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Wilmette Young Cellist to Perform Winning Solo with Midwest Young Artists for March 1st Concerts at Northwestern University
Daniel Kaler, a New Trier High School student from Wilmette is a winner of this year's Walgreens Concerto Competition
(Highwood, Illinois) Midwest Young Artists (MYA) is pleased to announce the details of a trio of youth music ensemble concerts on March 1st at Pick-Staiger Concert on the Northwestern University campus. This day of music begins with the award-winning music school’s youngest orchestras at 1:30pm, followed by choral and orchestral performances at the 2:30 concert as well as Alice Zhang, winner of the MYA junior Division of the Walgreens Concerto Competition with the MYA concert orchestra. The day culminates in a Symphony Orchestra concert at 6:00pm with Walgreens winners Daniel Kaler of Wilmette, Illinois and Daniel Hallett of West Lafayette, Indiana.
“Given our preparation, I think this will be the best concert we have ever played and know you will really enjoy it!” remarked Dr. Allan Dennis, Founder and Director of MYA, when asked about the 6:00pm Symphony Orchestra concert. MYA Senior Division winner Daniel Kaler will be performing the Dvorak Cello Concerto in b minor with the world-renowned MYA Symphony Orchestra. Daniel is himself a member of both the MYA Symphony Orchestra and New Trier High School’s orchestra program.
Tickets are available at: https://www.mya.org/store/tickets.php
Contact MYA: (847) 926-9898 or email mya@mya.org
Concert Program: (6:00pm Symphony Orchestra show)
3 Dances from “Gayneh” Ballet Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978) (9’)
Dance of the Young Maidens
Lullaby
Sabre Dance
Prism Rhapsody for Marimba and Orchestra Keiko Abe (1937- ) (15’)
Daniel Hallett (West Lafayette, Indiana), marimba – Winner Open Division of the Walgreens Concerto Competition
Cello Concerto in b minor, Op. 104 Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904) (16’)
Daniel Kaler (Wilmette), cello – Winner MYA Senior Division of the Walgreens Concerto Competition
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, op. 28 Richard Strauss (1864-1949) (15’)
About MYA: Midwest Young Artists is a top rated youth music ensemble programs in the Midwest and represents some of the best young musicians in the country. The program offers exceptional training in jazz, choral, chamber and orchestral instruction. MYA currently reaches more than 1,000 students from 74 communities in the metropolitan Chicago area with eight youth orchestras, more than 65 chamber music ensembles, four choral ensembles, an all-inclusive jazz program, early childhood education, and classes in music theory and history. Students have the opportunity to travel abroad and to perform in major venues throughout Chicago and around the world. MYA graduates are accepted at the most selective conservatories, universities and colleges in the country. ###
