| BAYSO merges with the Cincinnati Youth Symphony Orchestras August 11, 2011 |
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Article by Janelle Gelfand
The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra will be expanding its youth offerings after a merger with the Blue Ash Youth Symphony Orchestra, the orchestra was expected to announce today. To be called the CSYO Concert Orchestra, the new youth orchestra will join the Cincinnati Symphony Youth Orchestra and the CSYO Nouveau Chamber Players as one of three main ensembles comprising the Cincinnati Symphony Youth Orchestras. The new ensemble will serve student musicians in grades 7 to 12 and feed into the CSYO, which is open to students in grades 9 to 12. The goal, the orchestra said, is to create a tiered program and also to expand the Cincinnati Symphony's reach to instrumental students across the Greater Cincinnati region. Discussions of a merger began a year ago, when both groups met to discuss ways to expand music education opportunities in the region. The move to strengthen the youth orchestra program "reinforces the CSO's position as a leader in music education," said Melody Sawyer-Richardson, chair of the CSO board of directors. The new CSYO Concert Orchestra will be conducted by Dale Swisher, current conductor of the Blue Ash Youth Symphony. It will have its own parent advisory board and parent volunteers. Cincinnati Symphony first violinist James Braid founded the Blue Ash Youth Symphony in 1991. It has a relationship with the Blue Ash/Montgomery Symphony Orchestra, which holds an annual youth concerto competition and invites the younger players for a combined Memorial Day concert each year. Those activities will continue. Former CSO music director Max Rudolf founded the Cincinnati Symphony Youth Orchestra in 1964 with the idea of fostering the talent of outstanding young instrumentalists. It has grown from an ensemble of 80 students to, with the newest addition, three ensembles of 200 students from more than 30 area schools in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. Musicians are accepted based on auditions and recommendations from school music teachers and private instructors. Auditions for all ensembles will be held the fourth week of August. For audition information for the CSYO and CSYO Concert Orchestra, visit www.cincinnatisymphony.org/csyo. For audition information about the CSYO Nouveau Chamber Players, visit www.cincinnatysymphony.org/nouveau. The Cincinnati Symphony Youth Orchestras receive support from Coney Island, the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Sycamore Schools, the Queen City Chapter of The Links, Inc. and First United Church of Christ in College Hill. |
| INFO for Fine Arts Fund Sampler Weekend BAYSO Concert, February 20, 2010 |
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Hello All, This Saturday, February 20, 2010 is our Fine Arts Sampler Weekend Concert. 9:00 am Students arrive at UC Clermont Campus, Snyder Building, Krueger Hall for rehearsal. They should be dressed in their usual concert attire, black on the bottom with white tuxedo shirt and black bowtie. Please bring a folding music stand. 10:00 am Concert! The Fine Arts folks have asked everyone in the AUDIENCE TO WEAR RED to show their support for the arts! 11:00 am Dismissal. The concert should last one hour and the students will be free to leave following the concert. Directions to UC Clermont Campus The Snyder Building is #10 on the Campus map. Please don't hesitate to let me know if you have questions. Thanks, Leslie |
| INFO for Winter Concert, December 13th 2009 |
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Parents! Please sign up for something to donate to the student dinner which is held before the concert. Go to BAYSO Zoomerang Survey. Schedule for musicians- 3:00 Rehearsal- Students should arrive at Wyoming High School by 3:00pm. Mr. Swisher a & Mr. Holt will be holding rehearsal from approximately 3:00 until 5:15. Students should enter the door on the right hand side of the building by the large parking lot. Students need to bring with them: 1. Their Instrument 2. Their concert attire. (Students should show up at 3:00 in casual, comfy clothes for rehearsal.) 3. Their donated item for the dinner. (This can be dropped off in the Wyoming cafeteria) 4. Their Lifetouch order form and check if they are having their portrait taken or if they are ordering the panoramic shot. 5:30 Dinner and Change into Concert Attire (After rehearsal, the students will have dinner in the cafeteria. Bayso provides pizza and salad; parents provide snacks, plates, napkins, dessets and drinks. 6:00-6:45 Individual & group photographs are taken. 7:00 Concert! Let's fill the venue with family and friends! Concert dress: All musicians wear a white tuxedo shirt with a black bowtie. Female musicians wear black skirts (mid-calf or longer) or black dress pants with black hosiery and black shoes. No bare legs should be apparent. No flip-flops. Male musicians wear black pants, black shoes, and black socks. Click here for directions to Wyoming High School Directions If you are a returning BAYSO musician, our concert itinerary for the day is the same as last year. If you are new to BAYSO, please feel free to direct any questions to me or any member of the board. Thanks, Leslie |