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Glendale Youth Orchestra - 26th Season Opener
Glendale Youth Orchestra - 26th Season Opener
The Glendale Youth Orchestra, conducted by Brad Keimach, opens their 26th season on Sunday, November 23, 2014, at 7:00 p.m. at the historic Alex Theatre in Glendale, CA. The program includes: Beethoven - Coriolan Overture, Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto, 1st movement (performed by Lavinia Chen, violin), Mozart -Symphony #35 “Haffner” and Mendelssohn - Symphony #1.
The GYO is a Premier LA Phil Youth Orchestra Mentorship Program, and is funded in part by a grant from LA County Arts Commission. The concert is sponsored by Pasadena Showcase House.
Tickets are $12.50 and may be purchased from the Alex Theatre Box Office. Groups of 15 or more get 15% off. Students, children and seniors may purchase tickets for $10 each. The Alex Theatre is located at 216 North Brand Blvd., Glendale, CA 91203. For more information, please call 818-243-ALEX, or visit www.alextheatre.org.
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Formed in 1989 by a group of Glendale music lovers and school teachers, the Glendale Youth Orchestra now attracts talented young musicians in the 6th through 12th grades and college music programs from all over Los Angeles and the San Fernando and San Gabriel Valleys. Auditions for membership in the orchestra are ongoing, and may be arranged by calling the GYO at 818-321-3083 .
ABOUT THE CONDUCTOR
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Brad Keimach is a graduate of New York’s prestigious Juilliard School. Mr. Keimach studied conducting with the legendary Leonard Bernstein and holds an MFA from the Purchase Conservatory of the State University of New York.
ABOUT THE SOLOIST
Seventeen-year-old Lavinia Chen has studied the violin for 12 years, first in her native China with Roxing Huo, and now with John Wang at the Pedrini School of Music. The Alhambra High School junior moved to the United States from Guangzhou just two years ago with her family. Chen is the concertmaster and president of the Tri-City Orchestra for Alhambra Unified School District. She won the Outstanding Musicianship Award for the Forum Music Festival in San Francisco in 2014.
