DCYO 40th Anniversary Concerts, Spring 2012, Featuring Richard Amoroso, Violin

Richard Amoroso, Robert and Lynne Pollock Chair, The Philadelphia Orchestra, will be the DCYO distinguished soloist and visiting guest artist in both upcoming spring 2012 concerts. He will perform the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto on Sunday, April 29 at 3:00 pm at Neumann University and Sunday, May 6 at 3:00 pm at Perelman Theatre, Kimmel Center.

The program on both afternoons will also include Four Dance Episodes from “Rodeo” by Copland and Variations on an Original Theme (“Enigma”) by Elgar. Free admission.

Openings Remain

After our very successful spring and summer audition sessions, the DCYO student enrollment is currently 103 students. We now have openings only in our double bass section. Any student who plays the bass and wishes to audition for the 2011-2012 season should please click on the Audition tab at the top of this page and fill in the online audition form. We will be pleased to contact you to arrange an audition. For questions about auditions, please contact Lisa Liem at lisaCliem@gmail.com or Lenora Hume at leehume@comcast.net.

2011 Fall Concerts

The Delaware County Youth Orchestra, celebrating its 40th season in 2011-2012, is a highly selective, full-size symphony orchestra of talented young musicians through senior year of high school. The orchestra rehearses in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania at Proclamation Presbyterian Church, 278 Bryn Mawr Avenue. Its mission is to provide young people of exceptional ability with the opportunity to learn and perform major works from the standard symphonic repertoire, and to teach them the skills and discipline of orchestral performance.

DCYO presents four concerts a year in locations throughout the Greater Philadelphia area. It has also participated in the Festival of Youth Orchestras in the U.S. and Canada. In recent years music director Brad Smith has included works of contemporary composers in the orchestra’s repertoire, most notably award-winning composer Jennifer Higdon’s tone poem blue cathedral, which DCYO performed in its May 2009 concerts. Earlier that spring DCYO had the privilege of rehearsing the piece with the composer, whose insights proved to be invaluable in terms of interpretation and perspective.

Click on “About DCYO” for more information.

2011 Tockwogh Weekend

To view pictures of our students enjoying their annual September weekend of rehearsals and recreation at beautiful Camp Tockwogh in Maryland, please click here.

New
CONCERT PHOTOGRAPHS
Photographs from our Fall 2011 concerts are now posted.
Go to our Photographs page.

Joining the Orchestra

For information about joining the orchestra, please click on Auditions.

For information about the Delaware Valley Young Musicians’ Orchestra, our younger group of musicians, please click here.

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