CAPP
Find your creative “sweet spot” and achieve your goals.
Nailing an audition is an art unto itself. The College Audition Preparation Program (CAPP) provides an inside track on the entire process, getting you ready to give a masterful performance. Being prepared to do your best requires rigorous preparation carried out in a mindset of confidence and positivity, CAPP provides the environment, structure and emotional support to help you find your creative “sweet spot” and achieve your goals. Working one-on-one with professional musicians, students and parents learn a variety of tips and techniques to ensure an ultimate performance.
What Our Students Say About Capp
“CAPP guided and endlessly encouraged me through the college audition process. Mock auditions allowed me to recognize the way I felt under pressure, and I grew more comfortable performing in front of an audition panel before my actual audition. Through the entire process, I received valuable feedback that improved my playing tremendously. The college audition process was overwhelming, but it was extremely helpful having successful professionals that have gone through the process guide me along the way.”
Rachel M
Violin
“CAPP really helped me to prepare for my college auditions by getting helpful feedback. Also, they were willing to do mock auditions with me and this helped to get my nerves out before I went in for my real auditions.”
Alana M
Viola
“Over the course of only a few months, I was able to prepare for my college auditions and the experience of a music conservatory. Without CAPP I would not have been successfully be admitted to my school of choice. The lessons and musical development, the philosophy and mental space was the guidance I needed to be set up for success.”
Jay Z
Percussion
"Participating in CAPP and working with the team during the audition process not only helped me prepare the repertoire needed for my auditions, but also prepared me mentally for what to expect. Without Ben's help, I'm sure that I would have not had such a successful audition season. Any student looking to improve their audition success should join CAPP."
Sam R
Drum Set
We Are Making An Impact
Students Served
8000
+
Schools Represented
54
Rehearsal Hours Per Season
250
+
Moose Knuckles
33
Herrmann and Trip-Hop: Film scores reimagined. This concert is for The Birds. Experience the thrilling, passionate, terrifying music Bernard Herrmann wrote for Alfred Hitchcock's best known movies…with a twist. Renowned performer, producer and composer Michael Bradford has reimagined the orchestral scores for full CYO orchestra inspired by Trip-Hop, a fusion of hip-hop and electronica. The result is a little bit Psycho, but beyond a Shadow of a Doubt, you’ll be left Spellbound. Join us!
Ticket Price: $10 Student/$25 Adult
Join CYO for a masterclass with Mari Sato.
Violinist MARI SATO is honored to have collaborated with many distinguished artists including members of the Cleveland, Juilliard, Miami, Ying, Emerson, Borodin, Amadeus, St. Lawrence and Colorado String Quartets, the Weilerstein Trio, Itzhak Perlman, Robert Mann, Anton Nel, Stephanie Blythe and Charles Neidich. Music festival appearances and residencies include The Aspen Music Festival, The New World Symphony, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Kniesel Hall Chamber Music Festival, Interlochen Center for the Arts, The Perlman Music Program, ChamberFest Cleveland, and Phoenixphest.
Tickets: FREE
Join CYO for a masterclass with Jon Bisesi, Percussionist with the President's Own United States Marine Band. Bisesi has been a featured soloist with the Marine Band on multiple occasions, most notably on the Filene Center stage at the Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts in 2011 & 2016, and the “President’s Own” 2011 & 2017 National Concert Tours. Other work through the Marine Band includes numerous chamber percussion performances and masterclasses, most notably at the 2008 Percussive Arts Society International Convention in Austin, Texas, The Tanglewood Music Center, The Boston University Tanglewood Institute, Luzerne Music Center, University of Maryland Percussion Seminar, and The Manhattan School of Music.
Ticket price: FREE
Join CYO for a masterclass with Conrad Jones, Principal Trumpet for Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra.
Jones has been a featured soloist with the Downey Symphony Orchestra, the Colburn Orchestra, the Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra and the Tucson Pops! Orchestra. An avid chamber musician, Jones has performed with various new music ensembles, including LA based WildUp!, Cleveland based FiveOne, and Cantori Domino. Jones is a founding member of the Kyōdai Brass Quintet, a group started in Cleveland with his two younger brothers in 2009. Praised for their innovative and engaging programs, Kyōdai’s most recent activity includes residencies with the Detroit Chamber Music Society and the Cleveland Chamber Music Society. They were awarded the Aspen Music Festival Brass Quintet Fellowship in 2013. Tickets: FREE
Lauded by the South Florida Classical Review for his "vivacious and buoyant" playing, Luke Fitzpatrick also plays principal flute with the Des Moines Metropolitan Opera. He also played principal flute with the Sarasota opera this past winter season. Participating in summer music festivals is one of Luke's greatest joys as a musician. He has spent summers at the National Orchestral Institute, National Repertory Orchestra, Music Academy of the West, Aspen music festival, the National Symphony’s Summer Music Institute, and the Chautauqua music festival. Tickets: FREE
Eclectic Concerti. The gift of a great orchestral performer is the ability to blend with others in the creation of a singular musical voice; CYO musicians pursue mastery of this discipline through participation in CYO. This concert brings three of our most accomplished members front and center as featured soloists with the full orchestra, performing concerti chosen to expand their experience and highlight individual expertise. The diverse performances are sure to inspire and delight, don’t miss it.
Ticket price: $10 Student/$25 Adult
A concert featuring CYO's chamber ensembles.
Ticket price: FREE ($10 for concert + ice cream)
This concert features the world premiere of Roberto Piana’s Concerto Fantastique, written specifically for renowned pianist Antonio Pompa-Baldi to perform on Steinway's technological breakthrough, the Spirio piano. The Orchestra will also perform the iconic 1914 symphony The Planets, which explores the astrological traits of our solar system in epic fashion, highlighting each planet, in order of distance from the Earth. Come hear the full orchestra and our virtual guest artist for an evening of remarkable music-making.
Ticket price: $10 students/$25 adults