Monday, December 1, 2025
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center
Tanya Chanphanitpornkit, Music Director
Take a musical tour around the world right from your seat at Merkin Hall as the talented young musicians from New York Youth Symphony’s All Strings NYC Orchestra perform a wide array of works by well-known and underrepresented composers from all over the world. Highlights include Anderson-Lopez and Lopez: Into the Unknown (arr. by Andrew Shield – NYYS Alum) featuring Carolina Rial, vocalist, and the NYC Premiere of Benny Castillion’s Kruhay arr. Jeffrey Solares.
BENNY CASTILLON/Arr. Jeffrey Solares – Kruhay
GIOVANNI BOTTESINI – Gran Duo Concertante featuring NYYS Alum Ensley Kim, violin and Wynter McCray, bass
KRISTEN ANDERSON-LOPEZ AND ROBERT LOPEZ – Into the Unknown (arr. by Andrew Shield – NYYS Alum) featuring Carolina Rial, vocalist
SOO HAN – Ahriring
WILLIAM GRANT STILL – Danzas de Panama

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