YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF CHARLOTTE

The Youth Orchestra of Charlotte is a full symphony orchestra made up of high school age musicians, performing masterpieces from the orchestral repertoire in a professional symphony setting.

From late August to mid May, the YOC rehearses on Monday evenings from 5:45-8:15pm. For each rehearsal, please bring your music, your stand with your name on it, and a pencil. Do not bring any food containing nuts as some students are severely allergic.

RECENT REPERTOIRE

Badelt: Pirates of the Caribbean
Beethoven: Egmont Overture
Berlioz: Symphony Fantastique, mvmts. 4 & 5
DeFalla: Three Dances from the Three Cornered Hat
Humperdinck: Prelude, Witches Ride, Gingerbread Waltz, Song of the Sandman and Dream Pantomime from Hansel and Gretel
Meyer: Festival Rondo
Mozart: Symphony No. 25
Mussourgsky: Night on Bald Mountain
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol
Saint-Saens: Danse Macabre
Vaughan-Williams: Concerto Grosso for Strings
Williams: The Cowboys Overture

Barber: Violin Concerto, Op. 14
Barber: Adagio for Strings
Bernstein: Overture to Candide
Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 1
Borodin: Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor
Brahms:  Academic Festival Overture
Copland: Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo
Gould: Symphonette No. 2
Holst: The Planets
Mozart: Bassoon Concerto in Bb major, K. 191
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
O’Connor: Appalachia Waltz
Ponchielli: Dance of the Hours from La Gioconda
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 63
Rossini: Overture to the Barber of Seville
Strauss: On the Beautiful Blue Danube
Wagner: Overture to Rienzi