Young Artist Orchestra in Greenville & Atlanta

(Image by Renee Carolla) The Greenville County Youth Orchestras’ Young Artist Orchestra will present its final concert of the year on Saturday May 15, 2010 at The Peace Center for the Performing Arts in the Gunter Theatre at 7:30 p.m. The concert will be directed by Fine Arts Center faculty member Dr. Gary A. Robinson. Tickets are $15.00 and are available in advance or at the door at The Peace Center Box Office (467-3000).  Student tickets are available at the door for $8.00. The concert will include Max Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1, op. 26, in G minor. It will feature violin soloist Sarah Leonard, (Fine Arts Center, Wade Hampton High School, 12) Also on the program will be Symphony No. 2, op 43, in D major by Jean Sibelius.

(Image by Bill Kendig) The League of American Orchestras (LAO) has selected the YAO to perform at
their national conference in Atlanta on June 16th.  They were chosen over
other youth orchestras in the southeast based on our submission of an
application and recording of selections from their outstanding performance
at the recent fall concert. 

The LAO is a national association with over 950 Orchestra Members, including
youth, collegiate, community and professional, and over 500 business
partners who benefit from being members of the League of American
Orchestras. This conference is the National Conference for the orchestra
industry in America.  YAO is being asked to perform as part of the opening
session attended by every delegate attending the conference, about 1000
people - who represent about 400 orchestras across the country, including
the NY Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Boston Symphony, etc. as well as
youth orchestras.