Fellowship Benefits

• Get onstage and backstage access during WVSO rehearsals to learn how different concerts are prepared for performance

• Meet renowned soloists, musicians, and performers from WVSO's guest artist lineup

• Interact with WVSO musicians and Music Director.

• Receive free tickets to WVSO concerts for both yourself and a guest

• Serve as ambassadors for the Symphony to the press and to the community

Eligibility:

The program is open to all West Virginia high school students (grades 9-12).

Standards of Acceptance:

The program has been adapted to include serious music students with talent and a strong desire for success as a future professional musician or educator. (Financial resources are available through this program for students whose economic situation or geographic location might otherwise preclude continuing serious music study.)

Instruments:

Each candidate must be a serious instrumental music student who plays a primary instrument that is part of a modern symphony orchestra including: 

• Strings (harp, violin, viola, cello, bass)

• Woodwinds (flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, saxophone)

• Brass (trumpet, horn, trombone, tuba)

• Percussion (pitched and un-pitched percussion instruments, piano)