Southwest Junior Nora Doyle National Youth Orchestra

A great honor that has been bestowed on Junior, Nora Doyle.  The attached press release from Carnegie Hall which announces the inaugural season of the National Youth Orchestra of the USA and details of their residency in New York and international tour this summer.

(See attached file: NYO-USA Tour_Press Release 4 18 2013.pdf)

Also, if you go to their website you will see a short promotional video in which Nora is featured.

 

http://www.carnegiehall.org/Education/National-Youth-Orchestra-of-the-United-States-of-America/

 

CARNEGIE HALL ANNOUNCES DETAILS OF JULY 2013 INAUGURAL TOUR BY

NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA World-Renowned Conductor Valery Gergiev Leads Orchestra in its Inaugural Year with Acclaimed Violinist Joshua Bell as Special Guest Soloist NYO-USA Debuts at Purchase College, SUNY and Washington DC’s Kennedy Center, Followed by Exciting International Tour Featuring Concerts in The Great Hall of The Moscow Conservatory,  St. Petersburg’s Mariinsky Theatre Concert Hall, and London’s Royal Albert Hall NYO-USA’s London Performance, Part of BBC Proms, Recorded for Future Television Broadcast on BBC Four


(April 18, 2013; NEW YORK, NY)

—Carnegie Hall today announced details for the inaugural July 2013 tour by the 

National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America, a remarkable new ensemble,

which, beginning this summer, annually brings together some of the most talented young orchestral
players from across the United States, ages 16-19. The NYO-USA’s 2013 summer schedule includes five
performances in the US and abroad from July 11-21.
Capping a two-week summer residency at Purchase College, SUNY in Purchase, New York, worldrenowned
conductor 
Valery Gergiev will lead the NYO-USA in its first public performance at Purchase’s

Performing Arts Center on Thursday, July 11. From there, the orchestra embarks on its first tour,

traveling to the nation’s capital to make its debut at Washington DC’s Kennedy Center for the Performing

Arts on Saturday, July 13.

Following these two engagements, Maestro Gergiev and the NYO-USA will travel overseas for two

concerts in Mr. Gergiev’s home country: in Moscow, at The Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory on

Tuesday, July 16 and, in St. Petersburg, at the Mariinsky Theatre Concert Hall on Thursday, July 18. The

orchestra’s first tour culminates with a concert at London’s Royal Albert Hall on Sunday, July 21, part of

the BBC Proms. The NYO-USA’s Proms performance will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 and

recorded for a later television broadcast, scheduled to air on BBC Four on July 26.

The orchestra’s concert program for all summer 2013 performances includes Tchaikovsky’s Violin

Concerto with acclaimed violinist

Joshua Bell as soloist; Shostakovich’s Symphony No, 10 in E Minor;

and

Magiya, a new work by American composer Sean Shepherd, co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall and

BBC Radio 3, specifically for NYO-USA. As part of their travel schedule, the NYO-USA players will also

have the exciting opportunity to tour the cities in which they will be performing, as well as the chance to

interact with local young musicians at stops along the way.

“After so much planning, we’re very excited to welcome the musicians of the NYO-USA for the first time

this summer,” said Clive Gillinson, Executive and Artistic Director of Carnegie Hall. “The talent, energy,

and skill already demonstrated by these players will be even further elevated as they have an opportunity

to train alongside their peers, be mentored by some of the greatest orchestral players from around the

US, and to be led by the wonderful Valery Gergiev. It will be a pleasure to share this orchestra’s

inspirational music-making with audiences as these students represent the best of their country around

the globe.”

 Hailing from 42 US states, the 120 young musicians who make up the National Youth Orchestra of the

United States of America have all been recognized by Carnegie Hall as being among the finest in the

country following a comprehensive audition process. For a video preview of NYO-USA, including playersubmitted

performances and interviews about the project, visit the orchestra’s new YouTube channel at

youtube.com/nyousa

. For more information on NYO-USA, visit carnegiehall.org/nyousa.

