Youth Symphony News
March 1, 2018
This is our concert weekend, and our next rehearsal will be this Saturday, March 3rd, 2018. All musicians please arrive at 10.00am, so you have enough time to unpack and tune. Our Saturday rehearsal time is as always 10:15 am-12:15 pm in Bone Hall. Our dress rehearsal will take place on Sunday,... read more »
February 15, 2018
February 20 @ 7:30 pm Conductor: Tonu Kalam Guest Conductor: Shelley Livingston As part of the Scholarship Benefit Concert Series, the award-winning UNC Symphony Orchestra will perform alongside the winners of the UNC Concerto Competition: Madeline Edwards, soprano; Margaret Lynch... read more »
February 9, 2018
There will be a STRINGS ONLY REHEARSAL this Saturday, February 10th, since we will be part of the DUSS Vivaldi Project Baroque Workshop. We will have no rehearsal for Winds, Brass and... read more »
January 30, 2018
The sectionals will take place during our regular rehearsal time, so please come to rehearsal as usual at 10.00am. Sectional Time: 11:15am - 12:15pm We are so excited to have wonderful sectional coaches: Violin 1: with Shelley Livingston, Room 041 Violin 2: with... read more »
January 30, 2018
From the Spring 2016 Issue of Stage & Studio | BY LOUISE LEE How you practice is a direct reflection of how you perform. Even if your playing in the practice room sounds good, you need to practice and learn the piece in a manner robust enough to withstand the pressure of onstage performance.... read more »
January 9, 2018
Watch the YouTube video of the November 12, 2017 concert at Baldwin Auditorium, Duke University read more »
December 9, 2017
Today's Youth Symphony rehearsal is cancelled due to Wintery weather and road conditions. Our next rehearsal will be on Saturday, January 13th, 2018. read more »
November 30, 2017
Domenico Carlo Maria Dragonetti (7 April 1763 – 16 April 1846) was an Italian double bass virtuoso and composer with a 3 string double bass. He stayed for thirty years in his hometown of Venice, Italy and worked at the Opera Buffa, at the Chapel of San Marco and at the Grand Opera in Vicenza. By... read more »
November 29, 2017
Strings to follow Candide is an operetta with music composed by Leonard Bernstein, based on the 1759 novella of the same name by ... read more »