MYO Activity Calendar

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Special ISO Ticket Offer!

MYO students and families,

The ISO is offering $12 tickets for MYO students and parents to attend the concert on Saturday, January 8th at 5:30 PM. To order tickets, please call the box office at 317-639-4300 and be sure to reference the offer code of 9211.

The concert features Mozart’s Don Giovanni Overture, Franck’s Symphony in D Minor and the world premiere of IU professor Claude Baker's piano concerto, From Noon to Starry Night, with pianist Marc-AndrĂ© Hamelin. Inspired by poetry of Walt Whitman, the concerto is filled with the colors of vibrant spring and the stillness of night.

Please contact Gary Luther if you have any questions. We look forward to seeing you at the symphony!

Gary Luther
Learning Community Assistant
317-231-6759

Sunday, December 12, 2010

December 12 Recitals are ON

Orchestra C and D recitals WILL take place today. Please travel safely! If you feel the road conditions in your area are too hazardous, please do not travel and call the MYO attendance hotline at 262-1100 ext. 1049 to let us know.

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

For the week of 12/7/10

WINTER SCHEDULE
There will be NO rehearsals next week. We will observe Winter Break between December 13-January 2. Rehearsals resume on January 4 for Orchestra B, January 6 for Orchestra A and January 8 for Orchestras C & D.

ORCHESTRA C & D RECITALS
Orchestra C & D Recitals are scheduled for Sunday, December 12 at 2 PM and 4:30 PM at the Eidson-Duckwall Recital Hall, Butler University. Come support your colleagues!

ISO TICKETS AVAILABLE
20 tickets to the ISO’s Classical Christmas concert are available free of charge to MYO families. The concert is Saturday, December 11 at 8pm at the Scottish Rite Cathedral downtown. If interested, please contact Gary Luther at gluther@IndianapolisSymphony.org or 231.6759. See the MYO blog for more details!

INTERIM
Until the ISO has named an MYO Manager, please direct questions and needs to Betty Perry at 262-1893 or bperry@IndianapolisSymphony.org. Please be kind and helpful to Ms. Perry during the interim. The MYO program is a huge program to manage and I know your will give her your upmost support!!

QUESTIONS
Contact Betty Perry at 262-1893; bperry@IndianapolisSymphony.org. or
Contact Meg Williams at 229-7079; mwilliams@IndianapolisSymphony.org

Monday, December 6, 2010

Tickets to ISO Classical Christmas

The ISO Learning Community has been offered 20 tickets to the Classical Christmas program on Saturday, December 11 at the Scottish Rite Cathedral. The concert starts at 8 PM, with doors opening at 7PM. The concert should last until approximately 10 PM. It features both choral and symphonic works, with a much smaller symphony than usual.

This is a formal concert so dress clothes are encouraged. Tickets will be available on a first come, first served basis and once we run out, we are out. Gary Luther of the ISO Learning Community will take the reservations and will place all tickets at Will Call which can be picked up the night of the concert. Please call or e-mail him if you are interested: gluther@IndianapolisSymphony.org or 317-231-6759.

The repertoire for the program includes:

  • George Butterworth (1885-1916)
    The Banks of Green Willow, Idyll for Small Orchestra
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
    Wassail Song
  • Raymond Leppard (b. 1927)
    Greensleeves
  • Raymond Leppard (b. 1927)
    Bobbie Shaftoe
  • Raymond Leppard (b. 1927)
    The Brisk Young Widow
  • Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
    Siegfried Idyll
  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
    Cantata "Christians, Be Joyful" from the Christmas Oratorio

Please contact Gary if you have any questions.

Gary Luther

gluther@IndianapolisSymphony.org

317.231.6759


Orchestra B Rehearsal on WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8

Orchestra B Students and Parents,

Please note that due to Christel House Academy's Holiday Concert on Tuesday evening, we are moving Orchestra B rehearsal to WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8 from 6:30-8:30 PM at Christel House. This change is for this week ONLY.

If you have any questions, please contact one of us:

Betty Perry- bperry@IndianapolisSymphony.org
Meg Williams- mwilliams@IndianapolisSymphony.org

Many thanks for your flexibility during this very busy time of year!

Ms. Perry & Ms. Williams