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Philadelphia Youth Orchestra Announces Free Concert with D.C. Youth Orchestra
More than 150 young, classical musicians will perform on November 6 at The Temple Performing Arts Center.
Philadelphia, PA – October 31, 2011 (Download PDF). Maestro Louis Scaglione, President and Music Director of the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra organization (PYO), today announced a free, joint concert with the D.C. Youth Orchestra on Sunday, November 6 at 3:00 p.m. at The Temple Performing Arts Center in Philadelphia.
“The Philadelphia Youth Orchestra organization and our students are delighted to begin our 72nd Season with a shared concert with the D.C. Youth Orchestra,” said Maestro Louis Scaglione of the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra organization. “After weeks of separate rehearsals and two days of intense practice together, these young musicians will offer the community a moving and powerful performance.”
Jesus Manual Berard will co-conduct the two youth orchestras with Maestro Scaglione as more than 150 young, classical musicians perform Wagner’s Prelude to Die Miestersinger and Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9.
“It is exciting for young musicians to meet and play with their peers and I am thrilled PYO and DCYO can offer these students such a rewarding opportunity,” said Maestro Jesus Manual Berard of the D.C. Youth Orchestra. “I hope music lovers in the region will join us at this free concert.”
About the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra: Founded in 1939, the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra organization is one of the nation’s oldest community music education and youth orchestra performance programs for gifted and talented students from the Tri-State region. Lead by Maestro Louis Scaglione, the organization’s flagship ensemble, Philadelphia Youth Orchestra (PYO), provides the most talented students with advanced orchestral training and performance opportunities throughout the concert season. PYO’s companion ensembles include the Philadelphia Young Artists Orchestra (PYAO), formed in 1996; Bravo Brass, added to the program in 2003; Philadelphia Region Youth String Music (PRYSM) created in 2007; and the Musicopia String Orchestra partnership, which began in 2008. Young musicians from ages six through 21 are selected by competition audition and have represented the United States on five continents. The Philadelphia Youth Orchestra organization offers classical musical performances to the Greater Philadelphia region each year and supports musical education to children from Philadelphia’s more vulnerable neighborhoods through its newest after-school program launched in 2010, Tune Up Philly.
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