Winter Concert, Youth Orchestra Day, Feb 27 and 28
Russell Steinberg premieres his composition dedicated to Youth Orchestra Day, Feb 28.
Youth Orchestra Day will be celebrated at Pasadena City College on Sunday, Feb. 28 and the day before, the Pasadena Young Musicians Orchestra, conducted by Jo Racquel Stoup, will offer their Winter Concert Saturday, Feb. 27. Both events begin at 3:30 p.m. in Sexson Auditorium on the campus of Pasadena City College.
PYMO’s Winter Concert, “Musical Sojourns” will include Gershwin’s “Cuban Overture”, Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Capriccio Español” and Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”.
The following day a youth orchestra summit will be held in a program that will include an afternoon of performances and panel discussions of issues facing these musical ensembles by conductors, professional musicians and students between music programs moderated by L A Philharmonic violinist, Mitchell Newman. Performances will accent the afternoon program when four youth orchestras take the stage individually and end with a combined orchestra. Invited to perform are the Pasadena Young Musicians Orchestra, led by Stoup; the Los Angeles
Jo Raquel Stoup to lead PYMO in its Winter Concert on Feb. 27 at PCC
Youth Orchestra, Russell Steinberg, conductor; the Verdugo Young Musicians Orchestra, Samvel Chillingarian, conductor; and the Olympia Youth Orchestra, Fung Ho, conductor.
Mayor of Pasadena, Bill Bogaard has declared Sunday Youth Orchestra Day in honor of the participating orchestras and the effort to enhance music in the community.
The Sunday event will conclude with some 300 high school and college students on-stage to perform the world premiere of Russell Steinberg’s “The Net of Indra: A Youth Orchestra Anthem”, composed for this event.
“This is going to be an exciting and important event in the history of L.A.’s music community,” Steinberg, founding Artistic Director of the Los Angeles Youth Orchestra declared.
Jo Raquel Stoup agrees. “Perhaps the most exhilarating moment [of the summit] will take place when all four orchestra gather together on stage to present Dr. Steinberg’s new work.”
Tickets for the PYMO Saturday, Feb 27 Winter Concert are $5, adults; $3 seniors and students; children under 12 are free.
Tickets to the Youth Orchesta Day Summit, Sunday Feb. 28 are $10, adults; $5 seniors and students; children under 12 are free.
All events will be held in Sexson Auditorium on the campus of Pasadena City College, 1570 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena. Parking is available in student lots for $2.
By Bill Peters
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