Lake Michigan Youth Orchestra Spring Concert

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Members of the LMYO Winds will present their inaugural performance at the Lake Michigan Youth Orchestra Spring Concert at 4:00pm, Sunday, May 6, 2018 at the John and Dede Howard Auditorium, St. Joseph High School, 2521 Stadium Drive, St. Joseph, MI.  The newly formed ensemble, directed by Dr. John Owens of Lake Michigan College, was created to provide a supplemental experience for middle school wind, brass and percussion players from the region. The concert will additionally feature performances by the Concert Strings, conducted by Beth Oeseburg, Encore Strings, conducted by Joe Oprea, and the Youth Symphony, conducted by Burke Lokey.

Highlights of the concert include three pieces by the LMYO Winds set to the original Georges Méliès silent film Le Voyage dans la Lune from 1902. As Dr. Owens shares, the audio/visual combination “will be linking the works to create a gesamtkunstwerk (total work of art).”

Additionally, the concert will showcase two accomplished senior soloists. Esther Kraus will perform Piano Concerto in A minor by Robert Schumann and Jared Jaggi will present the Trumpet Concerto in A flat major by Alexander Arutiunian. An audience favorite, Mars, the Bringer of War from The Planets by Gustav Holst, will also be performed by the Youth Symphony.

Tickets for the concert are $5 adults or $3 children/seniors and are available at the door. 

As an educational component of the Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra, the Youth Orchestra has provided an orchestral experience for talented young musicians in southwest Michigan from kindergarten age to college senior for over 40 years. The four ensembles reflect the advancement to more complex music as students progress on their instruments. Membership is by audition. The orchestra performs four public concerts each year, and the program includes scholarships to summer music camps, sectional rehearsals with members of the Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra and free tickets to SMSO concerts.

Contact the SMSO office at 269-982-4030 or www.sms.org for additional information.

WHAT: Lake Michigan Youth Orchestra Spring Concert
WHEN: SUNDAY, MAY 6, 2018, 4:00 pm
WHO: Lake Michigan Youth Orchestra

• LMYO Winds, conducted by Dr. John Owens
• Concert Strings, conducted by Ms. Beth Oeseburg
• Encore Strings, conducted by Mr. Joe Oprea
• Youth Symphony, conducted by Mr. Burke Lokey

WHERE: John and Dede Howard Auditorium, St. Joseph High School, 2521 Stadium Drive, St. Joseph, MI 49085

PROGRAM
LMYO Winds, conductor John Owens
Reverie                              Debussey, arr. Morales
Danse Macabre                Saint-Saens, arr. Story
Bolero                                Ravel, arr. Vinson
       -pieces set to silent film Le Voyage dans la Lune

Concert Strings, conductor Beth Oeseburg
Fiddlin’ Favorites            Edmund J. Siennicki
St Anthony Chorale        F. J. Haydn, arr. Sandra Dackow
Shadow Dance               Richard Meyer
Mabel Creek Overture    William G. Harbinson

Encore Strings, conductor Joe Oprea
Blue Rhythmico                       Kurt Mosier
Mythos                                     Soon Hee Newbold
Adventure on the High Seas    Lorie Gruneisen
Aspen Glow                             Susan Day
Spartacus                                Brian Balmages

Youth Symphony, conductor Burke Lokey
Trumpet Concerto in A flat major                       Alexander Arutiunian
             Jared Jaggi, trumpet
Selections from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1             Edvard Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor                                Robert Schumann
             Esther Kraus, piano
Mars from "The Planets"                                   Gustav Holst

TICKETS available at the door.
$5 Adults
$3 Students/Seniors

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