Thank you for your interest in the Youth Chamber Connection (YC²)!

Before proceeding, be sure you know about our 2017-18 program offerings. You will be asked to enroll in one or more of the following programs. To read about each of these programs, view the upcoming schedule, or more, please visit our website.

• September Session (September 9-23, 2017 - for all new and returning YC ² members)
• Education Track (October 2017-May 2018 - for Intermediate and Beginning Level musicians)
• Performance Track (October 2017-May 2018 - for Advanced & Advanced-Intermediate musicians)
• Community Connections Mini-Track (September 2017-May 2018 - for all levels of musician).

Registration Fee for all students: $25 - includes free admission to our three-week September Session. This fee is due within two weeks of completing this registration. Payment instructions will be provided on the last page of this form, plus in your confirmation email.

YC² BEGINS SEPTEMBER 9: Admission to our three-week September Session is included in your $25 Registration Fee:

• Morning Session - for Performance Track - members of YPO, PYSO and other advanced musicians.
• Afternoon Session - for Education Track - members of Symphonette, Intrada, and other intermediate or beginning musicians.

Students interested in being matched into an Education Track or Performance Track chamber group, as well as students interested in our Community Connections mini-track are strongly encouraged to enroll and attend all three weeks, if possible. To view the September Session schedule or read more about each program offering, visit our website.

Placement Audition/Listening Time: NEW THIS YEAR our YC² coaches are asking all 2017-18 YC2 students to schedule a time to play for a YC² coach. We have set aside Listening Times on Saturday mornings at Duquesne University during the September Session. Click here to sign up, or if you can't make one of these times, submit a video audition tape by clicking here.

Communication: Chamber groups require frequent communication between members and YC² management to maintain an accurate rehearsal and performance schedule, including responding to time-sensitive schedule questions.

For elementary or middle-school students, the listed Primary Parent/Guardian should be the one who agrees to read and respond to, in a timely manner, all YC² communications. (Listing student email or student cell number is optional for this age group.)

For high-school students, either the Student or Primary Parent/Guardian must agree to read and respond to, in a timely manner, all YC² communications. High-school chamber groups are most successful when each student actively participates in group planning decisions. Therefore listing student email address is required for this age group, and also student cell phone number (if applicable). Primary Parent/Guardian always will receive all emails their student receives, and may sign up to receive all texts as well.

The Second Parent/Guardian can receive all of the same emails and texts as Primary Parent/Guardian and Student, or they may opt out of the frequent communications from YC².

All YC² chamber groups have minimum performance requirements to fulfill, depending on the track they are placed in by the YC² team. Some students are content to fulfill the minimum requirements, others are interested in performing as much as possible.

In order to help match students with similar commitment and interest levels, please answer the following two questions.

WHEN DO GROUPS MEET:

Education Track

• Most Education Track groups meet on Saturdays at Duquesne between 9:00am-2:00pm.
• If an Education Track group includes one or more Symphonette members, it will most often be scheduled to meet either:
  • before Symphonette, in the 9:00-10:15am window;
  • or after Symphonette 1:15-2:00pm.

Performance Track

• Most Performance Track groups with YPO-level members meet Saturdays at Duquesne either:
  • before YPO, in the 10:00am-1:00pm window;
  • or after YPO, in the 4:15-5:45pm window.
• Most Performance Track groups with PYSO-level members meet:
  • Sundays in Downtown Pittsburgh from 4:00-5:45pm.

These are just suggested times, based on when most groups met last year. Variations to the above are welcome and will be considered.

Below please indicate your child's expected OPEN time windows on Saturdays, Sundays, and weekdays/weeknights for this coming year. Example: OPEN Saturdays 9:00-10:30am, and 1:00-6:00pm. NOTE: If you list OPEN 9:00-10:00am, I will assume you can be at Duquesne ready to meet with your group at 9:00am (so if a commitment ends at 9:00am in the South Hills, don't forget to factor in travel time).

IMPORTANT information is on the next page...please be sure to read through it!

ALMOST DONE!

What happens next?

• SUBMIT: The form will do an error check and tell you if you missed any questions. Pay close attention, after pressing Submit, if it worked you will see a thank-you message and immediately a confirmation will be emailed to Primary Parent/Guardian and to the student (if a student email was included). Check your Spam and other folders for this email, and move it to your primary inbox so you are sure to receive follow-up emails.
• RE-SUBMIT, IF YOU DO NOT RECEIVE THE "THANK YOU" SCREEN AND EMAIL CONFIRMATION!! Check carefully, you most likely skipped a "required" question.
• PLACEMENT AUDITION/LISTENING TIME: If you have not yet scheduled a time to play for a YC ² coach - sign up here for a listening time .
• PAY YOUR $25 REGISTRATION FEE: All registrations must be accompanied by a $25 non-refundable payment due within two weeks of submission of this registration. Please make checks payable to: TRYPO , and mail to 212 Ninth Street, Suite 601, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. If finances are a concern, contact staff@youthchamberconnection.org for scholarship consideration. We do not want finances to ever be the reason a musician doesn't sign up for YC ² ! TRYPO is the administrator of the YC ² program.
• GROUP ASSIGNMENT: After the September Session concludes, you will receive an email if our coaches have found a spot for you in a chamber group; remember 85 of 86 registrants were offered, and accepted, a spot last year!
• YC² TUITION FEES: Please do NOT make your first tuition payment for 2017-18 YC ² tracks until after we have confirmed a chamber group placement for your child. Pay only the $25 registration fee at this time.
• SCHOLARSHIPS: If you are requesting scholarship assistance for YC ² tuition, that process will begin after groups have been formed. YC ² and its partner organizations all have a strong commitment to making sure our opportunities are available to all students, regardless of the family's financial circumstances.

If you have any questions, please contact YC² Staff, at (412) 391-0185 or staff@youthchamberconnection.org.