MCYO Tempo Newsletter: Spring 2011

Volume VII

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M a r y l a n d C l a s s i c Yo u t h O rc h e s t r a s

Spring ‘11

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MCYO Staff and Board fo Directors

Staff

Executive Director...............Cheryl Jukes Artistic Adviser....................Jonathan Carney Director of Music Ed...........David Levin

Operations Manager.................John Park Associate Executive Director...Christine Cox Accountant.................................Julie Hamre

Conductors

David Levin, Pablo Saelzer, MaryAnn Poling, Kristofer Sanz, Jorge Orozco

Managers

Linda Kuhn, Janet Wolfe, Ashleigh Townsend, Ben Kepler, Anne Sohn, Linda Fong

Board of Directors

Chair......................................Bill Ford Secretary................................Nan Cooper

Vice Chair..................................David Phillips Treasurer....................................Denise Miller

Directors-at-Large

Jerry Breslow, Nan Cooper, Bette Eberly-Hill, Michael Lemov, Michael Mael, Denise Miller

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Contents | MCYO

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From the Staff

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Meet the Small Ensembles

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Alumni News

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Frequently Asked Questions

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Conductors’ Musings

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Busy MCYO Musicians!

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Upcoming Events

10 Graduating Seniors 11 MCYO Honors

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From the Staff | MCYO The Culmination of an Impressive 2010-2011 Season Cher yl Jukes, MCYO Executive Director The final performances of MCYO’s 65th season are fast approaching! Spread the word and share the joy of hearing beautiful music by the region’s most talented young musicians! Invite neighbors, teachers, prospective auditioners and friends to fill the hall.

Take note of a few special highlights of the coming concerts: Wednesday evening May 18, our Chamber Choir groups conclude their season with a lovely free outreach performance at the Village at Rockville Lutheran Chapel at 6:30PM. The TWO MCYO flute Choirs (junior and Senior) and the Clarinet Choir present a challenging and inspiring program to showcase their ensembles.

At Strathmore on Sunday May 22, the Chamber Strings will present the season Concerto Competition winner, 6th grade violinist Sooah Sohn. Special encores arranged by Maestro Orozco will surprise and delight!

This 3PM concert also features the presentation of MCYO’s annual Chester J. Petranek Community Award for Outstanding Community Service. MCYO is pleased and proud to name the American String Teachers Association as this year’s winner.

Conductors Kris Sanz and Mary Poling provide an exciting culminating program of great repertoire for Young Artists and Symphony.

At 7PM, enjoy Chamber Orchestra’s Beethoven program featuring special guest artist pianist Adonis Gonzalez performing Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3.

Philharmonic ends the season vibrantly with an orchestra favorite, Scheherazade, featuring graduating senior Kenneth Liao. MCYO annual College Scholarships will be presented and all seniors recognized.

Our maestros, managers, coaches, staff and students have all worked happily and hard to make possible these quality concert experiences.

Help us celebrate the end of another wonderful MCYO season!

Board Congratulations and Welcome MCYO is pleased to announce our new MCYO Board Officers: Chair William Ford; Vice Chair David Phillips; Treasurer Denise Miller and Secretary Nan Cooper. We congratulate these board directors on their election and thank them for their commitment to serving this organization. We welcome aboard some new faces: Michael Mael, COO of the Washington National Opera, Denise Miller of Red Hat, Jerome Breslow, Esq and Attorney Michael Lemov.

MCYO extends its appreciation and gratitude to departing members Sunny Kapoor, Anita Segreti and Matt Mansell. Thank you for your service to MCYO!

MCYO Family Fun Night at Cici’s

by Christine Cox, MCYO Associate Executive Director

Thank you to all of the families who joined me at the pizza fun night at CiCi’s. I hope everyone enjoyed it as much as I did! Not only was it a great opportunity for MCYO family members to socialize with other families, it also helped raise money for MCYO (CiCi’s donates 10% of the night’s proceeds to us)!!

