FAQ

How will you coordinate this?

Our current plan is to have one major piece every two months. Pieces will be member-submitted and member-selected. Parts, an MP3 of the piece being performed by synth instruments, and a metronome MP3 will be sent out. Members will have these two months to work up their part(s) and record themselves playing in time with the metronome that was sent. All members will submit their parts to the orchestra's official email (see Contacts). Editors will then take over and edit the tracks together. The result will then be posted to the official YCOO YouTube channel with credits to the composer and performers in the description.

What instruments can join?

Currently, standard orchestra and wind ensemble instruments. Non-standard instruments may be accepted, but should not expect a part in every major piece.

What kind of music will be played?

Orchestral music, wind ensemble music, chamber music, solos. We currently plan to only do original music by our composers, but may be open to doing covers once the group has been established.

Chamber music and solos? How will that work?

While the major projects will happen every other month, members will be allowed to arrange small ensembles. Chamber ensembles and solos will be entirely member-run: members will choose a piece, form a small ensemble, send out parts on their own, come up with their own deadlines, and edit the audio and video on their own. Only when the product is complete will it be sent up to us admins to publish it on the YouTube channel.

Is there an audition required?

No. However, if you submit a track of low quality, it may not be used. (Low quality can be defined as: badly out of tune, very bad audio quality, not with the metronome, or played with a bunch of mistakes.)

Video? Will we have to submit videos of ourselves?

No. Submitting videos of yourself playing is entirely optional.