The Northeast Massachusetts Youth Orchestras (NMYO) are pleased to announce the acceptance of clarinetist Hope Aubrey into the ASTA National High School Honors Orchestra (NHSHO). Hope completed a nationwide audition for the NHSHO and was accepted as one of two clarinetists to participate. The NHSHO will perform Symphony No. 5 in D minor by Dmitri Shostakovich at the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts in Louisville, KY. The orchestra is comprised of musicians from all over the country and is part of the American String Teachers Association’s (ASTA) National Conference in March 2014.
“It was evident from her first audition with NMYO that Hope was a special musician,” states Gerald Dolan, Music Director for NMYO. “Hope has led the Symphony Orchestra and Wind Ensemble in her two years with NMYO by providing outstanding musicianship combined with quiet yet determined leadership and humility.”
“I am really looking forward to meeting and playing with so many talented musicians,” says clarinetist Hope Aubrey. “I know the experience will help me grow as a musician.”
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Hope, resident of Sandown, NH, has been studying the clarinet since the age of nine and is currently under the tutelage of Dr. Tristan Butler. Aside from participating in NMYO’s ensembles and chamber music program, Hope is a senior at Timberlane Regional High School, located in Plaistow, NH, and the principal clarinetist for the school orchestra.
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ABOUT THE NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS YOUTH ORCHESTRAS
The mission of the Northeast Massachusetts Youth Orchestras (NMYO) is to provide young musicians with exceptional ensemble training and opportunities for personal growth through musical performance and community service. Led by Music Director Gerald J. Dolan Jr., with an accomplished team of music professionals, NMYO creates community connections and collaborations for its young players. NMYO’s musicians come from over 40 towns and participate in one of eight ensembles offered by the program. The regular rehearsal and concert schedule is supplemented with master classes, enrichment days, chamber music coaching, community service outreach concerts to underserved populations, and a composer in residence program. NMYO is the largest youth orchestra program in northeast Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire.
