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Erika Z. Richman MYSO/MSO Reading Workshop

MYSO and MSO

On 11/10, MYSO’s Senior Symphony musicians, together with members of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, tackled challenging orchestral works of Mahler, Debussy, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky under the batons of MSO Resident Conductor Stuart Chafetz and MYSO Resident Conductor Carter Simmons as part of a wonderful experience made possible through a generous endowment bequest from the late Erika Richman.  Photo-Angela Rhee.

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Playathon wrap up

CFE group winner

Thanks to all our students who collectively raised $91,323.59 (and still rising) for MYSO through our Playathon fundraiser!   Congratulations to Chamber Flute Ensemble, once again #1 in the Playathon group ranking, and winner of the MYSO group pizza party!  Thanks also to corporate and prize donors (Photo by Rhonda Cardella.)

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Jazz Studies

with guest artist Eric Morones

Come to MYAC Sunday, January 31, 2pm, for MYSO’s annual Jazz Heritage Festival.  Hear jazz combo performances by our Jazz Studies musicians and listen to special guest L.A.-based saxophonist/Racine native ERIC MORONES, lead alto saxophonist of the Brian Setzer Orchestra. And much more!

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Founders Concert

Featuring Senior Symphony

We are thrilled to present Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Principal Cellist JOSEPH JOHNSON as soloist on our annual Founders Concert, MYSO’s gala performance featuring the internationally acclaimed Senior Symphony, on Sunday, January 17, 2 p.m., at the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts in Brookfield.

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MYSO Percussion Series featuring Calypso, Saturday, Feb. 6 PDF Print E-mail
On Saturday, February 6, at 3:00 p.m., MYSO will present the first Percussion Concert of the season.  The concert will feature MYSO’s newest ensemble, the Calypso steel band, and two Percussion Ensembles comprised of the Senior Symphony and Philharmonia percussion sections. This free concert will take place in Youth Arts Hall at the Milwaukee Youth Arts Center (325 W. Walnut St., Milwaukee).  

The first half of the program will include the Percussion Ensembles, instructed by Linda Siegel and Tim Rush, performing modern works for percussion.  These ensembles have provided a wonderful opportunity for MYSO's advanced percussion students to perform challenging literature in a small ensemble setting.  Audience members will have the opportunity to hear music that they have likely never experienced on instruments that will be utilized in fascinating ways and in interesting combinations.  

The second half of the program will feature Calypso, MYSO's steel band. Calypso was formed in May of 2007 and is instructed by Tim Rush and Charlie Short.  The program began with intensive rehearsal and training of students who came from various Milwaukee schools and auditioned into Calypso by showing a positive attitude, a natural sense of rhythm, and a genuine desire to learn.  Following a successful summer season, Calypso continued into the regular MYSO season as the newest ensemble in the MYSO family.  Calypso has performed all over Milwaukee, with highlight performances including African World Festival in 2008, at the 2009 United Performing Arts Fund Kickoff, and , most recently, at the 2010 Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts.  Selections performed at the concert will include those from the traditional calypso and soca genres as well as arrangements from the classical repertoire.
 
Jazz Heritage Festival-updated concert details!! PDF Print E-mail

Jazz Heritage Festival
Sunday, January 31
2:00-5:30 p.m.


On Sunday, January 31st, MYSO Jazz Studies will host the Milwaukee Jazz Heritage Festival at the Milwaukee Youth Arts Center (MYAC) in the historic Bronzeville neighborhood.  We would like to have a full audience as a part of this educationally rich, jazz-focused event! The event consists of:
  • Live jazz combo performances by the talented young musicians in MYSO Jazz Studies
  • Special guest artist, saxophonist Eric Morones (a Racine native now performing with the Brian Setzer Orchestra)
  • Representatives from the music community like The Jazz Estate, Melk Music and food vendors like J.T. Bones Catering and The Fixx Coffee house will be on hand in the Commons.

MYSO's Jazz Heritage Festival is a
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Do you Shop at Pick 'n Save? PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 24 November 2009 08:03
The Pick 'n Save WE CARE Program helps support Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra (MYSO).  Shop at Pick 'n Save food stores and use your Advantage® Saver's Club card to designate a charity to receive a Pick 'n Save WE CARE donation.

How to Get Involved


Sign up at your favorite Pick 'n Save store's service counter for the Advantage® Saver's Club card and designate Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra as your charity of choice. The ADVANTAGE CARD CHARITY CODE for Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra is 513465.

If you do not have a card, fill in the form and check NEW MEMBER.  If you already have an Advantage® Saver's Club card, fill in the form and check REPLACEMENT CARD.  Thereafter, every time you make a purchase at Pick 'n Save and use your card, a donation will be made to support Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra.

To get a form, visit the
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The Magic of the Match! PDF Print E-mail
Would you like a really easy way to make your wonderful donations to MYSO go even further?  Many generous companies have established programs through which they will "match" charitable contributions made by their employees. Through corporate gift matching, your employer can multiply your gift to MYSO, magically making the total value twice or sometimes even three times the amount of the original gift!  Check with your company's Human Resources office to see if they offer gift matching, or visit this website: http://www.matchinggifts.com/osu/. (If they don't, you may want to think about asking your company to start a matching program.)

If your employer does offer such a program, your Human Resources department should be able to provide you with a matching gift form to send to MYSO along with your donation. Complete this form and
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Considering Majoring in Music? Read This First PDF Print E-mail
by MYSO Executive Director Fran Richman

While we realize that not all MYSO grads will go on to be music majors in college, we hope the following will be useful even to those who are just looking for a good musical experience apart from their non-music college study.

The hunt for a conservatory or musically advantaged college is a time-consuming, labor-intensive, expensive and messy process.  This statement probably falls somewhat short of revelational for most of you.  If someone had told me that our dining room table would be out of commission from July (arrival of college application materials and catalogs) through April (arrival of college decision letters), I might have been considerably less sanguine about assisting our daughter with this process several years ago.  But since this is still a relatively “fresh wound” for me, perhaps I can ease the pain for at least a few people with a stream-of-unconsciousness (because you’ll be unconscious by the time you finish the process!) list of things to consider.  The key, of course, is to prioritize the list yourselves--and that may very well be the most difficult task in the entire process.  

You’ll first need to commit a major horizontal surface (dining room table, coffee table, bath tub, or whatever) for a few months.  And be sure to budget for travel and/or recording expense, accompanists and application fees.

Reading the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra’s guide to music schools (borrow a copy from the MYSO office) is an excellent place to start, with general information about many
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From Gifted Violin Student, to Scientist, to Concert Soloist
A Biographical Novel by Theodore Jerome Cohen

Solly’s dream is for his son Teddy to one day become a concert violinist. Eventually he comes to understand and to endure the heartbreak of knowing that the dream never will be realized. As Solly watches, life takes Teddy from gifted violin student to adult engineer and scientist, leaving no time for the career in music Solly so dearly wants his son to pursue. In the end, there emerges the essence of redemption as Teddy returns to the violin late in life and fulfills his and his father’s vision. The story, which is a work of fiction based on real events, will fascinate readers from ages ten to one hundred who are interested in radio, communications, and music and in how it was to grow up in a family whose members trace their heritage to that great wave of immigrants that crashed onto America’s shores in the mid- to late 1800s.

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The author once played in the Milwaukee All-City Senior Orchestra

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