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4 Tickets to EYSO Concert
- Item Number
- EYSO
- Estimated Value
- 91 USD
- Opening Bid
- 60 USD
Item Description
Hear Elgin's future maestros! Attend an Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestra Concert, on May 5, 2014.
The Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestra was founded in the spring of 1976 as the Elgin Area Youth Orchestra. Margaret Hillis, then conductor of the Elgin Symphony and renowned Director of the Chicago Symphony Chorus wanted to establish an ensemble for the Fox River Valley’s exceptional musicians to gain additional orchestral experience. The Elgin Symphony League, under President Jane Chipman, organized a Youth Orchestra of string players, conducted by Robert Hanson and managed by volunteer Chari Peterson, which gave its first concert at a meeting of the Elgin Symphony League in May 1976. The Youth Orchestra idea was such a success that in the fall of 1976 two orchestras were formed: a string orchestra for younger players, with John Smentowksi as conductor, and a youth orchestra, to which wind, brass, and percussion players were added, with Robert Hanson as conductor. Elgin Symphony League members Ann Walz and Judy Steffen, as well as Jean Hove (then Concertmaster of the Elgin Symphony) assisted in many hours of volunteer work to create a strong foundation for the youth orchestra organization.
Increasingly, the EYSO continues to attract a national reputation for providing rich and deep musical experiences for an ever-widening circle of young musicians, who are drawn to its high musical standards, a lively music-making environment which promotes collaboration and eschews competition, and a thoughtful, comprehensive curriculum that focuses on all aspects of music-making including listening, evaluating, critical thinking, describing, and probing the history, cultural context, and meaning of the musical masterworks studied and performed.
Item Special Note
Concert tickets are sold in advance and at the door at the ECC box office (847-622-0300). Tickets are for reserved seating.
The Blizzard Theatre is located in the Visual & Performing Arts Building (VPA) at Elgin Community College (ECC), 1700 Spartan Drive, Elgin IL.
Donated By:
Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestra
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