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Aug 02

Fresh off a Kennedy Center performance, this youth orchestra looks beyond COVID-19

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The YOC played Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Capriccio Espagnol” and movements from Manuel de Falla’s “The Three-Cornered Hat” at the Capital Orchestra Festival. They shared the Kennedy Center program with youth orchestras from New Jersey, Connecticut and New York in the annual performance organized by Music Celebrations International. The YOC, which auditioned via recordings, was one of four select orchestras chosen to perform at the festival.

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Oct 21

Grateful to give back

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When Dr. Pereira asked me to play timpani for the Preparatory Orchestra’s Fall Camp with one day’s notice, there was no hesitation on my part. It was an honor to be able to give of my time and my experience. I had fun, and it brought back many memories; here I was as an older student revisiting of what it was like when I first started in Dr. Pereira’s youth orchestra program.

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Sep 19

YOC summer camp

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The YOC camp was definitely a highlight of my summer. To spend three full days surrounded by people who love music just as much as you do is so rewarding, especially when the pieces are all so well-known and well-loved.

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Sep 19

YOC musician chosen for special honor

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We often think of talented musicians as folks who start young and advance their skills via the finest education available to them. While this is certainly true in some cases, there are plenty who realized many of their artistic capacities without the aid of specialized instruction, like…

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