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Winter Concert - Young People's Symphony Orchestra
Young People's Symphony Orchestra's Winter Concert performances will feature three Concerto Competition winners, music director/conductor David Ramadanoff, and 103 young musicians in a program of Gershwin's An American in Paris, Falla's Nights in the Gardens of Spain, Katherine Chen, piano; Wieniawski's Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Ellie Kanayama, violin; Arutiunian's Trumpet Concerto in A-flat Major, Oliver Taylor, trumpet; and Ravel's Rapsodie Espagnole.
Each season, YPSO offers all members who have been in the orchestra for at least one full season the opportunity to enter the Concerto Competition to compete for the opportunity to play one movement of a concerto with the orchestra at a regular concert. This year's judges were Ramadanoff, violist and conductor Rem Djemilev, who is Music Director of Young People's Chamber Orchestra, and Monica Scott, who is a cellist and cello teacher. This season's concerto competition had 15 competitors.
Katherine Chen, age 15, is a sophomore at The College Preparatory School in Oakland. Katherine began her piano studies at age three in China. At age 11, she began studying under two private studios and was actively participating in CCMA competitions and festivals. She is currently studying with Armando Pino. In fifth grade, she took up violin as well, fulfilling a childhood dream, and she became the concertmaster of her middle school orchestra in seventh grade. She now plays in YPSO's first violin section, and this is her third year with the orchestra.
Ellie Kanayama, age 15, is a freshman at Albany High School, and this is her third season with YPSO. She started playing the violin at the age of five. In 2014, Ellie was selected as a winner of the YPSO Concerto Competition with her performance of the first movement of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto. Watch Ellie's performance here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpBgwb1-M-M.
Oliver Taylor, age 17, is a senior at Acalanes High School in Lafayette. Oliver currently studies trumpet with Jay Rizzeto and has played with the likes of Wayne Wallace, Wynton Marsalis, Erik Jekabson, and Mic Gillette. Oliver has won many awards over the years for jazz and classical music, including YPSO's 2013 Concerto Competition where he played the Hummel Trumpet Concerto. Watch Oliver's performance of the Hummel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13FA-gZtHZs.
Celebrating his 26th season as Music Director/Conductor, David Ramadanoff conducts 103 YPSO young musicians who range in age from 12 to 18 and hail from 25 Bay Area cities in five counties.
Founded in Berkeley in 1936, YPSO is the oldest youth orchestra in California and the second oldest in the nation. The 2014-15 season is the 78th season since violinist and conductor Jessica Marcelli founded YSPO at the suggestion of Clarabelle Bell, an amateur harpist and Berkeley resident, who got the idea after hearing a youth orchestra on a trip to Portland, Oregon.
Program:
Gershwin - An American in Paris
Falla - Nights in the Gardens of Spain, First Movement, Katherine Chen, piano
Wieniawski - Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, First Movement, Ellie Kanayama, violin
Arutiunian - Trumpet Concerto in A-flat Major, Oliver Taylor, trumpet
Ravel - Rapsodie Espagnole
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LocationWalnut Creek Presbyterian Church
1801 Lacassie Avenue
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
United States
Categories
| Minimum Age: 5 |
| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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