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Tyler Youth
Orchestra Special Projects
Artistic
Student Concerto
Competition -
Every year, students of the
Tyler Youth Orchestra may compete for the opportunity to
perform a movement of a concerto or a solo work with the
orchestra. Auditions are held in the summer preceding
the upcoming season. All instruments may audition,
although all applicants must have played in a TYO ensemble
the previous season.
New Music Project
- In 2007, the Board of
Directors approved the creation of the Tyler Youth Orchestra
New Music Project, an initiative to commission new works for
orchestra to be premiered by the Tyler Youth Orchestra.
In its inaugural year, composer
David MacDonald
has been
selected to compose a new work to be premiered in the
2008-2009 season. For more information about the
2008-2009 contest, click
here.
Fund Raising
TYO Golf Tournament
- This year's golf
tournament was held March 29, 2008 at Oak Hurst Golf
Course from 8 a.m. to noon. Check back in the future
for information regarding the 2009 tournament.
Noted Circle Dinner
- The Eleventh Annual Noted
Circle Dinner was held Sunday, February 24, 2008.
The four o'clock concert at Grace Community High School was followed by a 6 o'clock dinner and silent auction.
This year's honoree was Tyler string performer and pedagogue
Ruth Morrow.
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