Youth Orchestra Day article in My Daily Find

MUSIC 101 YOUTH ORCHESTRA DAY INTERVIEWS!
Music 101 88.5 fm radio music commentator Erik Derr will be doing new interviews about our coming Youth Orchestra Day concert at 9am and 4pm:

  • Russell Steinberg, conductor of the Los Angeles Youth Orchestra, on February 10 and February 11
  • Samvel Chlingariam, conductor of the Verdugo Youth Orchestra, on February 12 - 15
  • Jo Stoup, conductor of PYMO, on February 17 and 18
  • Liam Wilt of PYMO, February 19
  • Michelle Lavner of the Olympia Youth Orchestra, February 22
  • Eric Park of the Verdugo Youth Orchestra, February 23
  • Lily Desmond of the Verdugo Youth Orchestra, February 24
  • Fung Ho, conductor of the Olympia Youth Orchestra, February 25 and 26

See our own Russell Steinberg
talk about Youth Orchestra Day on YouTube.
See Olympia Youth Orchestra conductor Fung Ho
talk about Youth Orchestra Day on YouTube.
See Liam Wilt of PYMO
talk about Youth Orchestra Day on YouTube.
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Youth Orchestra Day
Sunday February 28, 2010, 3:30 pm
     Sexson Hall
     Pasadena City College
     1570 East Colorado Boulevard
     Pasadena, California 91106
         Parking available in all student lots: $2

 Tickets are available at the door:
      Adults: $10
      Students and Seniors: $5
      Children 12 and under: free

See the Program

At a time when multicultural diversity and understanding is vital to our community, 350 student musician from four of the Greater L.A. area's top youth music groups:

  • Los Angeles Youth Orchestra, conducted by Russell Steinberg
  • Verdugo Youth Orchestra, conducted by Samvel Chilingarian
  • Pasadena Young Musicians, Orchestra, conducted by Jo Stoup
  • and Olympia Youth Orchestra, conducted by Fung Ho
are teaming up in a new spirit of cooperation and creativity for Youth Orchestra Day, a first-of-its-kind musical and educational experience. "This is going to be an exciting and important event in the history of L.A.'s music community," says Dr. Russell Steinberg, founding Artistic Director of the Los Angeles Youth Orchestra. "It will be the very first combined concert, setting the stage for a new era of musical creativity and artistic development." Honoring the concert, Mayor Bill Bogaard of Pasadena has declared February 28, Youth Orchestra Day and the L.A. City Council is considering doing the same.

Youth Orchestra Day will feature musical performances by each of the four orchestras individually. Then all 350 players will combine for a World Premiere commissioned performance of The Net of Indra, composed by Steinberg for this event. Also on the program will be educational panels of conductors, professional musicians and students, moderated by LA Philharmonic violinist Mitchell Newman.

"Playing with a group of people together, in harmony and unity - it's the best way of communicating," says Minoo Simantob, whose two sons play in the string section of Los Angeles Youth Orchestra.