Young
musicians from central Wisconsin will give a free, public concert at the
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point on Sunday, May 17.
The
Central Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra will perform at 4 p.m. in Michelsen
Hall in the Noel Fine Arts Center. The concert is a culmination of 10 weeks of
preparation during the semester and master classes with program directors and
UW-Stevens Point student mentors.
The
Philharmonia, comprised of middle and junior high school musicians, will
perform Symphony No. 4, 3rd Movement by Johannes Brahms and arranged by Richard
Meyer, Sinfonia in A minor by Georg Phillip Telemann and arranged by Robert Brown,
themes from "Scheherazade" by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and arranged by
Richard Meyer, and selections from "Charlie and the Chocolate
Factory" by Danny Elfman and arranged by Victor Lopez. The group is
directed by Stephen Wucherer, conductor of the Waupaca Area Orchestra and a
teacher at Merrill and Webster Stanley Middle School in Oshkosh.
The
Youth Symphony, made up of high school musicians, will perform Slavonic Dance
No. 1, Op. 46 by Antonin Dvorak, Symphony No. 5 in C minor, op. 67 by Ludwig
von Beethoven, 2nd movement, Andante con moto and the Russian Easter Overture,
op. 36 by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. The symphony is directed by the group’s
founding music director, Kurt Van Tiem, chair of the Music Department at PJ
Jacobs Junior High and a conductor of area symphonies and school musicals.
Created
last fall, the group was founded in
partnership with the UW-Stevens Point Music Department, Aber Suzuki Center and
Continuing Education as well as Heid Music and music educators in central
Wisconsin. For more information and fall 2015 registration materials, call 715-346-3838
or visit www.uwsp.edu/conted/Pages/enrichLife.aspx.
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