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May 12, 2015ESYO Musical Extravaganza
Who: 370 Musicians (320 current ESYO members; 50 ESYO alumni)
Susan Storey Bardack, Chair, ESYO’s Board of Directors
Rebecca Calos, ESYO Executive Director
Helen Cha-Pyo , ESYO Music Director and Conductor
ESYO Conductors:
David Beck, Repertory Orchestra; Dr. Robert Hansbrough, Wind Orchestra; Joseph Gumpper, String Ensemble; Paul Evoskevich, Matthew Cremisio, Jazz Ensembles; John Antonio, Genoveffa Vitale, Percussion Ensembles; Monica Wilson-Roach, ESYO City Strings Ensemble
What: ESYO 360° – A Celebration of the 360 degrees of ESYO – past, present, and future
Where: Proctors, Schenectady
When: Sunday, May 11, 2015
Celebration Luncheon – Key Hall at Proctors – 12:00 noon
Concert – Mainstage at Proctors – 3:00 pm
Details:
ESYO is completing its 36th season with a celebration of its past, present, and future. Following a noon-time celebration luncheon in Key Hall, guests will have an opportunity to hear small groups of current ESYO musicians perform a wide variety of music from classical to jazz; the performers will be in the open spaces by Proctors Apostrophe Café and GE Theatre.
At 3:00 pm, the ESYO 360° concert will begin. This hour-long concert will feature each one of ESYO’s nine performing groups in a “prism-style” concert with one group performing right after another with virtually no interruption. The concert will end with a Grand Finale – all 320 current ESYO musicians plus 50 ESYO alumni will be on stage together to perform as one orchestra. They will play the majestic 4th movement from Respighi’s Pines of Rome.
There will be a reception following the concert to give the audience an opportunity to meet the musicians and conductors.
Photo Opportunities: The Luncheon in Key Hall; the small group performances near Apostrophe Café and GE Theatre; the concert in the Mainstage.