We are looking forward to hosting more family fun nights at CiCi’s. The location is perfect and there’s plenty of free parking. The all-you-can eat buffet includes salad, pasta, several kinds of pizza and deserts. All for $4.99! There are also arcade games and plenty of things for younger family members to do while parents chat. What better way to spend an evening while your musicians are hard at work in rehearsal! You can even get pizza to go so they won’t be jealous!

Our next Family Pizza Social is Wednesday, May 18th evening!

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MCYO | Meet the Small Ensembles Clarinet Choir -

Albert Hunt - Choir Director

The MCYO Clarinet Choir is completing its second year. It has been a good one. We began the season with a joint clarinet choir concert with a clarinet choir from Germany. It was truly a coming together of different approaches to music resulting in a wonderful personal and musical experience for all. In the late fall and winter we had two more concerts, and our culminating concert takes place on May 18. As we have worked together, it has been a pleasure for me to witness the musical and personal growth of the choir. This summer, I encourage you to stay in touch with your clarinet through regular practice and lessons. Listen to lots of great music and take time to enjoy your life.

your tone. A great flute tone has a focused center to the sound that rings like a bell; imagine the purity and flexibility of a beautiful singing voice. A centered, ringing tone will make it easier for the player to be more expressive, colorful and play in tune.

The sound begins in your mind, which is why it is so important to have a good idea of what you want to sound like. You should hear it in your mind before you play it. For inspiration, check out recordings by Emmanuel Pahud, Jacques Zoon and Mathieu Dufour. Also, make sure you work on long tones every day. I like to start my practice sessions by playing long tones and simple melodies in different keys and dynamics. James Galway apparently practices tone for at least one hour every day!

For great flute tone exercises, I highly recommend “De La Sonorité” and “Tone Development Through Interpretation” by Marcel Moyse.

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Carolyn Oh- Choir Director Senior Flute Choir Janese Sampson - Choir Director

It was such a pleasure and privilege to work with ten talented young musicians (5th to 8th grades) in the MCYO Junior Flute Choir. During our inaugural season, we performed 4 concerts, playing repertoire ranging from Mozart to Mancini. Although the pieces were quite challenging, the young flutists handled them beautifully. I was extremely impressed with their level of musicianship, professionalism and enthusiasm! I would like to thank the students for their hard work and dedication and the parents for their wonderful support. I would also like to thank Cheryl Jukes and John Park for tirelessly working to make it possible for these young musicians to have such a wonderful opportunity to further their musical growth.

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Suggestions on Improving Your Flute Tone Having a good tone is one of the most important things a musician can have, along with good rhythm, technique, intonation and musicality. With all things being equal, the player with the most beautiful tone usually ends up being the most successful, in my opinion. Therefore, it is very important to make it a goal to constantly improve

Alumni News: Jonathan Koch Just keeping MCYO posted about the life of an alum! I played violin in the Sinfonia under Maestro Chris Allen. A 2006 graduate of Springbrook High School, I’ve been attending the Manhattan School of Music, majoring in Composition. My teacher is Richard Danielpour. I will receive my degree in May. Unfortunately, I don’t play violin too much any more, since composing takes up so much time, but I do try to keep in practice. One of my fondest memories of being in MCYO was playing Bartok at the Hungarian embassy! My advice to MCYO’s young musicians: don’t forget to have fun with your music!

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Frequently Asked Questions | MCYO MCYO FAQs: AUDITIONS Q: A:

What are required for auditions?

Here is a quick checklist for auditions: • Scales - check the requirement website for the exact scale requirements for the orchestra you are auditioning for.

• Solo - MMEA levels are specified on the requirement list, but musicians should speak with their private teacher and find a piece which will best show the musicians’ skill level.

• Sight-reading - required for all instruments. Musicians will be given a minute to review the music before playing, so don’t start playing immediately.

• Orchestral Excerpt - only required for strings and other select instruments. Will be posted on our website when audition registrations go online.

Full list of audition requirement can be found on our website.

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What is required for audition day?

