YOUTH ORCHESTRA, CYCNY
紐約幼獅青少年管弦樂團
175
Willoughby St. #2A Brooklyn, NY
11201
E-mail address: youthorch8@aol.com, or patsychen@aol.com
For Immediate Release
Contact: Patsy Chen
T. 718-834-8904 CP 917-912-8288
E-mail: Patsychen@aol.com
Youth Orchestra, CYCNY 2016-17 Audition for New Members
The Youth Orchestra, CYCNY had just successfully performed the Annual Concert 2016 at Alice Tully Hall. Lincoln Center on May 21st, and Concert at Taiwan Center on June 18th.
The Youth Orchestra, CYCNY, a Queens-based youth orchestra
since 1996 is pleased to announce the 2016-17
Season audition for new members, age 10-18, who have been
learning an orchestral
instruments with a private teacher for
about 2-3 years, and are
interested in our multi-culture repertory of Western and Eastern music.
The audition date is
on Saturday, September 17th, from 12 noon-4 pm at Middle
School 158 (46-35 Oceania Street, Bayside, NY 11361).
For more information
please contact: Artistic Director Patsy Chen at
718-834-8904. E-mail: patsychen@aol.com, or
Executive Director Jason Chang at 347-306-2511 mdjchang@verizon.net.
For more information, please visit
the website: www.YouthOrchestra.com.
The audition instruments will be: flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet,
horn, trombone, tuba, violin, viola, cello, bass, harp and percussion. Scholarship will be available for viola,
bass, horn and bassoon. The audition requirements are:
- One
solo piece of the applicant’s choice
(No accompanist needed)
- Two (2) two-octave scales
- Sight-reading
The uniqueness of this youth orchestra is the various repertories of Classical, Popular, Jazz, Film, Broadway, American, Latin and Asian music.
The orchestra meets for rehearsal on each Saturday from 1- 4 PM at Middle School 158 in Bayside, Queens from late September to early June.
In 2016-17 Season, the orchestra presents all members and faculty to perform in three
full-length formal concerts.
A Holiday Concert on December 18, 2016
at Cardozo High School in Bayside,
Queens, which is open to
the public with free admission, the concert has been a tradition in Queens
since 1998.
The Annual Spring Concert
at Alice Tully Hall of Lincoln Center will be on May 20 2017.
The Taiwan Center Concert 2017 at Taiwan
Center on 137-44 Northern Blvd., Flushing, NY in spring.
And Charity Concert to perform at Silvercrest Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation will be
on December 11, 2016, as well as other community service concerts in New York
City.
The outstanding
faculty members are graduates from the top US conservatories and universities,
they are: Chijen Christopher Chung/conductor &
strings, Chi-Ching Grace Lin/percussion, Lovell Chang/Wind & Brass, Chiwei Chang/piano and Tony Huang/Strings.
Youth Orchestra, CYCNY is a 501 (c) (3) organization since
2002, we welcome your supports, all the contributions are
tax-deductible.
Some projects of Youth
Orchestra, CYCNY are made possible with the funds from the NYC Department
of Cultural Affairs and the New York City Council, designated by Council Member Peter Koo,
Taipei Cultural Center and Culture Center
of Taipei Economic & Cultural Office in New York,
COTS Travel and www. Superprism.net.
Photo
Youth Orchestra, CYCNY Concert at Alice
Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, on May 20, 2016
Chijen Christopher Chung, Music Director & Conductor
Photo
Youth Orchestra, CYCNY Concert at Alice
Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, on May 20, 2016
Chijen Christopher Chung, Music Director & Conductor and Min Yen Chien, Violin Soloist