youth orch

kara
Tue, 03 May 2005 22:42:30 +0000

it’s so exciting to see other musicians in cc! eeeeee! in these parts the greater dallas youth orchestra is about as good as it gets. we attract kids from far and away. it’s almost entirely high-ranked texas all-state musicians, and texas is a freaking huge state.

we’ve done dvorak 7, polovetsian dances, shostakovich 10, tchaikovsky 4, beethoven 3, school for scandal overture, ummm i can’t remember. next year we get to do shostakovich 5 with the dso, so yay. and our pops concert will include the pines of rome and rhapsody in blue. wooot. oh, and does anyone play modern stuff in their orch? we’ve world-premiered some pieces, and we played short ride in a fast machine by john adams last year, which is probably the coolest piece ever.

i’ve never heard any other youth orchestras, but i would say this is the best group i’ve ever played in. and the musicians in it are unbelievable.

okay, enough music love. well, there’s never enough.