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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.
The term "Big Five" was coined around the time when long-playing recordings became available, regular orchestral radio broadcasts were expanding, and the five orchestras that make up the group had annual concert series in New York City.
In January 2012 Carnegie Hall announced the launch of the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America (NYO-USA). [1] The orchestra was created by Weill Music Institute, the hall's music education and community outreach wing. The NYO-USA was set up along broadly similar lines to the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain.
The East Brunswick Symphony Orchestra was founded late last year, held its first concert six weeks later to a sold-out audience. New community orchestra in East Brunswick 'just brings everybody ...
Kanata Symphony Orchestra; Kingston Symphony; Kitchener–Waterloo Symphony (defunct since September 2023) Manitoba Chamber Orchestra; Montreal Symphony Orchestra (Orchestre symphonique de Montréal) Montreal Youth Symphony Orchestra (Orchestre symphonique des jeunes de Montréal) National Arts Centre Orchestra; Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra
The Orchestra Society of Philadelphia (OSP) is an all-volunteer “reading” community orchestra founded in Philadelphia in 1964. [1] [2]As a reading orchestra, the musicians often practice their parts in advance, and the rehearsal is “one-and-done,” meaning the orchestra works through transitions and difficult sections during the first half, and runs it during the second, and then starts ...
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