Shrewsbury Music Students to Perform With Worcester Youth Symphony

Shrewsbury students to perform at world-class venue in New Jersey

On Saturday April 18th, members of the Worcester Youth Symphony Orchestra (WYSO) will join the Drew University (NJ) Choral Union and Chorale and perform at the multi-million dollar Dorothy Young Center for the Arts (Madison, NJ) with Haydn’s Te Deum in C and Beethoven’s masterful Fantasy for Piano, Chorus & Orchestra. The Dorothy Young Center’s Concert Hall is home to the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and is a touring venue for the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra.

Representing Shrewsbury are WYSO violists, Nisa Burns and Joseph Wang (who serves as principal viola), violinists Olivia Shan, Waverly Shi, Vidyut Veegav and Priyanka Murphy, and percussionist Andrew McNeill. They hail from Shrewsbury High, Oak and Sherwood Middle School, and join 55 other students from around Worcester County to form the Worcester Youth Symphony Orchestra. This all auditioned group rehearses every Saturday at Auburn High School, presents 5-6 concerts per season and is conducted by Music Director Jonathan Brennand.

A Bon Voyage Concert

Please join WYSO for a Bon Voyage Concert! where the orchestra will perform their entire concert tour program for a live audience. It includes Gershwin’s An American in Paris, excerpts from Stravinsky’s The Firebird, and the beautiful minuet from Bizet’s L’Arlesienne Suite No. 2, in addition to the Haydn and Beethoven.

When: Saturday, April 11th, 2015

Time: 1:00pm

Where: Wesley United Methodist Church, 114 Main Street, Worcester, MA

The concerted is presented free. All are welcome and encouraged to attend to support these talented students. A reception will follow to allow the audience to meet this fine young musicians and wish them all the best on their Spring Tour.

For more information, visit:

http://www.worcesteryouthorchestras.org/bon-voyage-wyso.html