Rehearsals for September 4 and September 11 will take place at Penncrest High School in the Band Room.
September 18  and 25 rehearsals will resume at Springton Lake Middle School's Band room.
October 2 sectionals will be at Nether Providence Elementary School in Swarthmore.
No rehearsal on October 9. 

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 assistant conductor with over thirty years of string  teaching experience! Mrs. Elizabeth Klinger is the string teacher in Springfield school district , violinist in the Lansdowne Symphony and  a founding member of "A Touch of Class" string quartet.  She has been a string coach for sectionals with this orchestra and PMEA string fest.  She has guest conducted the Reading Youth Orchestra, conducts the Springfield elementary string orchestra, the ET Richardson middle school orchestras, the Springfield High School string orchestra, and has conducted the Nether Providence High School Orchestra.  She is a graduate of Temple University and has had conducting studies with Jerry Nowak at Villanova University and at the University of Miami. Her daughters have participated in both the Delaware Valley Young Musicians' Orchestra and the Delaware County Youth Orchestra.  Mr. Klinger is an accomplished violin and viola player.

Currently there are 85 students in grades 5-12 in the orchestra.  They come from 19 school districts and 38 different schools, from Wissahicken and Brandywine to Wallingford-Swarthmore.  The majority come from Wallingford- Swarthmore(15), Haverford (13), Springfield (10), Marple (10), T/E (9), and Radnor (6).  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.  Auditions for new players will take place on May 31, 2008. 

AUDITIONS FOR 2009-2010 SEASON

Watch this space for audition details in 2009.

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

Barbara R. Ostroff - DVYMO Manager