Here is a quick checklist for audition day: • Music - bring a copy of your music! Also a copy (good to have multiple copies) for the judge.

• Reporting-in - Please arrive atleast 30 minute before the audition time. Check in at the sign desk FIRST and take audition sheet and info sheet then enter the warm-up room.

• Misc. items - bring extra strings/reeds, rosin, tuner, rockstop, and anything which will make the audition go smoothly.

• No parents - Of course parents can accompany musicians to Strathmore, BUT parents will not be allowed in the warm-up room or auditioning area. Parents, please wait in the lobby or the cafe of Strathmore!

Thank you!

Q: Can you audition for more than one orchestra?

A: Yes! If the musician is in a grade (in fall) where they qualify for two orchestras, they CAN audition for both orchestras.

For most cases, the musician will need to audition TWICE, once for each orchestra judge. Second audition fee is just $15. Make sure you select BOTH audition time at the time of registration. You should see two different orchestra auditions listed if you qualify.

For 6th grade (CS-YA) and 10th grade (CHA-PHIL) STRING auditions, the auditions are a combined audition where both orchestra’s judges are in the audition. Musicians will not need to audition twice. These auditions are marked in audition registration as “CS/YA Combined” or “CHA/PHIL Combined” auditions.

In a combined audition, musicians can choose to be considered for one of the orchestras ($40 fee) or both orchestras ($55 fee), you will need to make this choice during registration process.

Q: When are auditions?

A: Auditions for 2011-12 season will be held August 22 to the 27. Audition registrations will start midJune! If you sign-up for our mailing list, you will receive an email once registration is online.

Q: How do we practice for the auditions?

A: First of all, you should print the audition requirement chart and take it to your private teachers. Your private teacher will know your level the best and will be able to recommend the best solo piece and methods on practicing for the auditions.

MCYO also offers a special AUDITION CLINIC/WORKSHOP to provide audition tips and other suggestions. BSO musicians and MCYO conductors run this clinic, which is free for audition registrants. The clinic will be held August 3, 2011 in the evening, here at Strathmore. We will be sending an invite to all the audition registrants during the summer.

Levine School of Music provides a Sight-reading Workshop for Strings. Monday, August 8 and Wednesday, August 10. More information is available on the flyer included in the centerfold of this newsletter.

If you have any other questions, please feel free to contact john@mcyo.org.

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Philharmonic

David Levin, conductor Our 2010-2011 season has proven to be quite a journey for the Philharmonic Orchestra. It has been a season of tales, stories, and adventures. You may remember that we began the year with Rossini’s vision of a magical toyshop that Respighi orchestrated. In March we discovered Ravel’s enchanting interpretation of a collection of Mother Goose stories. We will be closing the 2011 concert season with Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Scheherazade”. If you are not familiar with this incredible work, it is a “tone poem” based on the stories and characters from the “Tales of a Thousand and One Arabian Nights.” None of the four tableaux (movements) that Rimsky-Korsakov composed refers specifically to any specific tales. Rather, they allude to the character types and incidents that make up the vast body of stories.

This work features the entire orchestra as well as requiring virtuosic performance from many soloists. The students are very excited about performing this magnificent work and we hope you will encourage many of your friends to come to the May 22nd final concert.

Additionally, the final concert will be MCYO’s opportunity to recognize its graduating class. Many of these students have been with MCYO for many years and have grown up through all our orchestras. It is important that everyone share in congratulating them for their accomplishments both this year and any prior years. To prepare for a comprehensive audition, to be selected amongst several hundred other aspiring musicians, to commit every Wednesday night to MCYO, to prepare the music, and to perform on Strathmore’s magnificent stage is testimony to the type of character and dedication our seniors have shown year after year.

For some who are continuing to study music in college, we will be announcing the winners of the Andreas Makris Award, Ruth Albright Scholarship, and the Chester Petranek Scholarship. Students being recognized with these awards have prepared for and performed in a competition judged by a panel of MCYO conductors in the hopes of earning some scholarship to help with the added expenses incurred as a music major.

