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This is a list of youth orchestras in the United States. Youth orchestras are performing groups for student musicians. The age range of participants varies; they may include musicians up to grade 12 or they may include older university and conservatory students. [1] In the United States, youth orchestras are operated primarily for music education.
[4] The five were the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, and Cleveland Orchestra. But the concept and the list are now outmoded. Music critics today include more orchestras on their lists of "top" American orchestras. [5] Notable U.S. orchestras are listed here by state.
Opened in 2011, it houses two venues: the 1,800-seat Muriel Kauffman Theatre, home of the Kansas City Ballet and Lyric Opera of Kansas City; and the 1,600-seat Helzberg Hall, home of the Kansas City Symphony Orchestra. Both venues host a variety of artists and performance groups in addition to these three resident entities.
The Count Basie Orchestra was founded in 1934 in Kansas City by the legendary jazz band leader William “Count” Basie. The band, with 15 to 18 members, continued after his death in 1984 and ...
To that end, the orchestra incorporated youth outreach and education into their strategy, an initiative entitled JazzWorks! They co-sponsored the third annual Kansas City Kansas Community College Jazz Camp and held clinics at Kansas City schools. [1] By 2008, the orchestra was an 18-piece band.
Teen musicians from the National Youth Orchestra of the USA walked onto the Carnegie Hall stage and acted in unison, much like string sections following their leaders: They pulled out cell phones ...
Millennial Choirs & Orchestras (MCO) is an American musical organization that was founded in 2007 for the purpose of teaching sacred and classical music, especially to its youth. [1] The organization prioritizes in offering music performance education , with a focus on the works and styles of classical composers .
The orchestra performs a 42-week season, and is also the accompanying orchestra for the Lyric Opera of Kansas City and the Kansas City Ballet. The orchestra's current music director is Matthias Pintscher, as of the 2024-2025 season. Michael Stern, the orchestra's music director from 2005 to 2024, is music director laureate of the orchestra ...