Lincoln Public Schools

Junior Youth Orchestra

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2010 Audition Music

String players, click here to download your January 28th Audition Music.

There is NO JYO Rehearsal today, Jan. 7, due to LPS being cancelled. Our next rehearsal will be Jan. 14th.


Congratulations on a wonderful concert in December!
Please read the following:

1) JYO rehearsals will resume January 14th at Irving, 4:15-5:45.

2) The next JYO Concert will be Thursday, Jan. 21st, 7pm at Pershing Auditorium, for the LPS Middle School Instrumental Festival.

3) Music for the Jan. 21st performance will include the new piece that was handed out at the Dec. concert, Fandango & Alborada by Rimsky-Korsakov, and the Dvorak Largo. Please continue to practice these pieces over break. We have very limited time to rehearse these and to learn the new piece -- Essay for Orchestra by Del Borgo.

4) Seating will remain the same for all woodwinds and brass.

5) Seating auditions for strings will take place on Jan. 28th during the regular rehearsal time. Audition excerpts will be posted by Jan. 8th.

JYO Schedule


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.

Spring rehearsal dates are as follows:
Jan. 7, 14, 21 (11:30AM - 12:15PM only for Jan. 21), 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 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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