Ensembles

Ensembles

Join Any Of Our Orchestras, Wind Ensembles, Chamber Music, Jazz, and Rock Groups.

GET STARTED FORM Follow us on Facebook Follow us on Instagram

Upcoming Performances

Friday

May 9, 2025

RIPYWE 7:30pm @ Scituate High School, RI

Sunday

May 11, 2025

RIPYO Concert

2:00pm @ The VETS, Providence

Sunday

May 18, 2025

Chamber Performances

11:00 am @ RIPMS

Monday

May 19, 2025

Big Band Performance
7:00pm @ RIPMS

The RI Philharmonic Music School offers a robust ensemble program, comprised of multiple tiers of youth orchestras, wind ensembles, chamber music ensembles, jazz ensembles and rock ensembles. Acceptance and placement are by audition. Click “Get Started” to learn more. 

GET STARTED FORM

RI Philharmonic

Youth Jazz & Rock

Wendy Klein, Department Chair 

The Jazz & Rock Department offers a complete training program for students interested in jazz or rock performance. Each student is placed in an ensemble based on their skill level and interests. Ensembles are organized so that each student progresses from one level to the next. All jazz ensembles participate in two Department Recitals during the school year. New jazz & rock students audition for acceptance and placement.

Fall/Spring Jazz Ensembles 24-25

Ensembles will run from September - May

Big Band

  • Grades 9 - 12
  • Mondays, 6:30 - 8:00pm
  • Tuition: $675 for full year program
  • Barbara Hughes, coach

Rock Ensemble

  • Grades 6-12
  • Tuesdays, 7:00 - 8:00pm
  • Tuition: $865 for full year program
  • George Leonard, coach

Middle School Jazz Ensemble

  • Grades 6-9
  • Tuesdays, 5:00 - 6:00pm
  • Tuition: $865 for full year program
  • Emmanuel Escobar, coach

High School Jazz Ensemble

  • Advanced Jazz Ensemble
  • Grades 10 - 12
  • Tuesdays, 6:00 - 7:00pm
  • Tuition: $865 for the full year program
  • Emmanuel Escobar, coach

Video Game Music Ensemble 

  • Grades 10 - 12
  • Tuesdays, 6:00 - 7:00pm
  • Tuition: $865 for full year program
  • George Leonard, coach

Adult Jazz Ensemble

  • Adult Ensemble
  • Tuesdays, 6:00 - 7:00pm
  • Tuition: $865 for full year program
  • Matt Kowalski, coach

Flute Choir

 Oboe Trio

Horn Ensemble

RI Philharmonic Youth Orchestras - RIPYO

Alexey Shabalin, Music Director

Founded in 1956, the Rhode Island Philharmonic Youth Orchestras created our original youth ensemble program. This program has five levels, ranging from a Beginning String Ensemble for young orchestral musicians, to an advanced Symphony Orchestra, which has performed at Carnegie Hall in New York City.

SYMPHONY Orchestra

• Full orchestra for advanced high school students

• Performs major symphonic works 

• Performs Side-by-Side with the RI Philharmonic Orchestra annually

Conductor: Alexey Shabalin

Rehearses Saturdays: 9:30 am–12:00 pm

Repertory Orchestra

• Full orchestra for advanced middle & high school students

• Performs original works and arrangements of orchestral standards

Conductor: Vincent Mattera

Rehearses Saturdays: 9:30 am–12:00 pm

STRING Orchestra

• String players in middle & high school

• Performs a wide range of original string repertoire

Conductor: Irina Naryshkova

Rehearses Saturdays: 9:30 am–12:00 pm

Intermediate String Ensemble

• String players of Suzuki Book 2-3 level or equivalent

• Performs short string orchestra pieces (about two pages long per part)

Conductor: Christian Paillan

Rehearses Saturdays: 10:45 am–12:00 pm

Beginning String Ensemble

• String players of Suzuki Book 1-2 level or equivalent

• A fun introduction to orchestra playing, performs short string orchestra pieces (about one page per part)

Conductor: Christian Paillan

Rehearses Saturdays: 9:15 am–10:30 am

RI Philharmonic Youth Wind Ensembles - RIPYWE

Dr. David Neves, Music Director

Founded in 2002, the Rhode Island Philharmonic Youth Wind Ensembles were created to give advanced woodwind, brass and percussion students from Rhode Island and nearby Massachusetts and Connecticut an outstanding opportunity to rehearse and perform high quality wind ensemble repertoire. RIPYWE offers these students a challenging and rewarding musical experience.

Symphonic Winds

• For advanced middle & high school students

Conductor: Dr. David Neves

Rehearses Wednesdays: 6:30 pm– 9:00 pm


Wind Ensemble

• For intermediate to advanced middle & high school students

Conductor: Dr. David Neves

Rehearses Wednesdays: 6:30 pm–8:30 pm

Chamber Music

Lois Finkel, Department Chair

Chamber Music ensembles are small groups of 2-6 musicians, who perform without a conductor. Our Chamber Music program consists of string quartets, piano trios, woodwind quintets and more. Each group typically performs on two recitals and one masterclass each year. 

Audition requirements:

Students should prepare one scale of their choosing (in the number of octaves that is appropriate for them) and one solo piece.  There will be something to sight read at the audition.

Coaches: Lois Finkel, Gideon Rubin, Laura Gulley, etc.

GET STARTED →

2024-2025 Audition Dates

 Available by appointment, please contact Elliott Eastman (eeastman@riphil.org) for more information

Ready To Get Started? 

INQUIRE Today

GET STARTED →
Share by: