Season Finale Concert
Maestro Eylar closes the Associate Orchestra season with a program that is guaranteed to please and dazzle listeners, including classic favorites such as the Dance of the Hours from Ponchielli's La Gioconda and "Montagues and Capulets" from Prokofiev's beloved ballet Romeo and Juliet. The orchestra will also perform the complete music from Bizet's L'Arlesienne Suites 1 & 2, as well as introducing CYS audiences for the first time to music by the British composer Coleridge-Taylor, as we perform this composer's delightful Petite Suite for Orchestra. Our soloist for this closing concert will be Associate Orchestra Competition winner Darrin Cheng, performing Rosauro's Concerto for Marimba and String Orchestra. Don't miss this exciting season finale!
Leo Eylar, Music Director
Ponchielli: Dance of the Hours
Rosauro: Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra, 1st mvt (Darrin Cheng, marimba)
Prokofiev: “Montagues & Capulets” from Romeo & Juliet
Bizet: L’Arlesienne, Suites 1 & 2
Coleridge-Taylor: Petite Suite for Orchestra
Associate Orchestra Concerto Competition Winner
Fourteen-year-old percussionist Darrin Cheng is a 8th grader at Sam Lawson Middle School and a second-year percussionist with the Associate Orchestra, California Youth Symphony.
Associate Orchestra Concerto Competition
California Youth Symphony's annual CONCERTO COMPETITION for the Associate Orchestra offers its current students a special challenge and an opportunity for public recognition. All students in the Associate Orchestra are encouraged to compete. The second and third winner will debut in this Season Finale concert.
