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THE YOUNG MEMBERS OF PALO ALTO’S ECYS KEEP IT PROFESSIONAL
by Pierre Bienaimé uring their first rehearsal of November, student musicians in the El Camino Youth Symphony shuffled with their instruments to join their respective sections, where they were each passed sheet music to Carl Maria von Weber’s “Euryanthe” overture. It was the students’ first time seeing their instrumental parts, but for the next three hours they would run through them together with hardly an error. This year marks the 50th anniversary for the Palo Alto-based symphony, five decades of working toward achieving artistry beyond sightreading alone. Under the direction of Camilla Kolchinsky, the group is now concentrating on readying for various performances later this fall. “We’re one amongst several youth orchestratype organizations in the Bay Area. We’re one of the largest, and we’re definitely considered to be in the top echelon in terms of artistic achieve-
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Top: Sergey Smirnov plays the timpani during an El Camino Youth Symphony rehearsal. Above: From left, Tristan Ford, Seena Huang and Eliot Hsu on the French horn.
Cellist Bennet Huang is also a competitive gymnast.
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