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The CSYO program has expanded! Read the press release.

If you will be auditioning for the CSYO Concert Orchestra (formerly BAYSO), please click here. If you will be auditioning for the CSYO, please see the information located below.
         
  Youth Orchestra

Cincinnati Symphony Youth Orchestra
2011- 2012 Concert Schedule

      
         
  The Cincinnati Symphony Youth Orchestra (CSYO), under the direction of CSO Assistant Conductor William C. White, is made up of students in grades 9–12 who represent over 30 high schools in southwestern Ohio, southeastern Indiana, and northern Kentucky.

Founded in 1964 by former CSO Music Director Max Rudolf and area music educators, the CSYO is dedicated to the cultivation of talent and provides outstanding young instrumentalists the opportunity to perform repertoire not normally available through their school music programs.

Rehearsals. Students attend weekly rehearsals at the College-Conservatory of Music, are invited to attend CSO concerts at Music Hall, study with CSO musicians in sectionals held several times throughout the season, and give concert performances, often with peer soloists chosen through the CSYO Concerto Competition.

Joint Concert with CSO. An annual highlight of the season is the CSO/CSYO Joint Concert performed at Music Hall.

Awards/Scholarships. A special contribution of the Multicultural Awareness Council to the CSO is the establishment of the Norman E. Johns Chair in the Cincinnati Symphony Youth Orchestra. This award is made to a talented minority student to cover the cost of participation in the CSYO. Students must first be accepted into the orchestra by means of the regular audition process in the fall; once accepted, students may choose to audition before a panel of judges for the award.

Additionally, the CSYO presents the Josephine I. and David J. Joseph, Jr. Scholarship each year at its Memorial Day Concert. Since 1991, the scholarship has been awarded to a senior student who has been a winner of the CSYO Concerto Competition and who plans to pursue a career in music.

Concert #1
Sunday, December 11, 2011
5:00 p.m.
Corbett Auditorium
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music

Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture
Franck: Symphony in D minor
Offenbach: Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld
Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole, mvt. 1
Ted Liu, Concerto Competition Winner

Concert #2
Sunday, March 18, 2012
4:00 p.m.
Corbett Auditorium
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music

Shostakovich: Festive Overture
Holst: The Planets, Op. 32: Jupiter
Elgar: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 85, IV. Allegro
Benjamin Fryxell, Concerto Competition Winner
Brahms: Tragic Overture
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet

CSO/CSYO Side-by-Side Concert
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
10:30 a.m.
Music Hall

Wagner: “Siegfried’s Rhine Journey” from Götterdämmerung
Bruch: Scottish Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 46
III. Andante sostenuto
IV. Finale: Allegro guerriero
Jackie Tso, Concerto Competition Winner
Stravinsky: L’oiseau de feu (“The Firebird”) Suite (revised 1919)

Memorial Day Concert
Monday, May 28, 2012
3:00 p.m.
Seasongood Pavilion, Eden Park
Free and open to the public


11-12 CSYO Season Sponsor

For more information:
email CSYO@cincinnatisymphony.org
or call 513.744.3333.




  

For information about auditioning for the CSYO Concert Orchestra (formerly known as BAYSO), please click here.

For information about the CSYO Nouveau Chamber Players, please click here.

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