JAMESTOWN – The Chautauqua Regional Youth Symphony recently received a grant from the Chautauqua Region Community Foundation toward the honorarium for their Conductor and Music Director Bryan Eckenrode.
Eckenrode has been the driving force of CRYS since 2003, when there was a single orchestra. Under his leadership, two more orchestras have been formed: Prelude Strings for beginning string musicians and the Young Artists Orchestra for intermediate string, brass, wind and percussion players. The Youth Symphony remains the premier performance group of highly talented and motivated musicians ages 13 through 20.
All three orchestras are rehearsing now for their Spring Gala Concert on Sunday, May 6 at 4 pm in the Reg Lenna Civic Center in downtown Jamestown. Tickets for the concert are available from all orchestra members and at the Reg Lenna Civic Center Box Office, 116 East Third Street, (716) 484-7070.
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