 New York, NY - New York Youth Symphony (NYYS), composed of orchestra, chamber, jazz, conducting, and composition programs, heads into the 2017/18 season with a new strategic plan to strengthen the organization's position as the premier, independent music education organization for ensemble training in the New York metropolitan area. NYYS has provided over 6,000 music students between ages 12 and 22 unparalleled opportunities to study with world-renowned artists and to perform at world-class venues including Carnegie Hall and Jazz at Lincoln Center. Beyond their instruction, students gain valuable life skills -- commitment, discipline, focus, collaboration -- and friendships that last a lifetime.
The 2017/18 season will also mark the NYYS orchestra's first season under newly appointed music director Michael Repper. Performances of the 2017/18 Season include: Michael Repper, conductor Sunday, November 5, 2017, 5PM at United Palace of Cultural Arts Sunday, November 19, 2017, 2PM at Carnegie Hall Hilary Purrington: Daylights (NYYS Commission, World Premiere) Schumann: Concerto in A minor, Op. 129 with Christine Lamprea, cello Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27 Michael Repper, conductor Sunday, March 4, 2018, 5PM at United Palace of Cultural Arts Sunday, March 18, 2018, 2PM at Carnegie Hall Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol Thomas Kotcheff: go and (NYYS Commission, World Premiere) Kevin Puts: Flute Concerto with Demarre McGill, Flute Dvořák: Symphony no. 8 in G Major, Op. 88, B. 163 Michael Repper, conductor Sunday, May 27, 2018, 2PM at Carnegie Hall Gershwin: Cuban Overture Peter Shin: Slant (NYYS Comission, World Premiere) Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915 with Julia Bullock, soprano Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition
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