3 Nights, 13 Ensembles, 400 Young Musicians Sounding Together
Premiered Thursday, June 11- Saturday, June 13, 2020 at 7pm
We premiered our first-ever digital music festival! Earlier this year when COVID-19 caused our community to shelter in place, Empire State Youth Orchestra decided that music would not stop. Undeterred by the Great Pause, ESYO transitioned its entire program to the virtual world, connecting through google meet and google classroom to continue learning and making music in new ways.
Stay tuned for new concerts like this one on our tickets page and view it in our Virtual Concert Hall!
Featured Performances:
Track list per day:
ESYO Youth Percussion Ensemble - Polka de Mama by Jose Alejandro Leon
ESYO Youth Percussion Ensemble - Excerpt from Celebration by Thomas Gauge
ESYO Chamber Percussion Ensemble - Cotton Eyed Joe by Ed Kiefer
ESYO Concerto Competition Finalist Elihu Conant-Haque - Sonatine Pour Tuba et Piano by Jacques Castérède
ESYO Wind Orchestra with Jay Dawson - Amazing Grace by Jay Dawson
ESYO Youth Jazz Orchestra - "Patio Skyline" by ESYO conductor Lee Russo
ESYO Youth Jazz Orchestra - "The Flintstones Theme" by Curtin, Hanna & Barbera
ESYO Repertory Jazz Orchestra - "Bags Groove" by Milt Jackson
ESYO Concerto Competition Winner William Lauricella - Ballade no. 3 in A-flat Major, op. 47 by Frédéric Chopin
ESYO Concertino String Orchestra - "What a Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong/ arr. by ESYO conductor Leo Milman
ESYO Concertino Wind Ensemble - Rondeau, Theme from Masterpiece Theatre by Jean Joseph Mouret | arr. David Marlatt
ESYO Symphony Orchestra Virtual Chamber Music Competition Winner - Excerpt from Scheherezade by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov / arranged for sextet by ESYO students
EYSO Concertino Brass - "Fughette" by Johann Pachelbel / arr. Kevin Kaisershot
ESYO Concertino Percussion Ensemble- "52 Card Pick Up" by ESYO conductor Genoveffa Vitale
ESYO Concertino Percussion Ensemble - "Goldenberg" by ESYO conductor Genoveffa Vitale
ESYO'S Symphony Orchestra & Repertory Orchestra - Virtual premiere of Ay, Caray! by ESYO Music Director Carlos Ágreda.