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DELAWARE VALLEY YOUNG MUSICIANS' ORCHESTRA


DELAWARE VALLEY YOUNG MUSICIANS' ORCHESTRA

The Delaware Valley Young Musicians' Orchestra has been in existence as part of the Delaware County Youth Orchestra Organization since the fall of 1989. The orchestra rehearses at Springton Lake Middle School's Band Room on Thursday evenings during the school year. The orchestra performs a mixture of classical arrangements and popular music at a high school level. There are two concerts each year on a Sunday in November and a Sunday in late April. All current players must re-audition in the spring for placement in the orchestra as well as new players interested in joining the orchestra for the next season.

Two conductors share the rehearsals and concert stage. A. Scott Kiehner has been the conductor of the orchestra since 1994. He is an instrumental and general music teacher in Wallingford-Swarthmore School District. The Delaware Valley Young Musicians' Orchestra has a new conductor with over thirty years of string  teaching experience! Mrs. Elizabeth Klinger, who recently retired as the string teacher in the Springfield School District, is a violinist with the Lansdowne Symphony and the Southeastern Pennsylvania Symphony Orchestra. She is a founding member of “A Touch of Class” string quartet. She has been a string coach for sectionals with this orchestra and for PMEA string fests. She has guest conducted both the reading Youth Orchestra and the Lansdowne Symphony.
She is a graduate of Temple University and University of Miami and has studied conducting with Jerry Nowak at Villanova University. Her daughters have participated in both the Delaware Valley Young Musicians’ Orchestra and the Delaware County Youth Orchestra. Mrs. Klinger is an accomplished violin and viola player.

In the fall we had 80 performers in grades 6-12. Most are in 8th grade. They come from over 17 school districts. The greatest numbers are from Wallingford-Swarthmore School district followed by significant players from Springfield, Radnor, and Haverford School districts.  Two conductors, A. Scott Kiehner and Elizabeth Klinger, work with the instrumentalists every Thursday evening at Springton Lake Middle School in Rose-Tree Media School District to prepare for the two Sunday concerts presented to parents, families, friends, and teachers. 



2009 SPRING CONCERT

The Spring Concert, in the Meagher Theatre Life Center at Neumann College, will be on Sunday, April 26 2009 at 2:30pm. Pieces to be announced.


AUDITIONS FOR 2009-2010 SEASON

Auditions for new players are on Saturday, May 30, 2009.  To make an appointment to audition and get directions to Mrs. Klinger's home email Mr. Brown at kbrown@voicenet.com

For specific requirements to participate in the DVYMO, see below.


FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Barbara R. Ostroff - DVYMO Manager


 

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DVYMO Minimum Audition Requirements

Strings

Violin I
Scales up to 3 flats and 3 sharps - any articulation
Solo – Sonata or Concerto Book 5 or Higher
(example - Vivaldi Gm, Bach Am)
1st - 7th Positions
Vibrato
Sight-Reading

Violin II
Scales up to 3 flats and 3 sharps - any articulation
Solo – Sonata or Concerto, Book 3 or Higher
(example - Rieding op. 21, Vivaldi Am Concerto)
1st – 3rd Positions
Beginning Vibrato
Sight-Reading

Viola
Scales up to 3 flats and 3 sharps - any articulation
Solo – Sonata or Concerto, end Book 3 or Higher
(example - Seitz Concerto No. 5 or Vivaldi in Dm)
1st – 3rd Positions
Beginning Vibrato
Sight-Reading

Cello
Scales up to 3 flats and 3 sharps - any articulation
Solo – Sonata or Concerto, Book 3 or Higher
1st – 5th Positions
Beginning Vibrato
Sight-Reading

Bass
Scales up to 3 flats and 3 sharps - any articulation
Solo – Sonata or Concerto
Sight-Reading

Winds/Percussion

Flute/Piccolo
Scales up to 3 flats and 3 sharps - any articulation
Solo – Sonata or Concerto
Sight-Reading

Clarinet/Bass
Clarinet Scales up to 3 flats and 3 sharps - any articulation
Solo – Sonata or Concerto
Sight-Reading

Oboe
Scales up to 3 flats and 3 sharps - any articulation
Solo – Sonata or Concerto
Sight-Reading

Bassoon
Scales up to 3 flats and 3 sharps - any articulation
Solo – Sonata or Concerto
Sight-Reading

Trumpet
Scales up to 3 flats and 3 sharps - any articulation
Solo – Sonata or Concerto
Sight-Reading

Horn
Scales up to 3 flats and 3 sharps - any articulation
Solo – Sonata or Concerto
Sight-Reading

Trombone
Scales up to 3 flats and 3 sharps - any articulation
Solo – Sonata or Concerto
Sight-Reading

Tuba
Scales up to 3 flats and 3 sharps - any articulation
Solo – Sonata or Concerto
Sight-Reading

Percussion
Snare Drum and/or Mallet Solo
Sight-Reading

 
Delaware County Youth Orchestra
PO Box 143
Media, PA 19063
 
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