As we sail into summer (note the reference to Sinbad’s ship from Scheherazade) please note that MCYO will once again sponsor an audition workshop for musicians of all ages who would like to get some tips from the MCYO conductors and several Baltimore Symphony musicians. The conductors will discuss what is expected at the auditions regarding scales, excerpts, solo, attire, and demeanor. The BSO musicians will discuss the audition process from their

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point of view as professionals. Additionally, there will be optional opportunities for students to be coached individually by BSO musicians.

Yes, this means that next year’s auditions are just around the corner! No doubt many underclassmen are already preparing solos. Excerpts will be posted this summer. It has been a PRIVILEGE to have worked with the musicians in the Philharmonic Orchestra this year. They are talented, artistic, enthusiastic, and FEARLESS! I sincerely look forward to hearing every returning Philharmonic member again at auditions next year and am eager to meet the new members of the orchestra who will fill in the seats vacated by our graduating seniors.

I don’t want to get too far ahead of myself however.

Once again, I encourage everyone to bring guests to the concert on May 22nd. To our fantastic sectional coaches and highly dedicated private teachers: I truly hope to see you at the concert. None of what we accomplish during rehearsal and concerts can be done without your expertise and hard work. I would love for you to see and hear the collective result of the time you have spent with the students. And finally, to the parents and family members of MCYO’s orchestras: Thank you for encouraging your child every day to practice, rehearse and of course, perform with the MCYO orchestras. I know how proud you must be at every concert to hear them perform for you!

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Conductors’ Musings | MCYO MaryAnn Poling, conductor Why didn’t Schubert finish his Eighth Symphony? The question is impossible to answer with certainty, not least because by the time the “Unfinished” came to light Schubert had been dead for 37 years! Music historians have proposed a host of explanations: perhaps Schubert had to leave off his work on the 8th to attend to a more urgent project, or one that was more lucrative, or one that was being demanded by a more wealthy or influential patron.

(After all, Schubert had written this work as a gift to the Graz music society, expressing his gratitude for the honorary diploma they had awarded him. Neither honorary diplomas nor gratitude will put food on the table.)

Another possibility is that Schubert realized he had— musically speaking—painted himself into a corner. The first movement, Allegro moderato, is in the 3/4 time signature. The second, Andante con moto, is in 3/8. Following conventional symphonic form, Schubert would have composed his third movement in three; the scherzo that exists in a piano score (only the first two pages are fully orchestrated) is in fact also in three. Moving to the fourth and final movement, then, Schubert would have been faced with the question of whether to write yet one more movement in three or to switch to four. The first option would have seemed monotonous, the second jarring.

But beyond the issue of meter there is the issue of lieder.

Sometimes called “art song,” the term refers to a musical setting of a poem for a vocalist with piano accompaniment; Schubert was a master of this style. But, as with meter in the 8th, so with lieder. Schubert was one of the most gifted writers of lieder: he wrote more than 300 in his lifetime!

He had written the first two movements in an orchestral version of this style, with one instrument or section playing the vocal “line” and the rest of the orchestra serving as the “piano accompaniment.” Perhaps Schubert felt the elevated lieder style wasn’t well-suited to the playfulness of a scherzo, so the third movement would either have to involve either a bizarre and unworkable fusion or musical whiplash.

It may well be that Schubert decided shortly after beginning to orchestrate the scherzo that to use it as his third movement would be unsatisfactory in itself, and leave him no good options for a fourth. Perhaps he left the symphony unfinished in hopes of someday figuring out how to resolve the conundrum. Or perhaps he realized that he’d need to unravel the entire composition in order to make sure it could finish well. Even if Schubert never found a

way to complete two more movements before his death, the clear testimony of history is that it is in fact a beautiful piece whose two movements are inspired enough to stand on their own. So I am very pleased that the Symphony will have the opportunity to work on this piece over the spring, and to perform it at our final concert.

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Young Artists

Kristofer Sanz, conductor First off, I would like to say that I am very excited to have the opportunity to work with the YA musicians again!

