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Subscriptions are now on sale for the orchestra’s 48th Carnegie Hall season and Jazz Band Classic’s 9th season in Symphony Space and Jazz at Lincoln Center. Clarinetist Anthony McGill, who made his televised début when he performed for President Obama’s inauguration, will lead off the orchestra’s soloists at the opening on December 5. Works included on the season are Respighi’s “Pines of Rome,” Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony, and excerpts from Wagner’s “Ring” Cycle. Jazz Band Classic swings into gear with soloists Steve Wilson on sax, trumpeter Alex Sipiagin, and saxophone legend Paquito D’Rivera. (subscriptions) |
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Thirty-three Program ensembles ranging from a Muczynski flute-and-clarinet duo to a Mendelssohn octet concluded one of the strongest musical seasons in memory in two performances in Symphony Space and one in Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall. Director Lisa Tipton presented the Director’s Award for Commitment and Achievement in front of a full house at Weill on April 27 to The Brownstone Trio (Sophia Mockler, violin; Roy Femenella, horn; Amalia Rinehart, piano). Other highlights included the première of Jude Vaclavik’s dazzling “Mechanisms” for piano trio and clarinetist Alan R. Kay as mentor to the Vita Nova Quartet in an ethereal performance of Brahms’ Clarinet Quintet in B Minor. |
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Secretary of Education Arne Duncan recently announced the selection of 141 outstanding high school seniors as the 2010 U.S. Presidential Scholars. Luke Celenza, the pianist with JBC for the past four seasons, was one of only four students named for this honor in New York State. The students have demonstrated outstanding academic achievement, artistic excellence, leadership, citizenship, service, and contribution to school and community. US Presidential Scholars will be honored for their accomplishments in Washington D.C., in June. |
Congratulations to the composers selected for First Music 27. The following composers will receive debuts with New York Youth Symphony ensembles during the 2010-11 season: Click here to view composers with honorable mention and past First Music awards. |
The award-winning orchestra conquered one of the mountains of Olympus as it closed its 47th season in Carnegie Hall on May 23rd. An orchestra numbering 126 musicians under Ryan McAdams’s direction climbed the musical summit of Richard Strauss’ tone poem, “Ein Heldenleben.” The audience was ecstatic in its applause, and The New York Times barely contained itself in its critical praise, noting “potent brasses, sumptuous strings and expressive winds doing work equal to that of most professional ensembles.” (
The Solti Foundation recently announced that Ryan McAdams, music director of the New York Youth Symphony for the past four seasons, is the recipient of the prestigious "Sir Georg Solti Emerging Conductor Award." In addition to the honor, which is named for the longtime conductor of the Chicago Symphony, the award comes with a prize of $10,000. NYYS Executive Director Barry Goldberg added his praise of Mr. McAdams, observing that "We and our audiences have known for some time of Ryan's exceptional talent, and I am pleased to see that this is confirmed by the Solti Foundation award." 
“Composition Date: 2010” was the season-end performance of the Making Score seminar on May 5th, showcasing the work of 14 
