VYOA News & Updates
OrchestraChorusPalooza – Dec. 9, 2012 at 4pm
/0 Comments/by RosinaComing up soon! Our students have been working hard to prepare some wonderful music for OrchestraChorusPalooza. VYO flutist, Lauren Zwonik, is our featured soloist.
Have you gotten your tickets yet? Be sure to get yours soon before it sells out! Call 86-FLYNN or go to flynntix.org.
Ruslan & Lyudmila Overture
/0 Comments/by VYOA StaffComposer | Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857), Russian |
Full title | Ruslan and Ludmila (Руслан и Людмила) |
Excerpt title | Overture |
Date | 1842, St Petersburg |
Score | Click here to download; For purchase (Eulenburg mini score), Sheetmusicplus or Compumusic |
Recordings | Listing here |
Tempos | Our target: half=80/quarter=160 |
Source | Based on Pushkin’s poem |
Setting | Ukraine, 10th century |
Genre | Magic opera |
Plot in brief | On the day of her wedding to the Russian knight Ruslan, Lyudmila, daughter of the Grand Prince of Kiev, is kidnapped by the sorcerer Chernomor. Ruslan battles many foes and overcomes many obstacles to rescue her. |
Context | Glinka was the first Russian composer to gain international prominence. This was his second and final opera. |
Videos
Valery Gergiev and the Maryinsky Orchestra – very fast!
http://youtu.be/AjjQFzt4MJg
Paavo Järvi and the Israel Philharmonic
Yevgeny Mravinsky and the Leningrad Philharmonic – audio only, one of the greatest conductor/orchestra combinations of the 20th century
Zubin Mehta and the Berlin Philharmonic at the Waldbühne
VYOA Brass Day – November 3!
/0 Comments/by RosinaThe VYOA is pleased to announce Brass Day on November 3 from 1pm-5pm with special guests the Boston-based Triton Brass Quintet. This event is FREE to the public!! Students, educators, and brass players of all ages are welcome! The day starts with a performance by the Triton Brass Quintet and includes clinics, workshops, and a brass choir reading session.
VYOA to participate in Burlington Six Pack Onstage!
/0 Comments/by RosinaFor the first time ever, the Burlington community is working together to help recent graduates and young workers explore the performing arts. Created especially for arts-parched 20- and 30-somethings, Six Pack Onstage is your chance to enjoy a wide variety of arts performances at a great price. The VYOA is proud to be participating in this exciting new ticket offer. Six Pack Onstage is a great opportunity to experience theater, chamber music, the symphony, and much more for one low price. Click on the logo for more information.
VYP Kicks Off Concert Season on August 27
/0 Comments/by VYOA StaffVermont Youth Philharmonia Fall Concert
Monday, August 27 at 7:00 pm
Elley-Long Music Center at Saint Michael’s College
Yutaka Kono, conductor
Featuring Aaron Copland’s popular “Variations on a Shaker Melody.,” L’Arlésienne (The Girl from Arles) Suite No. 2, written by Georges Bizet. The concert will culminate with the Overture to Die Meistersinger von Nürenberg by Richard Wagner.
Tickets: $5 Adults / $2 Students
Tickets available at the door on the night of the performance.
Information: 802-655-5030
Congratulations to the 2012-13 VYO Soloists!
/0 Comments/by VYOA StaffThe VYOA is happy to announce our five soloists for the 2012-13 concert season!
A senior at Mount Mansfield Union High School, violinist Lea Martin will present the Allegro molto e con brio of Dimitry Kabalevsky’s Violin Concerto in C major. at the season opening VYO concert on September 28 & 30.
Colchester High School senior Lauren Zwonik will present the Rondo from the Mozart Flute Concerto in D at Orchestrapalooza on December 9.
Mitchell Goff, a homeschooled senior from Plattsburgh, New York will play the first movement of Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor at the annual VYO New Year’s Eve First Night Concert at the Flynn Center.
Clarinet player Ryan Wolbach will perform the Weber Concertino in E minor at the Vermont Youth Philharmonia Spring Concert on April 14, 2013.
Montpelier High School senior Lydia Herrick will close the VYO concert season on May 3 & 5, 2013 performing the first movement of the Svendsen Romance in G major.
Alumni on Facebook
/1 Comment/by VYOA StaffTrying to find an old stand partner? Interested in an upcoming alumni event taking place in your city or town? Want to say “hi” to someone on the artistic or admin staffs?
Stay in touch with your VYOA friends on the new Facebook Alumni Group... Join today!
This Just In: Master Class with Violinist Rachel Barton Pine
/0 Comments/by VYOA StaffSunday, July 15 from 1:00 – 3:00 pm
Elley-Long Music Center at Saint Michael’s College
Violinists of all ages and abilities encouraged to attend and observe!
Registration deadline: Wednesday, June 20
To register, contact Kathy Reilly – kathy@vermontviolins.com
About Rachel Barton Pine
Sponsored by Vermont Violins/Burlington Violin Shop
New Audition Dates Added!
/0 Comments/by VYOA StaffAdditional audition dates have been added to our schedule.
June 8 — younger string players (7th grade and younger)
June 19, 27, 28 — all instrumentalists
June 27 — singers
Please email auditions@vyo.org to schedule your appointment to audition for one of our orchestras or choruses!
VERMONT YOUTH ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION
Elley-Long Music Center at St. Michael’s College
223 Ethan Allen Avenue
Colchester, VT 05446
802.655.5030
info@vyo.org
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE HOURS
Monday – Friday: 9 am – 5 pm