Their constant fervor, passion, and energy towards their music making never ceases to amaze me! We have a very exciting and musically diverse program planned for this concert including the Finale from Beethoven’s 5th Symphony, the always beautiful Bach’s Sleepers Awake, the rousing Farandole from Bizet’s L’Arlesienne, and Brahms passionate Hungarian Dance no. 6. Over the past couple of weeks, we have been working very hard on our technique and ensemble skills to ensure that we are developing the appropriate skills necessary to perform our selections at the highest level. I am very proud and honored by the extreme dedication that the YA musicians display week to week and am very much looking forward to performing with them at the May Concert!

I would like to say a very heartfelt thank you to all of the private teachers, parents, and student musicians for their countless hours of coachings, driving to lessons, and practicing. I am a firm believer that MCYO is only successful when all invested parties work together to make the musical education of our student musicians a top priority.

After all, many of our young musicians will be the future members of America’s top orchestras. Therefore, we need to do our part as MCYO educators and conductors to plant a deep seed of musical passion, commitment, and excellence in every musician that passes through our orchestras!

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Sight-Reading Workshop for Strings

Session: Monday, August 8 and Wednesday, August 10 Time: Elem/Middle School: 4-5 p.m.

High-School: 5-6 p.m.

Cost: $51 per student (cost is for the two-day session) For more information and registration approval, contact the instructor: Jorge Orozco jorozco@levineschool.org Location: Levine at Strathmore Room 309 5301 Tuckerman Lane North Bethesda, MD 20852 301-897-5100

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We are now finishing up our 2010-11 season! Look 8th, four seniors performed a pre-concert recital at Strathmore. (Joshua Coyne, violin; Emily Glassford, at all the great events that happened in last few clarinet; Kenneth Liao, violin; Robert Williams, horn) months.

March 26 – ASTA/MCYO/Potter’s: Mark Wood Workshop This was a wonderful workshop where musicians learned to fuse classical music with rock and roll! It was a very exciting day for everyone. Thanks to all the MCYO musicians that participated and BlackRock Arts Center for providing us with the venue!

March 30 – Chamber Music Program Concert This concert featured MCYO’s Junior and Senior Flute Choirs, Clarinet Choir and MCYO Piano Trio lead by our wonderful Choir Directors: Carolyn Oh, Janese Sampson and Albert Hunt. Thanks to all the Choir Directors and musicians on providing us with a wonderful concert at Montgomery College Rockville Campus.

On April 29th, total of eight seniors, including whom participated in the recital, had their interview and auditions for the College Scholarship. (Yuchi Ma, bassoon; Emily Park, percussion; Kikki Tso, violin; Aurora Wheeland, violin)

April 30 – MCYO String Quartet Plays for BSO Concert For the pre-concert of BSO’s concert, MCYO String Quartet (Rhea Chung, Lori Kaufman, Aiden Kane, Kevin Yang) performed a wonderful repertoire of music for all the concertgoers.

May 4 – MCYO Preparatory Strings Final Concert Kudos to Preparatory Strings, MCYO’s newest orchestra, on a wonderful final concert of the season!

We really have many great up-and-coming talents in MCYO!

April 8 and April 29 MCYO Senior College Scholarship Auditions Congratulations to all the seniors that participated in the MCYO College Scholarship Auditions. On April

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Chamber Strings & Preparatory Strings

Chamber Orchestra

Jorge Orozco, conductor

Preparatory Strings is getting ready for the last concert of the season. This has been a very successful first season for this young group. For many of the Preparatory Strings musicians, this has been their first orchestral experience.

They have learned how to play together and how to share the gift of music with other people. The season finale will be on May 5th with an exciting program. I want to thank all the parents and teachers for their support. I hope to see all Preparatory Strings musicians next year at MCYO. MCYO does Carnegie! Yes, Chamber Strings and Chamber Orchestra will have the honor to perform at this worldwide famous venue. This will be an unforgettable event for all musicians, parents, and teachers involved.

