2020-2021 Fall Parent Forum Virtual Tour RESTART ESYO FAQ Fall 2020 & COVID-19 If you have additional questions, be sure to email your orchestra manager, read the COVID-19 Safety Procedures and Protocols outline in the Ensemble Handbook, or check out the Restart ESYO FAQ page. Read more
The gathering was hosted as part of El Sistema USA’s Northeastern Seminario, a week-long music-making intensive with 2020 Artists-in-Residence, The Collective Conservatory. The Seminario focused students on the Blues and used ASCAP Award-winning composer Omar Thompson’s Sharp Nine and the 12 bar blues to boost their performance on their instruments,
Trey- Symphony Orchestra Curtis Institute Summerfest Trey, a cellist in ESYO Symphony Orchestra, attended Summerfest at the Curtis Institute. The highly competitive program accepts a limited number of young musicians, aged 13-22, into its 3-week summer program. The program encouraged Trey to focus on phrasing, rather than getting caught up
After a long summer of “gigging out” at small socially distanced grad parties, taking virtual lessons from players around the country, and practicing everything from the Bach Cello Suites and the Dragonetti Concerto to Charlie Parker’s Just Friends and Isn’t She Lovely by Stevie Wonder, Nick is most excited about
ESYO’s door has always been opento young musicians regardless of who they are, where they live, what their family can afford, or what they believe. In 2015, ESYO decided that it could do more than just hold the door open. This decision drove ESYO’s actions to expand the pathway to
The Sounding Together Digital Festival was a first-of-a-kind performance for ESYO and a direct result of the orchestra’s commitment to playing through New York’s COVID-19 pause. “This festival is a celebration of learning and a testament to the resiliency of our young music-makers,” said Rebecca Calos, ESYO’s executive director. “Like
DOWNBEAT! Official e-Newsletter of the Empire State Youth Orchestra | May 2020 Edition The COVID-19 Emergency has Postponed Concerts, Closed Schools for the Year, and put Life as we Know it on Pause. But, from Living Rooms Around the Capital Region, ESYO Musicians are Playing Through the Pause and #SoundingTogether
The virtual program invites members to turn their living rooms into practice rooms, while the conductors and teaching artists deliver instruction using virtual platforms and techniques familiar to their students. Ensembles like ESYO’s Symphony Orchestra come together weekly for group-based learning and youth leaders within the orchestra facilitate regular sectional
DOWNBEAT! Official e-Newsletter of the Empire State Youth Orchestra | April 2020 Edition THE GREAT INDOORS! ESYO CONTINUES ONLINE Music Director Carlos Ágreda and SpongeBob SquarePants got together to premiere a new music video about the joys of the great indoors! ESYO is staying home now, so we can perform
Did you know? Symphony means “sounding together.” Music is supposed to be played and shared with the world. Just because we cannot get together to perform on stage, music lives. #MusicIsNotCancelled Let’s show the world that ESYO is “sounding together” online. Turn your living room or front porch into a
“This is an incredible opportunity, hosted by the LA Philharmonic,” said Becky Calos, ESYO’s Executive Director. “We are incredibly proud of Eric and what he has achieved. Young musicians, like Eric, are the heart of ESYO. Bravo!” she continued. YOLA organizers remain hopeful that despite the COVID-19 health crisis, they
The annual ‘Playathon’ is the organization’s largest and most important fundraiser and is also the only time that all of the performing ensembles come together, on one day, to share their musical talent with the public. The Playathon is sponsored by Albany Medical Center, University at Albany Foundation, and Wilson,