Prior to their tour, the NYO-USA players will arrive in New York on June 30, 2013 to begin a rigorous twoweek

training residency on the campus of Purchase College, SUNY.

James Ross, associate director of

The Juilliard School’s conducting program and director of orchestral activities at the University of

Maryland, will lead the NYO-USA faculty in 2013. Comprising some of the finest players and section

leaders from America’s greatest orchestras and music schools, the faculty will oversee rehearsals during

the orchestra’s residency in Purchase and will conduct master classes, chamber music readings, and

other seminars on essential music skills, all leading up to the launch of the international tour.

The 2013 faculty members will be:

Robert Chen, concertmaster, Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Alison

Harney

, principal second violin, St. Louis Symphony; Carrie Dennis, principal viola, Los Angeles

Philharmonic;

John Sharp, principal cello, Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Jeffrey Turner, principal bass,

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra;

Jeffrey Khaner, principal flute, The Philadelphia Orchestra; Elaine

Douvas

, principal oboe, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Ricardo Morales, principal clarinet, The

Philadelphia Orchestra;

William Short, principal bassoon, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; William

VerMeulen

, principal horn, Houston Symphony; David Krauss, principal trumpet, Metropolitan Opera

Orchestra;

R. Douglas Wright, principal trombone, Minnesota Orchestra; Carol Jantsch, principal tuba,

The Philadelphia Orchestra;

Cynthia Yeh, principal percussion, Chicago Symphony Orchestra; and

Jauvon Gilliam

, principal timpanist, National Symphony Orchestra.

Purchase College, SUNY, is a key partner in Carnegie Hall’s new NYO-USA initiative. During their twoweek

residency, orchestra members will be housed on Purchase College’s scenic campus, located in

Westchester County, just north of New York City, where they will undertake their initial training and

rehearsals. All rehearsals will be centered at the College’s highly-regarded Performing Arts Center and in

the rehearsal studios of its School for the Arts Conservatory of Music.

Lead Donors to the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America are: Bloomberg

Philanthropies; the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation and Marina Kellen French; Ronald O.

Perelman; and Joan and Sanford I. Weill and the Weill Family Foundation.

Support for the inaugural tour has also been provided by the Blavatnik Family Foundation; Yoko Nagae

Ceschina; the Rockefeller Foundation; the Peter J. Sharp Foundation; and Ann Ziff.

Public support is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Tour dates and cities for NYO-USA’s 2013 inaugural tour:

Thursday, July 11 Purchase, NY: The Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, SUNY

Saturday, July 13 Washington, DC: Concert Hall, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Tuesday, July 16 Moscow: The Great Hall, Moscow Conservatory

Thursday, July 18 St. Petersburg: Mariinsky Theatre Concert Hall

Sunday, July 21 London: BBC Proms/Royal Albert Hall*

*This BBC Proms performance will be recorded for later television broadcast on BBC Four.

For more information on NYO-USA performances, please visit

carnegiehall.org/nyousa.

Created by Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute, the

National Youth Orchestra of the United States of

America

provides an annual tuition-free opportunity for talented young musicians (ages 16-19) from

across the US to come together with their peers, supported by a faculty of leading professional orchestra

musicians and a celebrated conductor, for a two-week intensive musical residency, followed by a tour to

top music capitals. Young musicians from across the country are invited to apply to this one-of-a-kind

program, which is designed to shine a light on the extraordinary talent of young American

instrumentalists, offering NYO-USA members a transformative musical and cultural experience as they

develop their musical skills, receive training at the highest professional level, and travel abroad, serving

as musical youth ambassadors for the US.

Carnegie Hall recently announced plans for the second annual National Youth Orchestra of the United

States of America, which will include a US tour in summer 2014 to be led by conductor

David Roberston

with violinist

Gil Shaham preceded by a two-week residency at Purchase College. Application

information for the 2014 NYO-USA program will be made available later this spring. For more information

on the NYO-USA, including audition requirements and details on the application process, please visit

www.carnegiehall.org/nyousa

.