Lincoln Public Schools

Junior Youth Orchestra

JYO Auditions for the 2009-2010 School Year will take place Wednesday, Sep. 9 (beginning at 4PM) for all returning students and Thursday, Sep. 10 (starting at 4PM) for students who have not yet been a JYO member. Auditions will be held at Lefler MIddle School.

Sign-up for these will begin around August 15.

Audition materials will be available by August 10.

Please check the website beginning August 10 or 11 to download these materials.

Rehearsals are held on Thursdays in Irving Middle School's band/orchestra room at 4:15 - 5:45.

The 2009-2010 rehearsals are held every Thursday except for the weeks of the LPS Fall and Spring Breaks. Dates for the Fall are:
Sep. 17, 24, Oct.1, 9, 15, 22, Nov. 5, 12, 19, and Dec. 3, & 10.
Spring rehearsals are as follows:
Jan. 7, 14, 21, 28 (11:30AM - 12:15PM only for Jan. 28), Feb. 4, 11, 18, 25, March 4, 11, 18, April 1, 8, 15.

April 15, the date of the Spring Concert, is the last rehearsal for the school year. The April 15 rehearsal is only one hour -- 4:15-5:15 p.m. and the concert is at 7pm, with students reporting for the concert at 6:30.  

JYO Schedule


IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS for 2009-2010:

1) Auditions for all returning JYO members are Wednesday, Sep. 9 at 4PM at Lefler MIddle School. Sign-up and audition material will be available on this website beginning August 10 (music) and 15 (sign-up).

2) Auditions for all students wishing to be in JYO are Thursday, Sep. 10 beginning at 4PM at Lefler MIddle School. Sign-up and audition material will be available on this website beginning August 10 (music) and 15 (sign-up).

2) Concert Dates for 2009-2010: Thursday, Dec. 10 at Irving Middle School, Thursday, January 21 at Pershing and Thursday, April 15 at Irving. All three of these concerts will take place at 7:00PM.

3) Rehearsals: All rehearsals will take place at Irving MIddle School, 4:15-5:45 pm.

JYO News

Dr. Karen Becker is conductor of the Junior Youth Orchestra again this year. Dr. Becker is Associate Professor of Cello at UNL and Principal Cellist of the Lincoln Symphony.

Contacts

Click on the names of the faculty members to contact them by email.
Karen Becker, JYO Music Director/Conductor
Ruth Colwell, JYO Instrumental Coach

 

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