and / or Concert Band)

** pleased note that the ability to read standard music notation is required.
**Please note that we are playing the official Broadway parts, which are on par with (or beyond) RCM Level 3 (for Wind & Brass players) RCM Level.