Carnegie Hall today announced the names of the 79 young musicians selected from across the country for NYO2, a three-week, intensive summer orchestral training program for outstanding American instrumentalists ages 14-17. The members of NYO2 2018-coming from 24 US states plus Puerto Rico-have been recognized by Carnegie Hall as exceptionally talented musicians who not only embody a very high level of artistry, but who also come from a wide range of backgrounds, representing a future for American orchestral music that includes communities which have often been underserved by and underrepresented in the field. Twenty-two musicians will be returning to NYO2 from previous seasons. In addition, 18 musicians who previously took part in NYO2 have been accepted to the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America (NYO-USA) in summer 2018.
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For the first time, the musicians of NYO2 will travel to Miami Beach for a six-day residency, made possible through a new partnership with the New World Symphony, America's Orchestral Academy(NWS), itself devoted to training the next generation of classical musicians through an experiential curriculum of hands-on training, live performance, and community engagement. As part of their training, NYO2 players will have the opportunity to work with NWS Fellows and alumni leading up to a performance at the New World Center led by conductor Carlos Miguel Prieto. The program will include Revueltas's Suite from Redes, Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5, and Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 1 featuring Gil Shaham. The concert will also be made available to the community for free via WALLCAST®, with the full performance viewable outdoors in SoundScape Park on the 7,000-square-foot projection wall of the building. During their time in Miami, the NYO2 members will also have opportunities to interact with local young musicians in the South Florida area through NWS community partner organizations, playing and learning side-by-side with one another.
Following their Miami residency, the NYO2 musicians return to New York for a culminating performance at
Carnegie Hall on Tuesday, July 24 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for the
Carnegie Hall concert are on sale now at the
Carnegie Hall Box Office, 154 West 57th Street, by calling CarnegieCharge at 212-247-7800, or at
carnegiehall.org.
"We are thrilled to partner with the New World Symphony to bring the talented young musicians of NYO2 to Miami for the very first time" said
Clive Gillinson,
Carnegie Hall's Executive and Artistic Director. "The opportunity to work with NWS Fellows and learn from conductor Carlos Miguel Prieto and violinist Gil Shaham will be life-changing for these students, and we hope they will return home to their communities inspired to further develop their musicianship and use music to connect with audiences and people everywhere."
"I am so pleased with the opportunity for the talented musicians of NYO2 to work with our Fellows and NWS alumni at the New World Center, a collaboration that coincides with my conducting the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America (NYO-USA) on tour in Asia this summer," said
Michael Tilson Thomas, Artistic Director and Co-Founder of the New World Symphony. "Initiatives like NYO-USA and NYO2 are invaluable for helping to ensure the artistic excellence of the next generation of orchestral musicians. This is a goal we share at the New World Symphony as we prepare our Fellows to be leaders in the world of music, not only in the concert hall but in the community. NWS Fellows regularly teach and engage with young musicians throughout Miami, and they are thrilled to extend their mentorship to the talented youth of NYO2. Welcome!"
"Mentorship is fundamental to the passing of classical music traditions," said Howard Herring, President and CEO of the New World Symphony. "New World Symphony Fellows and alumni will welcome their NYO2 colleagues for a week of rehearsal and performance. The technologically advanced New World Center is an ideal location for this training and for giving the musicians of NYO2 access to cutting edge digital distribution of their culminating performances. This will be a thrilling collaboration, one that will honor the past and shape the future of classical music."
The 2018 NYO2 program begins with musicians arriving in New York in early July to begin their training residency on the campus of Purchase College, State University of New York. There, they will work with NWS Fellows and alumni as well as other professional players from top orchestras, and will also have opportunities to make music side-by-side with members of NYO-USA, who will be in residency during the same period.
Joseph Young, Artistic Director of Ensembles at the Peabody Institute, will serve as NYO2's resident conductor, and the students will also have the opportunity to work with
James Ross, music director of the Orquestra Simfònica del Vallès in Spain, and Ruth Reinhardt, Assistant Conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. The faculty will lead private lessons, master classes, chamber music readings, and other seminars on essential music skills. During their Purchase residency, the members of NYO2 will join NYO-USA for a free side-by-side rehearsal with local young musicians from the New York City area at 583 Park Avenue (July 7), and perform chamber music at the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts (July 15), all leading up to their final performances at the New World Center and
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