VYOA receives National Endowment for the Arts Funding for after-school programs

/by

We are delighted to share that we have received a $10,000 NEA grant for the 2015-16 season for our work with the after-school program at JFK Elementary in Winooski.  For the past three years the VYOA has been hosting beginning and intermediate strings and percussion classes as part of the 27-week after-school program.  Also, as part of the part of our annual partnership, the entire school attends a school-day concert here at the Elley-Long Music Center in March, receives tickets to VYO Flynn concerts at no-charge, and has one of the VYOA ensembles perform a school tour concert at their school.

The VYOA strives to eliminate barriers to arts education and instrument instruction with the Beginning Music After-School Program. Knowing that the economic circumstances of children are not indicators of their musical talent, interest, or appreciation, the VYOA is strengthening relationships with economically challenged public schools to create sustainable partnerships and increase opportunities for all Vermont students to hear live music and play music with their peers. To that end, during the 2014-15 school year the VYOA hosted a woodwind chamber program at Bakersfield Elementary and an 8-week beginning string class in Newport Town.

Introducing…Discovery Strings Day Camp!

/0 Comments/by

New this year, the VYOA would like to announce Discovery Strings!  Discovery Strings is a half-day camp for young string players with at least one year of playing experience.  Students must be entering grades 1-5 in the fall of 2015.

Led by Camp Director Kathleen Kono, Discovery Strings will take place August 3-7 from 8:30 am to noon at the Elley-Long Music Center, and the camp will close with a concert for family and friends on Friday at 11:30 am.  Tuition is $175 for the week and financial aid will be available (please email info@vyo.org for a Financial Aid application).

Sound like fun?  Email info@vyo.org for a link to our online registration form!

Congratulations, VYOA students!

/0 Comments/by

Congratulations to the members and conductors of each of the VYOA ensembles that performed on Sunday at OrchestraChorusPalooza! I’m very proud of all the focused and intensive work we’ve done together so far this season. All of us at ELMC wish you all a wonderful holiday season — have fun, enjoy your families, and “recharge your batteries” to kick off a great New Year. Looking forward to having you back making music in January!

– Jeff Domoto

 

Winter Choral Concert Rescheduled to January 27

/0 Comments/by

The Winter Choral Concert has been cancelled due to weather.  The concert has been rescheduled to Tuesday, January 27th at 7:00 pm.  Please pass this message on to family and friends who were planning to attend tonight’s concert.  We hope you will join us on January 27th!

Upcoming concerts in December

/0 Comments/by

Join us for two wonderful concerts this month, our Winter Choral Concert and OrchestraChorusPalooza.  We hope you will come and enjoy some music this holiday season!

Winter Choral Concert – “Revel, My Friends”
Tuesday, December 9, 2014 – 7:00 pm
Elley-Long Music Center at St. Michael’s College
$12/adults; $7/students. To purchase tickets, call 86-FLYNN or visit www.flynntix.org.

“Revel, My Friends” features music of friendship and personal devotion including Gaelic and seafaring songs, songs of peace, and choral highlights of Gluck’s opera, Orfeo. 2014 marks an anniversary year of Gluck’s birth. The opera is testimony to the ultimate “triumph of love” retelling the fable with a more favorable, celebratory finale.

OrchestraChorusPalooza
Sunday, December 14, 2014 – 4:00 pm
Flynn Center for the Performing Arts
$12/adults; $7/students. To purchase tickets, call 86-FLYNN or visit www.flynntix.org.

This annual tradition features the VYOA’s three orchestras and two choruses.  VYO senior soloist Jake Dombek performs Mercadante’s Flute Concerto in E minor.  Join us as we celebrate the holidays with works by Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, and Leroy Anderson.

Giving Tuesday is December 2nd. Start your holiday season with a gift to the VYOA!

/0 Comments/by

#GivingTuesday 2014
Tuesday, December 2nd

First there was Black Friday, then Cyber Monday, and now Giving Tuesday. Giving Tuesday is a national day of giving and the time to make a charitable gift to organizations that you love and support. We hope you will consider the VYOA this season!

Tuition covers 50% of our annual income and your support plays a part in making some of the following things possible:

  • Orchestra sectionals with some of the finest classical musicians and teachers in our area
  • School tour transportation bringing classical music to students in Franklin County, the Northeast Kingdom, Hanover and Norwich, and many more
  • Professional concert recording fees
  • Performances at the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts
  • Music rental fees
  • Performances and master classes with world-class artists such as Metropolitan Opera artist Latonia Moore, tenor Jesus Garcia, violinist Soovin Kim, cellist Cecily Parnas and many more
  • Presenting school-day and after-school strings, winds and percussion programs at schools serving at-risk students
  • Maintaining our home, the beautiful Elley-Long Music Center

Click on the #GivingTuesday logo below to make a secure online gift today. Gifts of stock are another easy way to support the VYOA. Please contact Rosina Cannizzaro at rosina@vyo.org to take advantage of this great way to show your support.

 THANK YOU!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VYO & VYP Fall Concert recordings available now!

/0 Comments/by

Audio and video recordings of the VYO & VYP Fall Concert, which took place at the Flynn Center on September 28, are now available for purchase!

To purchase and download the audio recording, click HERE to go to the VYOA’s page on Instant Encore.

To purchase a DVD of of the performance, click HERE to order from RETN’s website.

2014-2015 Season Tickets On Sale Now!

/0 Comments/by

Maestro Jeffrey Domoto builds on last year’s successful 50th anniversary celebration with a Flynn concert series that features a collaborative concert with the Vermont Youth Philharmonia, a Young Artist Festival, and celebrates the VYO’s Iceland Tour.

The Vermont Youth Philharmonia joins the VYO on September 28th for our kick-off concert of the season.  This concert features works by Vaughan Williams, Tchaikovsky, Verdi, and Borodin. The January Young Artist Festival features three of our four senior soloists: Emma Baker, Jillian Reed, and John Yao performing works by Bruch, Saint-Saëns, and Nielsen. Our final concert in May 2015 features works that celebrate Vermont, American composer Aaron Copland and Icelandic composer Jón Leifs in anticipation of our 2015 VYO Iceland Tour.

Season tickets are on sale now! Visit www.flynntix.org to view this year’s program listings or call 866-Flynn to purchase over the phone.

Single tickets go on sale September 15th and can be purchased online at www.flynntix.org.