YAO 2009-2010 Season Under Way

The Fine Arts Center’s Orchestra-in-Residence, the Young Artist Orchestra, will feature three “Young Artist Concerts” at the Peace Center’s Dorothy Gunter for its 2009-2010 season. Ticket information can be obtained by calling the Peace Center box office, 864-467-3000.

Directed by FAC music faculty member Dr. Gary Auguste Robinson, YAO, the most advanced ensemble of the five Greenville County Youth Orchestras, is comprised of the most skilled, talented, and experienced student musicians in the Upstate. Though most members are high school aged, the YAO will also admit exceptional middle school musicians. Students in YAO come from Greenville's public and private high schools, as well as home school settings. YAO is a credit-bearing course of the Fine Arts Center in advanced orchestral performance. Members of YAO receive a full unit of honors-level credit. YAO rehearses at the Fine Arts Center each Tuesday from 6:30 until 9:30.

YOUNG ARTIST CONCERT NO. 1: YOUTHFUL ASPIRATIONS
Completing three symphonies before his 30th birthday and winning his first concerto competition at the age of 16, composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and marimba soloist Wesley Strasser show what they're made of at an early age.
Dorothy Gunter Theater. Peace Center for the Performing Arts
Thursday, October 29, 2009, 7:30 PM; admission: $15.00
Repertoire:
Richard Wagner (1813-1883): Arrival of the Guests from Wartburg
Ney Rosauro (born 1952): Concerto No. 1 for Marimba and Orchestra, Wesley Strasser, Marimba
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908): Symphony No. 3, op. 32, in C major

YOUNG ARTIST CONCERT NO. 2: “SHOULDER-TO-SHOULDER”
FEATURING MEMBERS OF THE GREENVILLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Antonin Dvorak chose American folk tunes to flavor his Symphony No. 9: From the New World, while Ludwig van Beethoven selected the dark key of C minor for his mighty Piano concerto No. 3. Pianist Naomi Causby makes key decisions along the way.
Dorothy Gunter Theater, Peace Center for the Performing Arts
Thursday, January 28, 2010, 7:30; admission: $15.00
Repertoire:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827): Piano Concerto No. 3, op. 37, in C minor, Naomi Causby, piano
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904): Symphony No. 9 "From the New World"

YOUNG ARTIST CONCERT NO. 3: ROMANTIC LANDSCAPES
YAO Music Director Gary A. Robinson and violin soloist Sarah Leonard explore the hills and valleys of 19th-century masters Max Bruch and Johannes Brahms.
Dorothy Gunter Theater, Peace Center for the Performing Arts
Saturday, May 15, 2010, 7:30; admission: $15.00
Repertoire: Max Bruch (1838-1920): Violin Concerto No. 1, op. 26, in G minor,
Sarah Leonard, violin
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897): Symphony No. 2, op 73, in D major