acso 2015 youth orchestras meet up
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Music is life. Live big! Start young.
Youth Orchestras of FresnoMission Statement
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We cultivate musical excellence and a spirit of cooperation in young musicians throughout
California's Central Valley. We are committed to the principles of access and excellence, and strive for comprehensive inclusiveness.
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Collaborations with Fresno State Symphony Orchestra
First program:Shostakovich, Festive OvertureMahler, Symphony No. 1Second program:Gustav Holst, The PlanetsIgor Stravinsky, Suite from The Firebird (1919 revision)
Next up:Penderecki Concerto Grosso for Three Cellos and Orchestra(soloists Emilio Colón, Philippe Müller, Csaba Onczay)
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Mahler One, assembled multitudes
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Youth Music Extravaganzas
• Extravagachi Mariachi (commissioned Benjamin Boone to write piece for assembled orchestras, high school mariachi band, and dancer—with audience participation and outreach to elementary schools: Fresno sin Frenos: Mariachi Madness)
• JOY Project (commissioned Kenneth Froelich to write a piece for assembled orchestras based on Ode to Joy, assembled JOY Chorale and soloists, performed Beethoven Nine and Froelich’s A Beautiful Spark)
• Water, Water, Everywhere (commissioned Benjamin Boone to write for assembled orchestras again—this time he included water as instrument, plus late poet Philip Levine reading his own words about water: Water[less] Music)
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Fresno sin Frenos: Mariachi Madness
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Mariachi madness
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Water Concert Rehearsal
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Water(less) Music, Benjamin Boone(click link for video)
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Guest Artists!
Guest artists inspire our young musicians, spurring them on to greater musical heights.
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Scott Piper, tenor
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Vadim Gluzman, violin
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Singers with friends!
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Collaborations with other arts organizations
• Visiting youth orchestra from Mexico • FiYO Festival (Fresno International Youth Orchestra)
• Munster/Westphalian Youth Orchestras collaborative concert
• Fresno Philharmonic side-‐by-‐side• 60th Anniversary concert with 50 returning alums• 65th Anniversary this year!• FOOSA Summer Programs (international music festival/orchestral immersion academy)
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Concert programs we especially liked…
Shostakovich, Festive OvertureMahler, Symphony No. 1
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¡Viva México!Copland, El Salón MéxicoGershwin, Rhapsody in Blue (Andreas Werz, piano)
Moncayo, HuapangoChávez, Sinfonía IndiaMárquez, Danzón No. 2
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Love Conquers All with Tenor Scott Piper
Gioacchino Rossini, The Barber of Seville; Overture; “Largo al factotum”Georges Bizet, Carmen; Prelude to Act I, Flower Song, Les ToreadorsJules Massenet, Werther; “Pourquoi me reveiller?”Georges Bizet, The Pearl Fishers; “Au fond du temple saint”Pietro Mascagni, Cavalleria Rusticana; Prelude and Siciliana; Turidos Faremell; IntermessoGiacomo Puccini, La Boheme; “O Mimi, tu piu non torni”Leonard Bernstein, CandideOvertureEduardo di Capua, “‘O sole mio”Giacomo Puccini, Turandot; “Nessun dorma”
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Love Conquers All also involved a dessert auction…
YOUTH ORCHESTRAS OF FRESNOwww.youthorchestrasfresno.org
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Planets of Fire
Gustav Holst, The PlanetsIgor Stravinsky, Suite from The Firebird
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Extravagachi
George Gershwin, Cuban OvertureRichard Strauss, “Hab’ mir’s gelobt” from Der RosenkavalierPietro Mascagni, Cavalleria Rusticana -‐ IntermezzoRuggero Leoncavallo, Pagliacci – FinaleAram Khachaturian, Suite from SpartacusBenjamin Boone, Fresno Sin Frenos: Mariachi Madness
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More collaborations!
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Star-‐Crossed Lovers
Richard Wagner, Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and IsoldePiotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Romeo and Juliet Overture FantasySergei Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 1, Op. 64aLeroy Anderson, Holiday Music (all three orchestras)
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Star-‐Crossed Lovers
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Water, Water, Everywhere
Richard Wagner, The Flying Dutchman OvertureLeonard Bernstein, On the Waterfront Symphonic SuiteClaude Debussy, La merGeorge Frederic Handel, Suite from Water MusicBenjamin Boone, Water(less) Music (world premiere)Klaus Badelt, Pirates of the Caribbean(last three pieces involved all three orchestras plus Accent on Access violinists)
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Those were prompts for our stories!
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and to visit our website at www.youthorchestrasfresno.org.