Thank you MCYO for making this possible. We hope to see many people supporting us in New York.

Pablo Saelzer, conductor The end of the MCYO season brings two important concerts for the MCYO Chamber Orchestra. The first is the final MCYO concert on May 22 in Strathmore Hall, our home. The second is the Chamber Orchestra’s (and Chamber Strings) upcoming concert at Carnegie Hall.

The historical importance of this hall makes it perhaps the most famous hall in the “New World.” Accordingly, the expectations for any group performing in this stage are huge.

We are working hard to achieve a level that will meet the audience’s expectations and rightly represent MCYO. As always, the success of these concerts depends on the quality of the work each instrumentalist does at home (otherwise known as “practice”).

Upcoming Events

MCYO’s Spring Concerts

Sunday, May 22 at the Music Center at Strathmore:

Welcome Spring with the fresh, colorful sounds of the Area’s finest youth orchestras!!

3:00PM - Afternoon Concert Music of Holst, Accolay, Piazzolla, Bach, Brachms, Bizet, Schubert, and Shostokovich • Chamber Strings, conducted by Jorge Orozco • Young Artists, conducted by Kristofer Sanz • Symphony, conducted by MaryAnn Poling 7:00PM - Evening Concert Music of Beethoven, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Gershwin • Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Pablo Saelzer, featuring pianist Adonis Gonzalez • Philharmonic, conducted by David Levin TICKETS ON SALE! Click to purchase online!

MCYO Chamber Music Recital

Wednesday, May 18 - 6:30 PM At the Village at Rockville Lutheran Chapel. 9701 Veirs Drive Rockville, MD 20850 Featuring MCYO chamber groups: Junior Flute Choir, Senior Flute Choir and Clarinet Choir Email mcyoinfo@mcyo.org to reserve a seat

2011-2012 Audition Dates: Aug 22-27. Online Registration Begins Mid-June.

MCYO Audition Clinic, featuring BSO musicians as clinicians, will be held August 3.

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MCYO | Graduating Seniors MCYO Graduating Seniors! We Will Miss You!!!

All the graduating musicians (due to space this is just for the graduating musicians) are invited to a senior reception in the Comcast Circles Lounge in Strathmore. This begins right after the evening concert is over.

Zah Ahmed Swarthmore College - Undeclared Jessica Ahn New York University - Hospitality Benjamin Brown Towson University - Music Education Russell Brown University of Maryland, College Park - Math & Physics James Chen Undecided - Undeclared Joshua Coyne Manhattan School of Music - Music Composition Elizabeth Eber Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Music Education Godfrey Furchtgott Princeton University - Music Kevin Gillespie Dartmouth College - Government & Music Emily Glassford Northwestern University - Philosophy & Music Alisa Hahn Catholic University of America - Politics & Music minor Jasmine Hardy University of Maryland, College Park - Journalism Esther Ho Bryn Mawr College - Biology Haley Johnson University of Notre Dame - Business Tatios Kebrab University of Maryland, College Park - Political Science & English Kelly Klomparens Carnegie Mellon University - Oboe Performance Christian Larsen United States Air Force Academy - Behavioral Sciences Emily Levine University of Iowa, Iowa City - Literature & BA in Music Kenneth Liao University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music - Violin Performance Elliot Liu Rutgers University - Pharmacy Michael Liu Undecided - Undeclared Matthew Lu Duke University - Biomedical Engineering Yuchi Ma University of Maryland, College Park - Bassoon Performance and Biochemistry Julia Maas St. Mary’s College of Maryland - International Studies Clara McCreery Stanford University - Music & Engineering Isabelle Nogues Princeton University - Molecular Biophysics/Pre-Med Sharon Ong John Hopkins University - Neuroscience Joey Pappas Penn State University - Music: Double Bass Emily Park Eastman School of Music - Percussion Performance & Music Ed Anil Powers Ohio State University - International Studies Le Qi Duke University - Biomedical Engineering Niraj Raju DePaul University - Bass Trombone Performance Nina Randazzo University of Maryland, College Park - Jazz Bass & Environmental Science and Policy Webster (Alex) Rogers III University of Maryland, College Park - Music Theory/Composition & Horn Performance Andrew Shebest University of Maryland, College Park - Trumpet Performance & Business Brian Simon University of Maryland, Baltimore County-Linehan Artist Scholar Music Performance & Computer Science Laura Song Catholic University of America - Cello Performance Ben Spiegel Lawrence University - Horn Performance & English Andrew Tong University of Maryland, College Park - Chemistry Kikki Karisi Tso University of Richmond - Music & Accounting Sam Um Eastman School of Music - Percussion Performance Aurora Wheeland University of Maryland, College Park - Violin Performance & Psychology Rob Williams University of Maryland, College Park - Horn Performance & Music Education Michelle Won University of Notre Dame - Psychology Ju Hyun (Julia) Woo Undecided - Undeclared Handson Wu University of California, Berkeley - Business Andrew Wyner Swarthmore College - Economics Julia Zhao Xu New York University Abu Dhabi - Economics/Finance Jacqueline Yang Northwestern University - Biology Kevin Yang Undecided - Undeclared William Yeager University of Maryland, College Park - Trumpet Performance Xiaoshan Zhang Carnegie Mellon University - Ethics, History & Public Policy Kevin Zhu University of Maryland, College Park - Undeclared

