2024-25 / Musical Opportunities
This page is designed to inform our members of musical opportunities available: concerto competitions, concert offers, scholarships, and other musical opportunities. Please use the contact information provided in the listings below for more information
Performance and Special Ticket Opportunities
Boston Chamber Music Society
Boston Chamber Music Society has given BYSO students a discount code for tickets for their entire season. BYSOCM works for all the future BCMS concerts.
Discounted tickets are 33% off. meaning student tickets are only $6.03!
When purchasing tickets from the website, pick any seats in the hall then use the drop down menu next to the selected seats to change the prices--regular at $68, $58, $43, or $30 for adults; and $9 for students. There will be a page to enter the discount code before entering contact and payment information.
Concerts are:
Nov. 10th, January 12th, February 16th, March 9th, April 13th, and May 11th, all at 3pm at Sanders Theater.
Listening & Viewing Opportunities
Berlin Philharmonic Digital Concert Hall
IDAGIO – Classical Music Streaming Service
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Listen to Boston’s premier professional orchestra. Click the link above to view the 2024-2025 season programming. Be sure to get your BSO Family to pass here.
Boston Lyric Opera
Check out the 2024-2025 season schedule by clicking the link
Other Opportunities
Apply Governor’s Youth Advisory Council to advise the Governor, Lieutenant Governor and the entire administration on critical issues impacting Massachusetts. Click here for more information!
Competitions & Special Opportunities
BSO High School Concerto Competition
PRELIMINARY AUDITION ROUND: All applicants should complete the online application and mail the $30 application fee by Friday, December 13, 2024. Please note: Scholarships to waive the $30 application fee are available for students demonstrating financial need. To be considered, simply check the “Scholarship Fund” box in the application.
FINAL AUDITION ROUND: Applicants selected by a panel of BSO judges will be invited to Symphony Hall for the live final audition round on Thursday, February 6, 2025.
PRIZES: The Cornelius A. & Muriel P. Wood Award recipient will receive a cash prize of $1,000 and the opportunity to perform alongside the Boston Symphony Orchestra on Saturday, March 22, 2025 at noon.
The first and second runners-up will also receive cash prizes.
Young Artist Concerto Competition — The Concord Orchestra
The Concord Orchestra will once again be holding its annual Young Artist Competition. The competition is for High School students or younger, who may audition for the Ehler's Memorial Prize and an opportunity to perform a concerto with the Concord Orchestra. A runner up, or two, up may be selected to perform a pre-concert recital before one of our weekend performances. All performances will be for the concerts held on May 31, and June 1, 2025.. This is an exciting time to be working with the Concord Orchestra in their second season under the direction of Music Director, Zeke Fetrow. The season's rehearsals have started off at a high level, so please encourage students to join us for a wonderful journey through this concerto competition!
Auditions will be held February 5 & 6, 2025. Please forward this information to all teaching faculty so they can pass on this information to interested students. Also, a quick reminder that the time limit for the concerto has been reduced to 25 minutes. The chosen work must be complete and from memory.
Information regarding audition requirements, dates and deadlines, can be found on our website on the Young Artist Concerto Competition page: https://www.concordorchestra.com/young-artist-concerto-competition. Applications and payment can be made online. The application can also be downloaded from the same page. The deadline for receipt of the application and fee is Friday, January 17, 2025.
