• Experience Music £

• Audition Information £

Audition Requirements Strings, Woodwinds and Brass (all levels) • 2 major scales • 2 minor scales • 1 etude (or solo Bach for advanced string players) • 1 solo Percussion • Prepared etude and solo on instrument (s) of choice • Snare drum, bells, xylophone and timpani provided for

the audition Make-up Auditions • By appointment at a later date • Not recommended • Acceptance based on positions available

Auditions are conducted in a warm and friendly setting with the youth orchestra artistic staff. Parents and teachers are welcome.

Membership is open to all students who wish to study orchestral repertoire in an educational setting. An important aspect of membership in PYO is simultaneous participation by student musicians in their school’s instrumental music program. Therefore, PYO requires our members to participate in their school’s instrumental music program. These school programs offer opportunities for daily ensemble participation, which is then complimented by their involvement in PYO. Your PYO application will ask for your school instrumental music teacher’s signature for approval to apply for PYO membership. (Exception: Not required if your school does not offer an instrumental music program, or a program is not offered at your grade level.)

PYO, 990 Industrial road, #201, San Carlos 94070 Phone: 650-325-7967 email: pyo@pacbell.net website: peninsulayouthorchestra.org

Financial Aid & Work Scholarships Available for Membership, Camps & Tours

NEW MEMBER AUDITION DATES • April 16,17,18 Senior PYO strings, woodwinds & brass • April 16,17,18 Preparatory Orchestras strings, woodwinds & brass • April 16,17,18 Flute Ensembles

• May 2 PYO & Preparatory Percussion

Peninsula Music Camp Each summer the popular Peninsula Music Camp offers musicianship classes in chamber music, orchestral training, theory, and performance - from beginning through advanced levels. The camps are open to all current and new members, and the community at large.

2020 Camp Dates: July 20-31 Info: peninsulayouthorchestra.org

Mitchell Sardou Klein, Music Director Sara Salsbury, Preparatory Orchestras Viviana Guzman, Flute Ensembles

2020 - 21 AUDITIONS

£ 4 Full Orchestras £ 2 String Orchestras

£ Flute Ensembles £ Summer Camps

£ Concert Tours £ Concerto Competition

• Annual Membership Fees vary by ensemble, and range from $570 - $925. (2019-20 Season)

* 2020-21 fees subject to increase of 5-7% from current year.

•Peninsula Youth Orchestra

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Touring - The Baltics 2019

Your youth orchestra education program dedicated to Youth Ages 6-18

Making Music with Friends . . . . . . Making Friends through Music

The Peninsula Youth Orchestra (PYO) rehearses weekly at Carlmont High School, performs 4-5 major concerts each season, tours biannually, and makes special appearances for community events. The PYO has performed twice in the Bay Area Youth Orchestra Festival at Davies Symphony Hall. Under the baton of Mitchell Sardou Klein, the PYO won the prestigious ASCAP Award for its Japan Tour Programming of American Music. Maestro Klein also led the PYO on tour in New Zealand, Australia, Italy, France, Spain, Hungary, Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Belgium, England, the Netherlands and the Baltics. Plans are underway for a 2021 Summer Tour - destination TBA! Maestro Klein is also Music Director of the Peninsula Symphony, and is a frequent guest conductor of orchestras throughout the United States and Europe. He brings to PYO his experience of leading both major professional orchestras and volunteer community ensembles. Mr. Klein is the winner of the BRAVO Award for his contribution to the Bay Area cultural life, and is a recipient of the Diamond Award for Best Individual Artist from the Peninsula Arts Council.

• Artistic Staff £ • Program Information £

PYO . . . Building A Lifetime of Music Memories

Mission StatementPYO reflects and enhances the cultural diversity of its community by bringing together student musicians to rehearse and perform symphonic music in an educational setting. PYO strives for a balance of high musical standards within a supportive environment that encourages enthusiasm, knowledge, and love of music. PYO enriches the lives of its musicians as they progress through a challenging course of repertoire which prepares them with skills needed to enjoy and pursue music the rest of their lives - either as professional or amateur players

Course Descriptions and Rehearsal SchedulesFull Orchestras - The Peninsula Youth Orchestra, now serving 500 musicians, offers weekly instruction in orchestral training at the beginning, intermediate and advanced levels. All PYO ensembles study the traditional repertoire with an emphasis on contemporary literature and works by American composers. The full orchestra program includes the award winning Peninsula Youth Orchestra (PYO) under the direction of Mitchell Sardou Klein, and three preparatory orchestras under the direction of Sara Salsbury: Sinfonia Musica, Orchestra Nova, and the Peninsula Young Artists (PYA).

Chamber Ensembles Students may enroll in the smaller and more intimate setting of our chamber ensembles which rehearse weekly and perform two formal recitals each year. These ensembles include the Debut and Concordia Strings under the direction of Sara Salsbury, and the Flute Ensembles directed by Viviana Guzman along with Pamela Ravenelle, Associate director.

Full Orchestra Schedule Peninsula Youth Orchestra (PYO) Sun. 2-4:30 at Carlmont High School.

Preparatory Orchestras at Redwood Shores ES Sinfonia Musica (entry level) Mon. 4:30-6:00 Orchestra Nova (intermediate) Mon. 6:10-7:40 Peninsula Young Artists (advanced) Mon. 7:50-9:30

Maestro Klein Music Director

Save the Music Festival Concordia Strings

Chamber Ensemble Schedules Flute Ensembles: Sunday Afternoons at Carlmont High School. (Times TBA)

Debut Strings Tues. 4:30-6:00 Concordia Strings Tues. 6:15-7:45 at McKinley School, Redwood City

Viviana Guzman Pamela Ravenelle

Flutes in Rehearsal at Carlmont HS, Belmont

Matt Germano Percussion

Don Couch Brass

The preparatory full orchestra artistic staff, all professional musicians and educators, apply their expertise by working with young musicians in a positive and respectful manner while guiding them through a sequential program of orchestral musicianship (applauded by the California Arts Council). Three preparatory full orchestras receive weekly sectionals with these specialists, in addition to full orchestra rehearsals under the direction of Sara Salsbury. The Preparatory Orchestras present three major concerts each season and often perform for community events. The Peninsula Young Artists have performed in New York City at Carnegie Hall, the Mozart Festival in Austria, China, the Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, Ireland, London, Paris and participated in the 2016 “Beethoven to Dvorak Festival” held in the Dvorak Hall in Prague. PYA will be touring and performing 3 concerts in Scotland this coming June.

Sara Salsbury Prep Director & Strings

Tabitha Tetreault Woodwinds

Summer Touring is an important part of the PYO experience. “PYO members who have been with us on our amazing tours to Europe, Asia or Australia have had special experiences that last a lifetime. When we tour internationally, the excitement of performing is heightened, the quality of our playing reaches a new level and we share unique, inspiring and life-changing moments. . . . Mitchell Sardou Klein

Scotland 2020!

PYO on Stage at Carlmont PAC, Belmont Our talented musicians are also members of their outstanding school band and orchestra programs across the Peninsula and beyond. We are proudly working together to keep instrumental music programs strong in the Peninsula Schools.

PYO Performs on Tour in the famous Rock Church Helsinki, Finland