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Application Deadline is noon on Friday, October 16, 2026

 

Auditions will be held on SUNDAY, November 15, 2026, between 9:00 am and 3:00 pm at the
Dana Hall School of Music, 103 Grove Street, Wellesley.

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The winner of the annual Wellesley Symphony Orchestra Young Soloist Competition will receive a $500 honorarium and will perform a movement from the audition piece for the WSO concert, 2:00 pm Sunday, March 21, 2027 at MassBay Community College in Wellesley.

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Directions to Dana Hall School from 95/128: Grove Street is a left turn off Rt 16W (Washington St) just before the Wellesley Square shopping area.  The Dana Hall School of Music building is a blue residential-appearing building with a front porch on the right-hand side of Grove Street. 

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APPLY EARLY!  This competition is usually filled before the application deadline.  If your application is not acknowledged by email within a week, please contact Carol Davidson.

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PLEASE NOTE THAT WE ARE A LOCAL COMPETITION.  The applicant must be a Massachusetts resident or studying with a teacher or attending school or taking part in a music program in the Boston area.

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Complete this application and submit as instructed. There is no application fee. If you have questions, please contact Carol Davidson at carol.davidson@comcast.net.

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Competition rules:

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• Contestants must be 18 or under and still in high school or younger in March 2027.

• All orchestral instruments including piano are eligible.

• The audition piece must be one movement of a standard concerto or single-movement work, with orchestral accompaniment; 10 minutes maximum.

• Playing from memory is encouraged but not required.

• The Applicant’s music teacher must support this audition.

• Applicants are required to provide an accompanist.  If not known at this time, please enter "TBD" for accompanist name.  It is best to find an accompanist early on and submit your time constraints with your accompanist in mind—do so as early as possible.  Finding an accompanist at the last minute can result in schedule issues that cannot be addressed then. 

• Plan to arrive early enough to warm up.  You will be given a practice room for this purpose.  

• If you are unavoidably late on the day of the audition, call - THAT DAY ONLY -  (508) 631-0548 -
  Carol Davidson's cell phone.   DO NOT call the Dana Hall School of Music. 

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