Keeping Tempo November 2011

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Keeping Tempo Volume 3, Number 2 November 2011

YOBC International Tour Set for Summer 2012

Inside this issue: Philadelphia Cultural Alliance Renews YOBC Grant for 2012

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Conductors’ Notes: YOBC and TCNJ Partnership

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Philadelphia Orchestra Field Trip Delights YOBC Students

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Executive Director’s Corner: Pirates, Roller Coasters, and Sharks

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Student Spotlight: Jesse Palmiotti

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Honors String Quartet Makes its Performance Debut

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How to Define a Musical Masterwork

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First-Class Music Theaters in New York

Important Dates: 

November 19, 2011: YOBC Fall Concerts.

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December 3, 2011: Honors String Quartet at Bucks County Visitors Center.

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January 8, 2012: Winter/Spring semester starts.

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February 25, 2012: Chamber Ensemble Recital.

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February 26, 2012: Percussion Master Class.

Plans for YOBC’s 2012 International Tour have been finalized and the participants are packing their instruments. This summer’s group of 95 participants includes a 55-piece ensemble, YOBC staff, chaperones, and some lucky family members. The trip will take YOBC to northern Spain and the south of France for performances in exciting venues as participants in several international music festivals. First stop on the tour is Girona, on the Spanish Costa Brava. The first performance will take place at the Pals Festival, organized by Jeunesse Musicales International, the largest

Provençal des Orchestres de Jeunes. This Festival,

now in its 8th year, is an exciting project offering more and more opportunities for unforgettable concerts and tours for all youth orchestras and ensembles in the spectacular ancient towns and villages of Provence. The tour continues to the French Riviera, with stops in Nice where our ensemble will perform at the Citadel in Villefranche overlooking the city, and a final concert at the Festival de Menton, just to the east of Monte Carlo. The Festival de Menton has been going on annually since 1950 and has become one of the major events on the

youth music NGO in the world whose mission is to “enable young people to develop through music across all boundaries.” Next, in France, YOBC will visit the Provençal towns of Arles and Aix-enProvence where they will perform at the CatheCrowds watch an orchestra perform on a platform in the Mediterranean during the dral as part of 2011 Festival de Menton the Festival

The Cathedral in Aix-enProvence where YOBC will perform.

French musical calendar featuring renowned musicians from around the world. In addition to these concerts, YOBC students and families will be treated to visits to the fascinating medieval and Gothic towns and Roman ruins found in that part of Europe. There will also be time for the fabulous Mediterranean beaches, French and Spanish cuisine, and the principality of Monaco. The tour promises to be an unforgettable experience for our YOBC family.


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