The board of the Chautauqua Regional Youth Symphony (CRYS) has hired a manager to support the new opportunities planned for their students. Newly-hired manager Julia Herman will supervise rehearsals, which begin for the Symphony’s Chamber Orchestra on Saturday, September 22. The rehearsals are in preparation for the Chamber Concert on Sunday, December 9, at 7 p.m. in Jamestown’s SS. Peter and Paul Church.
Herman is a graduate of the University of Buffalo with a master’s degree from St. Bonaventure University. In addition to working with students, she will also arrange concert details and help organize the Youth Symphony’s weekend retreat at Chautauqua Institution in February. She will also help plan the field trip for all the orchestras to meet the musicians and hear the Pittsburgh Symphony accompany a screening of The Wizard of Oz in Heinz Hall in March.
Rehearsals for the wind, brass and percussion players of the Youth Symphony, highly talented and motivated musicians ages 13 through 21, will begin in early January. The Young Artists Orchestra, composed of intermediate level musicians, and Prelude Strings, the beginning string orchestra, will also begin rehearsals after the holidays.
All three orchestras will perform at the Spring Gala Concert, scheduled for Sunday, May 5, 2013, in the Reg Lenna Civic Center.
To learn more about the orchestra or to enroll a child, call (716) 664-2465, ext. 202, or visit www.CRYouthSymphony.com.
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