Carnegie Hall continues its summertime tradition, shining a spotlight on extraordinary teen musicians from across the country with concerts by the Hall's three acclaimed national youth ensembles-the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America, NYO2, and NYO Jazz. Each ensemble, collaborating with some of the world's leading artists, takes to the famed stage over the course of one week, performing in Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage from July 27-August 3.
NYO Jazz-an exciting new ensemble launched last summer showcasing the bright future ahead for American jazz-kicks off the week's musical festivities, performing on
Saturday, July 27 at 8:00 p.m. Led by trumpeter/artistic director
Sean Jones and featuring Grammy Award-winning vocalist
Kurt Elling, the evening's program will explore the scope of jazz music from big band and bebop to Latin and soul with NYO Jazz performing a new work by Ayn Inserto (commissioned by
Carnegie Hall), new arrangements by Igmar Thomas and Wycliffe Gordon, and standards by
Dizzy Gillespie, Don Ellis, Thad Jones, and
Mary Lou Williams, among others. Following this
Carnegie Hall appearance, NYO Jazz immediately departs for the group's inaugural tour of Asia, including debut concerts in Taichung, Beijing, Shanghai, Zhuhai, and Hong Kong.
Three days later, on
Tuesday, July 30 at 7:30 p.m., conductor Carlos Miguel Prieto returns to
Carnegie Hall to lead NYO2-an inspiring orchestra featuring outstanding young musicians, ages 14-17-in a program to include Stravinsky's Pétrouchka, Falla's The Three-Cornered Hat (abridged), and Gabriela Montero's Piano Concerto No. 1, "Latin," with the composer herself appearing as soloist, making her
Carnegie Hall debut. Prior to this
Carnegie Hall concert, NYO2 travels to Miami Beach for a six-day residency, made possible through a partnership with the New World Symphony, America's Orchestral Academy (NWS), culminating with a performance at the New World Center on
Saturday, July 27 at 8:30 p.m. This Miami concert will also be made available to the South Florida community for free via WALLCAST, with the full performance viewable outdoors in SoundScape Park on the 7,000-square-foot projection wall of the building. NYO2 will be joined on stage in both Miami and New York City by Fellows from the New World Symphony, many of whom will work as coaches during the orchestra's summer 2019 training residency.
On
Saturday, August 3 at 8:00 p.m., the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America (NYO-USA) concludes the week with its annual
Carnegie Hall concert, performing Strauss' Eine Alpensinfonie and Berlioz's Les nuits d'été featuring renowned mezzo-soprano
Isabel Leonard, under the baton of conductor Sir Antonio Pappano. This concert by NYO-USA will be heard by music lovers worldwide through the
Carnegie Hall Live radio broadcast and digital series, created in partnership with WQXR. In addition to this
Carnegie Hall performance, NYO-USA performs at the Tanglewood Music Festival in Lenox, Massachusetts on
Thursday, August 1 at 8:00 p.m. and embarks on a European tour, making its debut in Berlin with mezzo-soprano Dame Sarah Connolly, followed by debuts at the
Edinburgh International Festival and Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, as well as return performances at London's BBC Proms and Amsterdam's Concertgebouw with mezzo-soprano
Joyce DiDonato. In addition to the Berlioz and Strauss, concert repertoire for the tour includes Prokofiev's Symphony No. 5 and two new works written for the orchestra by apprentice composers Benjamin S. Beckman and Tyson J. Davis. Beckman's piece, Occidentalis, will be premiered at Tanglewood, and Davis's piece, Delicate Tension-which commemorates the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall-will receive its premiere at Konzerthaus Berlin. This will mark NYO-USA's seventh major tour to music capitals around the globe, including appearances throughout Europe, Latin America, Asia, and coast-to-coast across the United States.
Tickets: For the first time, all tickets for
Carnegie Hall concerts by all three national youth ensembles-from the parquet to the balcony-are made available for just $25 for adults and $10 for youth (18 years old or younger), making it even easier for entire families and groups of students to enjoy these performances together. See ticket box below for more information.
Each summer, Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute brings together extraordinary teen classical and jazz musicians from across the country to form its highly-acclaimed national youth ensembles. Following a highly selective audition process and two-week training residency at Purchase College, State University of New York with faculty made up of principal players from top professional orchestras and leading jazz masters, these remarkable teenagers perform at Carnegie Hall and embark on tours to some of the great music capitals around the world, serving as dynamic music ambassadors.
Since launching the
National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America (ages 16-19) in 2013,
Carnegie Hall has built on the program's success by introducing two additional ensembles. These include
NYO2, a sister ensemble for younger teens (ages 14-17) in 2016, and
NYO Jazz, which returns this summer after a celebrated inaugural year in 2018 and successful first European tour. Each of these highly-selective programs-free to all participants-is dedicated to the proposition that talented young musicians thrive when they have the opportunity to expand their musical, social, and cultural horizons and share their artistry with audiences around the globe. In total, 222 teen musicians will take part in this year's program, representing 39 US states, plus Puerto Rico.
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Program Information
Saturday, July 27 at 8:00 p.m.
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
NYO JAZZ
Sean Jones, Artistic Director, Bandleader, and Trumpet
with Special Guest
Kurt Elling, Vocalist
Program to include works by
Dizzy Gillespie, Don Ellis, Thad Jones, and
Mary Lou Williams, a new work by Ayn Inserto commissioned by
Carnegie Hall, and new arrangements by Igmar Thomas and Wycliffe Gordon.
Tickets: $25
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Tuesday, July 30 at 7:30 p.m.
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
NYO2
Carlos Miguel Prieto, Conductor
Gabriela Montero, Piano
with
Fellows of the New World Symphony, America's Orchestral Academy
Manuel De Falla The Three-Cornered Hat (abridged)
GABRIELA MONTERO Piano Concerto No. 1, "Latin"
Igor Stravinsky Pétrouchka (1947 version)
Tickets: $25
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Saturday, August 3 at 8:00 p.m.
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Sir Antonio Pappano, Conductor
Isabel Leonard, Mezzo-Soprano
Hector Berlioz Les nuits d'été, Op. 7
Richard Strauss Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64
Tickets: $25
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