Sunday, April 19, 2015

Syracuse Youth Orchestras Spring Concert
Syracuse University Setnor School of Music

Price: $10 adults, $5 students ages 6-18, free for children 5 and under
West Genesee High School
5201 W. Genesee St., Syracuse

The Syracuse Youth String Orchestra will perform J.S. Bach's Brandenburg" Concerto No. 3, Mvt. 1; Benjamin Britten's "Playful Pizzicato" from Simple Symphony; and Richard Meyer's Idylls of Pegasus.

The Syracuse Youth Orchestra will perform Russian Sailor's Dance by Gliere, Finlandia by Sibelius, and will feature SYO concerto competition winners Kathryn Kovarik, violin, performing the first movement of Edouard Lalo's Symphonie Espagnol and Brian Gadbow, cello, performing the fourth movement of Elgar's Cello Concerto in E minor.

Kathryn Kovarik is a junior at Manlius Pebble Hill School and studies violin privately with Linda Case.

Brian Gadbow is a senior at Whitesboro High School and plans to study cello performance at the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester in the fall. He is a private cello student of Gregory Wood.

The SYO is conducted by James R. Tapia, and the SYSO is conducted by Karen Veverka.