South Shore Conservatory Auditioning for Bay Youth Symphony and Pure Treble and Pure Harmony Choruses

During the month of August South Shore Conservatory (SSC) will hold auditions for singers interested in joining the 2015/16 season of Pure Treble or Pure Harmony children’s choruses or instrumentalists interested in joining Bay Youth Symphony.

Pure Treble and Pure Harmony are auditioned choruses designed to educate and inspire children through a high quality choral experience while nurturing musicianship, responsibility, team work, confidence and joy. Pure Treble, under the direction of Katrina Potts, is for students in grades two through five, while Pure Harmony, under the direction of Brandon Coon, is for students in grades six through nine. These choruses perform at SSC and during the 2014/2015 season they performed at the Plymouth North High School Performing Arts Center with the African Children’s Choir and at Memorial Hall with the Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra.

Auditions for Pure Treble and Pure Harmony are on Monday, August 31, from 5 to 8 pm at the Ellison Center for the Arts, 64 St. George Street in Duxbury. Students interested in auditioning should contact Nancy Meredith at n.meredith@sscmusic.org or at 781.934.2731, ext. 11.

Bay Youth Symphony (BaYS), SSC’s youth orchestra program, brings together string, wind and percussion students from the South Shore, to learn, grow and perform as a community of musicians. Both its Symphony and Repertory ensembles have openings for the 2015/16 season. Elijah Langille is the conductor of Repertory. Symphony, under the direction of Joan Landry, performed with the Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO) during the last season, as well as at the 100th anniversary of the Cape Cod Canal last summer. PPO conductor, Steven Karidoyanes, is BaYS Artistic Advisor. BaYS Symphony performs bi-annually with the PPO.

BaYS auditions will be held Tuesday, August 18, 6 to 8 pm, at the Ellison Center for the Arts in Duxbury. Instrumentalists interested in auditioning for BaYS may arrange an audition time by visiting www.sscmusic.org/orchestra.html and completing the audition request form or by contacting BaYS Managing Director, Candace Kniffen at c.kniffen@sscmusic.org or 781.749.7565, ext. 32. Auditions are ongoing throughout the year.

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About South Shore Conservatory
South Shore Conservatory, recently recognized as a national model for arts education by the National Guild for Community Arts Education, is celebrating nearly 45 years of enriching the lives of South Shore residents through music and the arts. SSC was founded as a not-for-profit community music school in 1970 and now has two beautiful campuses in Hingham and Duxbury. Currently serving over 3500 students of all ages and abilities, SSC is the largest community school for the arts in Massachusetts. Students participate in more than 50 diverse programs in music, dance and drama. Through innovative partnerships with social service agencies, SSC’s Creative Arts Therapies department supports the mental, emotional, and physical health of some of our community’s more fragile members. SSC’s Hingham campus is located at One Conservatory Drive, Hingham, 781-749-7565. SSC’s Duxbury campus is located at the Ellison Center for the Arts, 64 St. George Street, Duxbury, 781-934-2731. South Shore Conservatory is a member of the National Guild for Community Arts Education. SSC programs are supported in part by a grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency. For more information call us, follow us on Facebook or visit www.sscmusic.org.

In keeping with SSC’s inclusive mission to provide access to quality education in the arts for all, the Conservatory offers programs for all segments of the population to enjoy, regardless of age, ability, geography, and financial means. Furthermore, South Shore Conservatory admits students and families of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school.