Eighty string players from across the US have been chosen to be
part of the inaugural National Youth Orchestra of the United States
of America (NYO–USA). The ensemble, which comprises 120 musicians
in total, will include 40 violins, 16 violas, 14 cellos and 10
double basses. They will come together from 30 June to 23 July,
with the orchestra’s debut performance taking place at the Kennedy
Center, Washington DC, on 13 July.
Created by Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute, the orchestra has
been created for musicians in the US aged 16–19. The new orchestra
will rehearse its first programme at Purchase College, State
University of New York, in a two-week training residency ahead of
its first national tour. Valery Gergiev will conduct all NYO–USA
concerts in its inaugural tour across the country. It will make its
Carnegie Hall debut in 2014.
Speaking about the project last year, Carnegie Hall director Clive
Gillinson said that students would receive mentoring from
first-chair players at leading US orchestras while at Purchase
College. ‘We are also looking at how these musicians can
collaborate with other young talents around the world while on
tour,’ he added, also stating that the National Youth Orchestra of
Great Britain had been a useful model for the new ensemble. As with
the UK orchestra, none of the players in NYO–USA are studying full
time at a college-level conservatoire or university music
department. The full orchestra roster for 2013 can be found
here.
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