A Festival Afternoon
The California Youth Symphony is delighted to build on the success of last year's festival format, bringing together the combined talents of the CYS Associate Orchestra under the baton of Music Director Leo Eylar, the CYS Intermediate String Ensemble conducted by Kati Kyme, and the CYS Wind Ensemble II conducted by Rosita Amador. The CYS Associate Orchestra will feature soloist Christine Lee as one of the two winners of this season's Associate Orchestra Concerto Competition, as well as performing works by Britten and Beethoven. We round out our festival with the incredibly virtuosic orchestral showpiece Capriccio espagnole by Rimsky-Korsakov. This is a wonderful opportunity to observe and enjoy the full scope of the CYS program and to support the collaborative efforts of all of the groups involved. Don't miss it!
Leo Eylar, Associate Orchestra Conductor
Kati Kyme, String Ensemble Conductor
Rosita Amador, Wind Ensemble Conductor
Concert Highlights
Intermediate Strings
Mozart: Overture to The Abduction from the Seraglio
Schubert: “Death and the Maiden” Quartet, 1st movement
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 4, Op. 18, 1st movement
Wind Ensemble 2
Smetana/Cacavas/Rogers: "The Moldau", Symphonic Poem from Ma Vlast
Associate Orchestra
Beethoven: Coriolan Overture
Lalo: Symphonie espagnole (Christine Lee, soloist)
Britten: Matinees Musicales
Rimsky-Korsakov: Cappricio espagnole
Associate Orchestra Concerto Competition Winner
Christine Jiwoo Lee is currently a seventh grader at Redwood Middle School in Saratoga. She began studying violin at the age of 5 under Jung-son Im and has been studying with Eugenia Wie since 2011. This is her first year in CYS, and she is also a member of Redwood Chamber Orchestra.
