Lake Michigan Youth Orchestra Spring Concert

The LMYO Winds, Concert Strings, Encore Strings, and Youth Symphony will perform in the Lake Michigan Youth Orchestra Spring Concert at 4 p.m. on Sunday May 12, 2019, at the Howard Performing Arts Center. Come enjoy soloist Kathy Zhang playing "Zigeunerweisen op. 20 (Gypsy Airs)" and a cello highlight from the Encore Strings. The groups will be conducted by Mark Hollandsworth, Beth Oeseburg, Rachel Cabanilla-Sinnett and Burke Lokey. This is Mark’s first time conducting the LMYO Winds. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for children and seniors.

The Lake Michigan Youth Orchestra is an educational component of the Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra. It 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. 

More information is available here.

PROGRAM
Concert Strings, conductor Beth Oeseburg
"Integrity," Larry Clark
"Beauty and the Beast," Alan Menken, arr. Bruce Chase
"Cielito Lindo," arr. Merle J. Isaac

LMYO Winds, conductor Mark Hollandsworth
"Arabian Dances," Roland Barrett
"Funiculi Funicula," arr. Bill Simon
"Korean Hill Song," arr. Mark Williams
"African Marching Song," arr. John O’Reilly

Encore Strings, conductor Rachel Cabanilla-Sinnett
"The Toreador Song," from "Carmen, Suite #1," Georges Bizet, arr. Robert S. Frost
"Hey Jude," John Lennon and Paul McCartney, arr. Larry Moore
"Concerto Per Due Violoncelli, Archi E Cembalo G-moll  Pv 411," Antonio Vivaldi

James Diamond, cello
Alana Voglewede, cello

Youth Symphony, conductor Burke Lokey
"Dance Bacchanale from Samson and Dalila," Camille Saint-Saens
"Zigeunerweisen op. 20 (Gypsy Airs)," Pablo de Sarasate

Kathy Zhang, violin

"Symphony No. 9 “New World” Opus 95," Antonin Dvorak

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