Renaissance Arts Academy Orchestra, Korean American Youth Symphony and Santa Monica High School Orchestra
to Perform in Day of Free Concerts

SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 2010
1:00 pm to 5:00 pm 

The Los Angeles Philharmonic presents Youth Orchestra Festival Day at Walt Disney Concert Hall on Saturday, March 13, 2010 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., featuring the Renaissance Arts Academy Orchestra, Korean American Youth Symphony, and Santa Monica High School Orchestra. Each youth orchestra will perform a 45-minute set. Tickets are free and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Patrons can pick up tickets at the check-in table on Grand Avenue in front of Walt Disney Concert Hall 60 minutes prior to each orchestra's performance.

T he Renaissance Arts Academy Orchestra will perform a program of Mozart, Holst and Bizet; the Korean American Youth Symphony will perform a program of Tchaikovsky, Saint-Saëns and Dvo?ák; the Santa Monica High School Orchestra will perform a program of Bernstein and Tchaikovsky.

These youth orchestras, in addition to three others, actively participate in the Youth Orchestra Partners Program, a two-year partnership with the Los Angeles Philharmonic that affords 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 at Walt Disney Concert Hall in the fall of 2007 as a part of the LA Phil’s International Youth Orchestra Festival. Next year’s festival will feature music from the other active Youth Orchestra Partners: Young Musicians Foundation Debut Orchestra, Santa Clarita Valley Youth Orchestra, and Los Angeles Music and Art School.

For more information on this program, please visit:
http://www.laphil.com/education/new-youth-orchestra-partners-program.cfm.

The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association, under the vibrant leadership of Gustavo Dudamel, presents the finest in orchestral and chamber music, recitals, new music, jazz, world music and holiday concerts at two of the most remarkable locations anywhere to experience music – Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Hollywood Bowl. In addition to a 30-week winter subscription season at Walt Disney Concert Hall, the LA Phil presents a 12-week summer festival at the legendary Hollywood Bowl, summer home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and home of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. In fulfilling its commitment to the community, the Association’s involvement with Los Angeles extends to educational concerts, children's programming and community concerts, ever seeking to provide inspiration and delight to the broadest possible audience.

EDITORS PLEASE NOTE:
SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 2010, 1 pm to 5 PM
WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL
111 S. Grand Avenue, Los Angeles

1:00-1:45pm
Renaissance Arts Academy Orchestra
Renaissance Arts Academy Chorus
Emily Candaux, student conductor
Maggie Edmondson, lead music teacher

HOLST St. Paul’s Suite for string orchestra
BIZET Selections from Carmen
MOZART Symphony No. 25 in G minor
ADAMIS POTE  (World Premiere - New composition for chorus, string orchestra and percussion)
ORFF “O Fortuna” from Carmina Burana

2:30-3:15pm
Korean American Youth Symphony
Seung Kim, conductor
Angela Jiye Bae, violin

SUPPÉ Light Calvary Overture
SAINT-SAËNS Introduction and rondo capriccioso
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No.5 in E minor, Op. 64(Finale)
DVO?ÁK Symphony No. 9 in E minor, “From the New World” (Finale)

4:00-4:45pm
Santa Monica High School Orchestra
Joni Swenson, conductor
Guest Artist: Roger Daggy, organ

BERNSTEIN Overture to Candide
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36 (Mvmts I and II)
SAINT-SAËNS Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Organ Symphony (Finale)

Tickets are free and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Patrons may pick up tickets at a table on Grand Avenue in front of Walt Disney Concert Hall 60 minutes prior to each orchestra's performance. For information, please call 213.972.3454.