Performance Details

Sunday, March 8, 2009, 12:00 PM
Walt Disney Concert Hall
111 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90012

Featured Artists:: Pasadena Young Musicians Orchestra; CSUN Youth Philharmonic; Olympia Youth Orchestra; Claremont Young Musicians Orchestra

Additional Info:

Each youth orchestra will have a 40-minute set on March 8. Tickets are free and open to the public. Patrons are able to pick up tickets at a table on Grand Avenue in front of WDCH 60 minutes prior to each orchestra's performance. See below for the complete schedule for the event.

On March 8, 2009, between noon and 5pm, LA Philharmonic presents Youth Orchestra Festival Day, back-to-back performances that showcase four local youth orchestras. Featured youth orchestras include Claremont Young Musicians Orchestra, CSUN Youth Philharmonic, Olympia Youth Orchestra, and Pasadena Young Musicians Orchestra. These youth orchestras, in addition to four others, are in the Youth Orchestra Partners Program, a two-year partnership with the LA Phil that affords established Los Angeles-based youth orchestras coaching sessions and master classes with LA Phil musicians, concert tickets to WDCH and the Hollywood Bowl, and the opportunity to perform on the stage of Walt Disney Concert Hall. The first concert of this kind took place in the fall of 2007 as a part of our International Youth Orchestra Festival.

For any inquiries please send an email to srodriguez@laphil.org or call 213-972-3454.

Schedule of Concerts

12noon-12:40pm
Pasadena Young Musicians Orchestra
Jo Stoup, conductor

PROKOFIEV Lt. Kijé Suite
    I. The Birth of Kijé
    II. Romance
    III. The Wedding of Kijé
    IV. Troika
    V. Interment of Kijé
RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances
    I. Non allegro
GINASTERA Estancia
    Danza final: Malambo

1:25-2:05pm
CSUN Youth Philharmonic
Dr. John Roscigno, conductor
Ed Kawakami, guest conductor

BERNSTEIN Overture to Candide
DVORAK Slavonic Dances, Op. 72
    No. 2
    No. 3
MASCAGNI Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
STRAVINSKY Infernal Dance and Finale from The Firebird

2:50-3:30pm
Olympia Youth Orchestra
Fung Ho, conductor
Ben-Han Sung, violin

MOZART Marriage of Figaro Overture
WIENIAWSKI Polonaise Brillante No. 1 in D major, Op. 4
DIEP Kingdom in Memory “The Ancient Champa” (World Premiere)
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90, “Italian”
    II. Andante con moto
    IV. Saltarello: Presto

4:15-4:55pm
Claremont Young Musicians Orchestra
Roger Samuel, conductor
SHOSTAKOVICH Festive Overture
BORODIN Symphony No. 2 in B minor
    I. Allegro
    II. Scherzo: Prestissimo
    III. Andante
    IV. Finale: Allegro
BERNSTEIN Overture to Candide