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March 22, 2017Collaboration with Musical YouTube Sensations at Troy Music Hall
Spring means exceptional music from the youth musicians of Empire State Youth Orchestras (ESYO). ESYO’s 2017 Spring Concert Series includes a collaboration with a trio of musicians garnering more than 80 million views on YouTube; a concert featuring two of ESYO’s powerhouse ensembles playing on the same stage for the first time; ESYO CHIME’s first public concert as a full orchestra; and a trip to Carnegie Hall:
May 6: PROJECT Trio with ESYO Repertory and String Orchestras
Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Troy
3:00 p.m.
$10-$20
Lauded by the Wall Street Journal for their “wide appeal, subversive humor and first-rate playing,” the Brooklyn-based PROJECT Trio will join the members of ESYO’s Repertory and String Orchestras at the historic Troy Savings Bank Music Hall on May 6, 2017 at 3 p.m. for a collaborative concert that will challenge perceptions about chamber music. The virtuosic trio will play off the strength of the two orchestras in an afternoon of music that spans genres and generations.
PROJECT Trio burst onto the music scene with their online videos that have garnered millions of views each, including performances by the trio’s beatboxing flutist, dubbed by the New York Times as “the best in the world at what he does.” Using social media to broaden their reach beyond the concert stage and classroom, the trio has its own YouTube channel, which has over 80 million views and 96,000 subscribers, making PROJECT Trio one of the most watched instrumental ensembles on the internet.
The afternoon’s repertoire will feature the trio’s unique arrangement Brahms and several of their own original songs as well as selections by John Williams and Richard Meyer. The ESYO Repertory Orchestra will be conducted by David Beck, and the ESYO String Orchestras will be conducted by Joseph Gumpper.
Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for students and seniors. Tickets can be purchased through Troy Savings Bank Music Hall online at troymusichall.org, at the box office, or by calling 518.273.0038.
For more information about PROJECT Trio, go to projecttrio.com.
May 14: Youth Orchestra and Youth Percussion Ensemble
Zankel Music Center, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs
4:00 p.m.
$10-$20
The ESYO Youth Orchestra led by Music Director and Conductor Helen Cha-Pyo and ESYO Youth Percussion Ensemble led by Conductors Richard Albagli and Mark Foster will perform in concert on the same stage. The two elite ESYO ensembles take to the stage of the Zankel Music Center at Skidmore College on May 14 at 4 p.m. The afternoon of music will feature a blend of rousing solo and ensemble percussion music, the stadium-pleasing Javelin by Michael Torke, Russell Peck’s The Glory and the Grandeur, and Alexander Borodin’s Symphony No. 2.
Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for students and seniors. Tickets can be purchased through ESYO at esyo.org or at the door.
May 21: ESYO CHIME, Wind Orchestra, Concertino Strings
Massry Center for the Arts, The College of Saint Rose, Albany
3:00 p.m.
$5-$10
ESYO’s music access and education program, ESYO CHIME, has doubled in size since its creation in 2015, expanding to include more than 60 musicians from one of the Capital Region’s most under-served communities, and adding wind and brass to its originating string program. On May 21, 2017, they will take the stage for the first time as a full symphonic orchestra led by CHIME Program Director John Connolly alongside the ESYO Wind Orchestra led by Conductor Robert Hansbrough and ESYO Concertino Strings led by Conductor John Burmeister at the Massry Center for the Arts at The College of Saint Rose at 3:00 p.m.
More about ESYO CHIME can be found at esyo.org/chime.
Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students and seniors. Tickets can be purchased through ESYO at esyo.org or at the door.
June 4: ESYO Youth Orchestra at Carnegie Hall
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall, New York
2:00 p.m.
$40-$65
ESYO’s signature Youth Orchestra under the direction of Music Director and Conductor Helen Cha-Pyo returns to the hallowed ground of Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall on June 4, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. alongside the members of the Norwalk Youth Orchestra. The concert will feature works by Verdi, Theofanidis, and Borodin.
Tickets are $40 general admissions and $65 for box seats. Tickets can be reserved directly though through ESYO at esyo.org or by calling 518.382.7581.
