Announcing: 2019-20 New York Youth Symphony Orchestra Season

New York Youth Symphony (NYYS) and Music Director Michael Repper are proud to announce the 2019-2020 season orchestra concerts to be performed in Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall. The 2019-2020 season repertoire features a diverse array of works, from Joan Tower's Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman and Florence Price's Piano Concerto in One Movement, to crowd-pleasers such as Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade, Respighi's Pines of Rome, and Mahler's "Titan" Symphony. Featured soloists include 13-year-old piano prodigy Harmony Zhu on Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1, cellist Sterling Elliot on Dvo?ák's Cello Concerto, and pianist Michelle Cann on the Price Piano Concerto. Ms. Zhu will make her Carnegie Hall debut as part of the Roy and Shirley Durst Debut Artist series. Mr. Elliot is appearing as part of a partnership with the Sphinx Organization.

The three orchestral concerts include world premieres of works commissioned through the NYYS First Music program, chaired by Christopher Theofanidis. This season's First Music composers are Marco-Adrián Ramos, Tanner Porter, and Patrick O'Malley. The commissions, titles forthcoming, include a collaboration between composer Tanner Porter and students from the KIPP Academy Middle School in the South Bronx, where the NYYS has been in-residence for the past two seasons. This piece will also receive a second performance at the Interlochen Center for the Arts in Summer 2020.

Music Director Michael Repper says, "We are thrilled to perform some of the most popular orchestral repertoire, alongside a host of newly-commissioned works and the Carnegie Hall premieres of established pieces by women and composers of color. With the collaboration between composer Tanner Porter and students from the KIPP Academy Middle School, this season's programming showcases our commitment to presenting inclusive professional-level concerts from outstanding young orchestral musicians and soloists at Carnegie Hall."

As the premier independent music education organization for ensemble training in the New York metropolitan area, the NYYS has provided over 6,000 music students unparalleled opportunities to perform at world-class venues including Carnegie Hall and Jazz at Lincoln Center and to study with world-renowned artists, all tuition-free. Beyond the instruction from accomplished musicians, students gain valuable life skills - commitment, discipline, focus, collaboration - and friendships that last a lifetime.

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