Canton Youth Symphony
CYS Overview
AUDITIONS
Membership in the Canton Youth Symphony is by audition only. Auditions for the 2010-2011
season will be:
Saturday, September 11, 2010 beginning at 9:30 a.m. (strings and percussion)
Sunday, September 12, 2010 beginning at 1:00 p.m. (woodwinds and brass)
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Overview
The Canton Youth Symphony gives young musicians the opportunity to participate in an advanced orchestra that strives to provide a professional atmosphere for music making and the highest artistic standards. Membership in the Canton Youth Orchestra offers musicians:
- Opportunity to play with students from a variety of area schools (19 schools were represented in the 2009-2010 season)
- Opportunity to perform a repertoire of challenging and varied orchestral music
- Opportunity to study with Canton Symphony Orchestra musicians through sectionals and to play a side-by-side concert with the Canton Symphony
- Opportunity for members who are juniors or seniors in high school to participate in a concerto competion adjudicated by Gerhardt Zimmermann, music director of the Canton Symphony Orchestra
Eligibility
Membership in the Canton Youth Symphony is by audition only.
The Canton Youth Symphony is primarily intended for students in high school and junior high. However, there is no minimum age requirement and talented younger musicians are encouraged to audition.
School Music Program Requirement
In support of school music programs, it is the policy of the Canton Youth Symphony that members are required to also participate in at least one school instrumental ensemble (if one is available). Extenuating circumstances will only be considered on a case by case basis and must be discussed with the Director of Education (330-452-3434 ext. 604).
Rehearsals & Performances
Canton Youth Symphony rehearses from September through May on
Wednesday evenings from 6:00-8:45pm in the Arts in Stark Education Center,
1014 Cleveland Avenue, NW, Canton.
CYS performs three concerts each season – as well as a side-by-side with the
Canton Symphony Orchestra.
2010-2011 Concert dates:
November 21, 2010 4:00 p.m. - GlenOak High School theater, 1801 Schneider Street, NE, Canton
February 20, 2011 4:00 p.m. - Oakwood Middle School auditorium, 2300 Schneider Street, NE, Canton
May 8, 2011 4:00 p.m. - GlenOak High School theater, 1801 Schneider Street, NE, Canton
Tickets at the door:
Adults $7 Students $3
