Auditions for 2019/2020 will take place August 24/25.

Events Calendar 2018-2019

August

• Saturday, August 25: Orientation @2pm, Nelson Music Room
• Saturday, August 25 & Sunday, August 26: Auditions for new students, students wishing to move to next ensemble, leadership positions in ISO, CSO and YS orchestras, and the DUSS Ciompi Collective (DCC).

September

• Monday, September 3: Fall Semester Begins (check with your private teacher to see if they teach on Labor Day)
• Saturday, September 8: First Ensemble Rehearsals of Fall Semester
• Saturday, September 15: Improvisation workshop with Jennifer Curtis, @2:00-3:30, Bone Hall (ISO, CSO, YS students welcome)
• Saturday, September 22: DCC master class "Meet the Ciompi," @2:00-3:30, Bone Hall, for DCC students.

October

• Four Seasons Next Generation Residency: October 20/21
  • Performance, Sunday, October 21 @5pm, Nelson Music Room

November

• Saturday, November 3, Concerto Competition, Nelson Music Room (open to public)
• Saturday, November 10: Violin and Cello Choir Concert, @4pm, Nelson Music Room
• Sunday, November 11: ISO/CSO/YS Orchestra Concert, @6:30pm, Baldwin Auditorium
• NO REHEARSALS NOVEMBER 24th (Thanksgiving)

December

• Saturday, December 1
  • Solo Recital Dress Rehearsals, Time and Location TBD
  • String Workshop on the Kitchen arrangements of the Well-Tempered Clavier, Nicholas Kitchen and Yessun Kim, for Youth Symphony students during regular rehearsal
  • DCC Performance Class with Nicholas Kitchen and Yessun Kim, 2:00-4:30pm, Bone Hall
• Saturday, December 8: Solo recitals, 3-8pm, Nelson Music Room
• Wednesday, December 12: Chamber Music Concert, @7pm, Nelson Music Room
• FALL SEMESTER ENDS: December 12th. (Last ensemble rehearsals December 8th.)

January

• Monday, January 7: Spring semester begins
• Saturday, January 12: First ensemble rehearsals of Spring Semester
• Saturday, January 26: DUSS Faculty Fundraiser Scholarship @4pm, Nelson Music Room

February

• Saturday, February 2: DCC Ciompi Quartet Performance Class," @2:00-3:30, Bone Hall, for DCC students.
• Saturday, February 9: Improvisation Workshop with Jennifer Curtis, @2pm Bone Hall
• Saturday, February 16: Violin and Cello Choir Concert, @4pm, Nelson Music Room
• Sunday, February 17: ISO/CSO/YS Orchestra Concert, @ 6:30pm, Baldwin Auditorium (Featuring Concerto Competition Winners).

March

• Saturday, March 2: Violin & Viola Studio Class with Nonoko Okada, @3pm, Bone Hall, for DUSS private students
• Saturday, March 9: Bluegrass Workshop with Russell Johnson (Grasscats), and Reese Krome (former DUSS student), @2pm, Bone Hall
• Saturday, March 16: Solo Recital Dress Rehearsals, Time and Location TBD
• Saturday, March 23: Solo recitals, 3-8pm, Nelson Music Room
• Saturday, March 30: NO REHEARSALS (Spring Break)

April

• Saturday, April 6: Violin & Viola Studio Class with Erica Shirts, @2pm, Bone Hall, for DUSS private students
• Saturday, April 6: Cello & Bass Studio Class with Cody Rex, @3:45pm, Bone Hall, for DUSS private students
• Saturday, April 13: Master Class with Mari Sato (Cavani Quartet) @2pm, Bone Hall, for DCC students
• Saturday, April 20: Chamber Music Concert, @5pm, Nelson Music Room
• Saturday, April 27: Violin and Cello Choir Concert, @4pm, Nelson Music Room
• Sunday, April 28: ISO/CSO/YS Orchestra Concert, @ 6:30, Baldwin Auditorium
• SPRING SEMESTER ENDS: April 28th