Ensembles
Join Any Of Our Orchestras, Wind Ensembles, Chamber Music, Jazz, and Rock Groups.
Upcoming Performances
Friday
May 9, 2025
RIPYWE 7:00pm @ 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.
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
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.
2024-2025 Audition Dates
Available by appointment, please contact Elliott Eastman (eeastman@riphil.org) for more information
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