2024-2025 season calendar
Rehearsal Information
Mondays
Youth Strings – 3:45 to 4:30 PM
Flore Ensemble – 4:15 to 4:45 PM
Youth Wind Ensemble – 5:15 to 6:15 PM
Preparatory Orchestra – 4:45 to 6:15 PM
Symphony Orchestra – 6:30 to 8:15 PM
Virtuosi – 8:15 to 9:00 PM
* Virtuosi strings rehearse weekly. Virtuosi winds/brass/percussion only rehearse on select weeks…
Location:
Godspeak Church
320 Via Las Brisas
Newbury Park, CA 91320
2024 Rehearsals
(Fall Semester)
Friday 9/6
Mandatory Orientation and Reading Rehearsal
Monday 9/9
First Standard Rehearsal, Principal Auditions
Monday 11/25
No Rehearsal (Thanksgiving Break)
Monday 12/9
Last Standard Rehearsal
2025 Rehearsals
(Spring Semester)
Monday 1/20
First Standard Rehearsal
Monday 2/17
No Rehearsal (President’s Day)
Monday 4/21
No Rehearsal (Spring Break)
Monday 4/28
Open Rehearsal and Pizza Social
Monday 5/19
Last Standard Rehearsal
Monday 5/26
No Rehearsal (Memorial Day)
Friday 5/30
Dress Rehearsal (Abbreviated Rehearsal Schedule)
Prepare for the season by:
- Noting your ensemble’s rehearsal time and location.
- Noting the core concerts in your calendar.
- Choosing at least one CYAS and one Dialogues concert to attend and noting them in your calendar.
Our Core Concerts…
Primary Performances for all our young musicians…
Gala Concerts
Performing Ensembles:
Youth Strings, Youth Wind Ensemble, Flore Ensemble,
Preparatory Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra, Virtuosi Ensemble
These are the primary performances for all orchestras.
Monday 12/16/2024 Winter Gala
Seaver Hall, Pepperdine
Sunday 6/1/2025 Spring Gala
Kavli Theatre, Thousand Oaks
Children’s Concert:
The Voice, The Instrument, And The Wolf
Performing Ensembles:
Preparatory Orchestra Only
Friday 4/4/2025
(Friday 9:00 AM During School Hours at Calvary Community Westlake)
Artistic Development…
Events featuring internationally acclaimed guest artists, directors and our most advanced musicians…
California Young
Artists Symphony
(Artists Symphony Concerts – Special Events)
CVYO MEMBERS MUST ATTEND AT LEAST ONE CONCERT PER SEASON
Sunday 11/10 Kavli Theater, Thousand Oaks
Saturday 3/29 Ambassador Theater, Pasadena
Dialogues Concerts
(Virtuosi Ensemble and Chamber Groups)
CVYO MEMBERS MUST ATTEND AT LEAST ONE CONCERT PER SEASON
10/22 at 6:30 PM – Novo Cafe, Westlake
(Season Opening Dinner Concert and VIP Donor Event)
3/16 at 7 PM – Padre Serra, Camarillo
(Scared Music Choir and Orchestra Concert)
5/4 at 6 PM – Godspeak Church, Newbury Park
(Chamber Symphony Concert, Including Flore Ensemble)
Virtuosi Special Events
12/13 at 7:30 PM – Messiah Concert at Calvary
5/19 at 1 PM – Flash Mob Concert at Oaks Mall
Dialogues Miniatures
(Virtuosi Chamber Groups Only)
These are exclusively faculty/student small chamber groups by invitation only. Please see our concert page for details.
Summerfest
Summer Festival Programs for
Preparatory, Symphony, and Virtuosi Level Musicians
7/13/2025 to 7/20/2025
With guest international faculty and artists.
Special Ensemble Qualifications
CVYO hosts two ensembles that are only open to select members. See the information below regarding joining the Virtuosi and Flore ensembles.
Joining CVYO Virtuosi
The Virtuosi Ensemble is a chamber orchestra comprised primarily of the principal players of our Symphony Orchestra, and is the most prestigious ensemble in our program. Virtuosi studies an additional program in parallel with the Symphony Orchestra, performs 3 additional concerts, collaborates with professional musicians, and closes the season with the performance of an entire symphony.
Virtuosi performs in our “Dialogues Concert Series,” and members receive concert stipends to offset tuition costs.
Virtuosi members are required to be Symphony Orchestra members, and must play a principal audition to be eligible for consideration. Eligible members must be able to perform at all Dialogues Concerts and Special Events.
Virtuosi Chamber Music
Virtuosi’s “Dialogues Concert Series” opens with small chamber works (trios, quartets, etc), many with faculty and prestigious guest artists. To be considered for Virtuosi Chamber Music, please mark your interest during your application. Chamber groups schedule two chamber rehearsals in the weeks leading up to the concerts, and rehearse as artist groups (not as coached student groups).
Joining Flore Ensemble
The Flore Ensemble is comprised of Youth Strings members preparing to join Preparatory Orchestra and studies standard string orchestra repertoire. Members are selected by invitation. Musicians should indicate their interest on the application form and arrive to the first rehearsal of the season well prepared with their Youth Strings music, demonstrating they are ready for the challenge of Flore Ensemble.
tuition information
Tuition cost:
$1,000 for the season or $700 for a single semester
Each musician will be billed online. Billing is never discussed during rehearsal.
FULL SEASON PAYMENT OPTIONS:
- A single payment of $980 if paid in September (a $20 discount).
- Two monthly payments of $500 due in September and October.
- Four monthly payments of $270 due in September, October, November, and December (a $80 payment plan fee).
SINGLE SEMESTER PAYMENT OPTIONS:
- A single payment of $700.
- Two monthly payments of $370 (a $40 payment plan fee).
Scholarships and Internships
- Exceptional Leadership Scholarships (up to 25% of tuition) are available to principal players of the Symphony Orchestra. Recipients commit to guest coaching and mentoring their younger colleagues in Preparatory Orchestra and Youth Strings one to two times per semester. Candidates must have previously held principal positions for at least one semester in good standing.
- Distinguished Young Artist Scholarships (up to 100% tuition) are available to principal players of the Symphony Orchestra who have qualified for Exceptional Leadership Scholarships in previous years. Recipients have demonstrated extraordinary leadership and reliability during their entire tenure at CVYO, are representative of CVYO in their community through competitions and volunteer work, and exhibit a level of technical ability and artistry beyond their years.
- Internships are available that include partial tuition stipends in exchange for logistical volunteer work such as rehearsal setup, front desk work, administrative help, or media team. Most internships are scheduled on alternating weeks and come with 25% tuition stipends.
- Scholarships and internships are paid at the end of the semester as a “tuition stipend” upon completion of internship work and confirmation of “good standing” in the orchestra.
- “Good standing” in the orchestra may be jeopardized by excessive absences, tardiness, being unprepared for rehearsal, or poor communication.
