SYO is excited to announce we are entering our Fifth Summer Season in 2012!!
Download the 2012 Schedule. Pick your format: MS Word | Adobe PDF.
SYO is a summer youth orchestra program, founded in 2008 and based out of Marian University, in which advanced high school and exceptional middle school musicians work with professional musicians and college students to prepare and perform complex orchestral literature. The program is under the direction of Mrs. Shawn Goodman, Conductor, and Mr. Steve Goodman, Artistic Director.
Membership into SYO is open to Middle School aged students and High School students up through the summer after their Senior Year. SYO also offers a College-Internship program for aspiring music educators and musicians.
All SYO students audition for the program in April. Auditions consist of scales, prepared excerpts, and sight-reading. For more information about Auditions, visit www.syogi.org.
Tuition for the program includes Registration Fee is $150. Financial Assistance is available for those who demonstrate a financial need. All students are encouraged to acquire Sponsorships to cover their tuition.
Every summer, SYO rehearses on Monday and Thursday evenings (through June and mid-July) at Marian University in the new Steffen Music Center from 6:30-8:30pm. The season concludes with at least two season finale concerts which are free and open to the public. Previous concert venues include the Indianapolis Artsgarden, Cathedral High School Auditorium, the Cumberland Arts Goes to Market Festival, and the Wheeler Arts Center among others.
Each summer, SYO students participate in a Masterclass with professional musicians, a Fieldtrip, and a Retreat in which students rehearse, have photos taken, participate in Sectionals with Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra members and College Professors, learn relaxation techniques such as Yoga, and give a performance that evening.
The Symphonic Youth Orchestra accepts students on all wind, string, and percussion instruments that display a sincere dedication to practicing and making music with others at an advanced level. SYO is unique for many reasons, one of which is that it is one of the few youth orchestras in the country that accepts students on instruments which are not typically considered to be orchestral, including saxophones.
Students in SYO perform compositions by great composers. Since its inception in 2008, SYO has performed pieces by Bizet, Tchaikovsky, Copland, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, & Brahms among others.
In 2011, SYO was comprised of 39 students from the Greater Indianapolis area, as well as 7 college interns from Universities in Indiana and Ohio.
Not only does SYO offer an orchestral experience for students which supplements the music education programs at their schools but it also provides opportunities for students who are experiencing cuts in their school music programs as well as home-schooled students.
To Schedule Your April Audition for the 2012 Season,
Send an E-Mail to music@syogi.org
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