We hope that everyone will keep in touch! Come visit anytime!

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MCYO Honors | MCYO MCYO Honors our students for…

Congratulations to Rachel Kim, principal cellist of MCYO Chamber Orchestra, for winning First Place Winner Advanced Cello/Bass Category at the Joseph and Goldie Feder Memorial String Competition.

2011 All-Eastern Honors Ensembles: Rhea Chung, PHIL violin; Eunah Lee, CHA flute; Sharon Ong, PHIL percussion; Julia Woo, PHIL trombone; Kevin Yang, PHIL cello. Concert took place April 4th, 2011.

Congratulations to Julianna Hsing, violinist of MCYO Philharmonic, for placing FIRST on both Kentlands and Landon Symphonette Young Artist Competitions. Julianna performed the concerto with Landon Symphonette on March 26th, 2011. She is also accepted into the Aspen Music Festival and School for this summer.

Congratulations to Rhea Chung, violinst of MCYO Philharmonic, for winning the National Symphony Orchestra’s Young Soloists’ High School Competition.

Congratulations to Kristina Winiarski and Rhea Chung, cellist and violinist of MCYO Philharmonic, for winning the National Philharmonic Concerto Competition.

Congratulations to

Margaret Quinn of Chamber Orchestra on being the grand prize winner in MCYO Practice-a-thon Fundraiser!

MCYO Financial News MCYO proudly acknowledges financial sponsorship by the following contributors.

• Individual Contributors • Montgomery Alliance for Community Giving • Board of Directors • The United Way and America’s Charities • Strathmore Hall Foundation • Carolyn and Jeffrey Leonard Tuition Scholarship Fund • Maryland State Arts Council • The Joseph and Rosalind Shifrin Guest Artists Fund • Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County

• The Trawick Foundation • Andreas and Margaret Makris Scholarship Fund • Irving and Janet Rosenberg Memorial Scholarship Fund for Aspiring Musicians • Lockheed Martin Corporation • Washington Gas & Light Company • IBM • Washington Post Company • AT&T • COSTCO

Founded in 1946, Maryland Classic Youth Orchestras is the oldest, largest and most established youth orchestra program in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.

MCYO not only enriches the community with quality orchestra experiences but “nurtures and develops young talented musicians” by offering three full orchestras, one chamber orchestra, now TWO string orchestras and additional chamber ensembles. Ranging in grades 3-12, over 400 talented musicians from around the region participate each season.

For additional information, contact the MCYO administrative offices (301) 501-5208 or 5209

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MCYO gratefully acknowledges our major funders: