Sylvia Alimena, conductor
Jasper de Boor, violin (AYP Concerto Competition Winner)
 

STRAUSS              Till Eulenspiegel lustige Streiche, Op. 28
PROKOFIEV         Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Moderato - allegro moderato
PROKOFIEV          Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, Op. 100

AYP Concludes the 2017-2018 season with Strauss' Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks and Prokofiev's Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major. Jasper de Boor (AYP Concerto Competition Winner) performs the last movement of Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 1. 

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Join the AYPO Harp, Flute & Clarinet Ensembles for an afternoon of music leading up to the AYP concert. 

Laura Kaufman, Flute Ensemble Director
Sharon Bonneau, Clarinet Ensemble Director
Elizabeth Blakeslee, Harp Ensemble Director

American Youth Concert Orchestra
J.D. Anderson, conductor
Nahuel Weber-Jacobsen, violin (AYCO Concerto Competition Winner)

HOVHANESS       Psalm and Fugue
DE BERIOT           Violin Concerto No. 9, Allegro maestoso
BRAHMS              Hungarian Dance No. 5 & No. 6
GLIERE                  Russian Sailor's Dance from "The Red Poppy"
HOLESOVSKY     Slaviana
VERDI                   Overture to Nabucco
 

American Youth Symphonic Orchestra
Glenn Quader, guest conductor
Matthew Cummings, cello (AYSO Concerto Competition Winner)

ENESCU                 Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major, op. 11
POPPER                 Hungarian Rhapsody
STRAVINSKY         The Firebird Suite (1919)

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Laura Cahn, conductor

AYDO & AYSE conclude their musical journey from coast to coast. The final concert of the year features the music of Los Angeles, with selections from Harry Potter, Willy Wonka, John Williams, and more!

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AYPO Percussion Ensemble
Doug Wallace, director

with
Laura Cahn, electric fiddle
Pete Wallace, keyboard
Jackie Wright Martin, vocals
Paul Vesilind, vocals
The Encore String Quartet

The AYPO Percussion Ensemble presents a thrilling evening of Rock and Roll with music by Radiohead, Wilco, Ben Folds, Led Zeppelin, and Frank Zappa. 

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AYPO's Chamber Ensemble Program concludes the 2017-2018 season with performances by each chamber ensemble. 

Free and open to the public. 

The Ensemble da Camera of Washington

Claire Eichhorn, clarinet
Ricardo Cyncynates, violin and viola

with guest artists
David Hardy, cello
Lisa Emenheiser, piano

DEBUSSY         Violin Sonata in G minor
BERNSTEIN     Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
MESSIAEN       Quartet for the End of Time

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AYPO's Chamber Ensembles perform works by Dvorak, Schubert, Beethoven and more on the Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center. 

This performance is featured as part of the Kennedy Center's free daily performance series on its Millennium Stage in the Grand Foyer: http://www.kennedy-center.org/video/upcoming

DIRECTIONS: http://www.kennedy-center.org/pages/visitor/directions

Please note, there is no free parking when attending or picking up tickets for free events at the Kennedy Center.

The Chamber Ensembles perform on the National Institutes of Health's "Music in the Atrium" concert series. Works by Schubert, Dvorâk and more. 

Sylvia Alimena, conductor
Catherine Martin, mezzo-soprano
 

MAHLER         Songs of a Wayfarer
SCHUMANN   Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 97

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Elizabeth Blakeslee, director

The Harp Ensemble performs a prelude concert on the Schlesinger Concert Hall stage. 

Laura Kaufman, Flute Ensemble director

Sharon Bonneau, Clarinet Ensemble director

The Flute & Clarinet Ensembles present an afternoon of music. Providence Presbyterian Church, Fairfax. 

AYPO invites all brass players to attend the 2nd Annual AYPO Brass Bash. Led by AYP Music Director Sylvia Alimena, the workshop will feature performances, masterclasses and brass ensemble readings throughout the evening. MORE INFORMATION

Laura Cahn, conductor

AYDO & AYSE continue their musical journey from coast to coast. The second concert of the year features the music of the Heartland, with works by Copland, Dvorak, Joplin, and more.

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American Youth Concert Orchestra
J.D. Anderson, conductor

VON SUPPÉ           Poet and Peasant Overture
BEETHOVEN          Symphony No. 1 (Mvts I & IV)
BIZET                     Selections from L'Arlésienne Suite No. 2
 

American Youth Symphonic Orchestra
John Devlin, guest conductor
Olivia Bond, cello (AYSO Concerto Competition Winner)

HAYDN                  Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major, Moderato
BRAHMS                Academic Festival Overture, op. 80
SMETANA              The Moldau
TCHAIKOVSKY       Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture

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Join The Ensemble da Camera of Washington as they work with AYPO's chamber ensembles on classical ensemble pieces.

This master class is free and open to the public.

Christopher Zimmerman, guest conductor
Nurit Bar-Josef, violin

MENDELSSOHN          Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
RACHMANINOFF        Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27

Former AYP conductor Christopher Zimmerman returns to lead Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto with NSO concertmaster Nurit Bar-Josef. The program concludes with Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2.

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The public is invited to attend the final round of the AYPO Concerto Competition. Finalists from the Concert Orchestra and Symphonic Orchestra will perform at 3:00pm. Finalists for the American Youth Philharmonic will perform at 7:00pm. Winners will be announced immediately following each performance. Free Admission. 

3:00pm     AYCO & AYSO Finalists Perform
7:00pm     AYP Finalists Perform

St. Andrew's Episcopal Church. 6509 Sydenstricker Road, Burke, VA 22015.

Elizabeth Blakeslee, Harp Ensemble director
Laura Kaufman, Flute Ensemble director

Directions to the Addison Academic Center at VTS: http://bit.ly/2kwWqBg

The Harp and Flute Ensembles present their first concert of the year. 

American Youth Debut Orchestra and String Ensemble
Laura Cahn, conductor

During the 2017-18 season, AYDO & AYSE perform music from coast to coast with the music of New York, the Heartland, and Los Angeles. The first concert features the music of New York, including selections from Hamilton, Home Alone, Gershwin, and more.

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Join The Ensemble da Camera of Washington as they work with AYPO's chamber ensembles on classical ensemble pieces.

This master class is free and open to the public.

American Youth Concert Orchestra
J.D. Anderson, conductor

BEETHOVEN     Coriolan Overture
STRAUSS           Radetsky March
DEL BORGO      Hatikvah
TCHAIKOVSKY  Selections from The Nutcracker

American Youth Symphonic Orchestra
Nell Flanders, guest conductor
Chris Jewell, bassoon

MUSSORGSKY       Night on Bald Mountain (arr. Rimsky-Korsakov)
WEBER                   Concerto for Bassoon
BORODIN               Symphony No. 2 in B minor

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The Ensemble da Camera of Washington

Claire Eichhorn, clarinet
Ricardo Cyncynates, violin and viola
Anna Balakerskaia, piano

with guest artists
Jennifer Kim, violin
Tsuna Sakamoto, viola
Eugena Chang, cello
Robert Oppelt, double bass

BRAHMS          Scherzo in C minor from the "F-A-E" Sonata
FUCHS             Clarinet Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 102
SCHUBERT      Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667, "Trout"

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Sylvia Alimena, conductor
Jennifer Montone, horn
BalletNova Center for Dance

TCHAIKOVSKY   Coronation March
GLIERE                Concerto for Horn in B-flat major, Op. 91
MUSSORGSKY   Pictures at an Exhibition (Orchestrated by M. Ravel)

Interim Music Director Sylvia Alimena leads AYP on an all-Russian concert, featuring AYPO alumnus Jennifer Montone '95 (Philadelphia Orchestra) on Gliere's Concerto for Horn. The program concludes with Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition.

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Join The Ensemble da Camera of Washington as they work with AYPO's chamber ensembles on classical ensemble pieces.

This master class is free and open to the public.