P.O. Box 120
Mount Vernon, Virginia 22121-0120 USA
(703) 799-8229 FAX: (703) 360-7391
mailto:mvoa@earthlink.net
Announcements, News, Information, Auditions for 2002-2003 season
**** The Concert schedule for Sunday Feb. 16 that
was re scheduled for
Tuesday Feb. 18 at 8:00 PM
do to the snow storm has
been canceled. The concert
will be performed on
on March 16, at 5:00 PM see below.
FREE TO THE PUBLIC
Concerts will be held at
Bishop[ Ireton High School (BIHS)
201 Cambridge Road
Alexandria, Virginia
(Across for Generous George's Pizza on Duke Street)
See map for directions
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presented to Mount Vernon Youth Orchestra, July 2000.
Sunday October 27, 2002 at 3:00 PM BIHS
Antonin Dvorak's Symphony No. 9, Op. 95 in E Minor (From the New World)
Serge Koussevitzky's Concerto for Double Bass, Op. 3 in F Sharp Minor
Bassist Lara Simonton
Claude Debussy's Rhapsody for Clarinet and Orchestra
Clarinetist Eleanor Weigert
Tuesday December 10, 2002 at 7:30 PM BIHS
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikowsky's Romeo and Juliet Overture - Fantasy
Max Bruch's Romance for Viola and Orchestra, OP. 85
Violist Dian Wade
Edward Lalo's Symphonie Espagnole, First Movement
Violinist Cherlisa Tarpeh
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Oboe Concerto in C Major, First Movement
Oboist Allison Pickett
Sunday February 16, 2003 at 3:00 PM BIHS
- canceled
John Williams' Three Pieces from Schindler's List
Violinist Tiffany Shanta
Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf's Concerto for Double Bass in E Major
Bassist Daniel Meddis
Arthur Frackenpohl's Concertino for tuba and Orchestra
Tubist Thomas Harrell
Bedřich Smetana's Vltava (The Moldau)
Sunday March 16, 2003 at 5:00 PM
Concert will be held at
Agudas Achim Congregation
2908 Valley Dr., Alexandria, VA
Ernest Bloch's Baal Shem (Three Pictures of Chassidic Life)
Violinist Julia Moline
Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf's Concerto for Double Bass in E Major
Bassist Daniel Meddis
Max Bruch's Violin Concerto Op. 26 in G Minor, First Movement
Violinist Thuy Nguyen
Arthur Frackenpohl's Concertino for tuba and Strings
Tubist Thomas Harrell
Bedřich Smetana's Vltava (The Moldau)
Georges Bizet's Carmen Suite No. 2
Sunday May 18, 2003 at 3:00 PM BIHS
John Williams' Three Pieces from Schindler's List
Violinist Tiffany Shanta
Franz Anton Hoffmeister's Violia Concerto in D Major (First Movement)
Violist Fabiana Talbot
Johann Sebastian Bach's Concerto for Two Violins in D Major (Last Movement)
Violinists James Franger and Cory Herbst
Camille Saint-Saens' Cello Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 33 (First Movement)
Cellist Kate Wilkinson
Daniel Meddis' Prelude and Fantasia in B Minor (World Premiere)
Jean Sibelius' Karelia Suite, Op. 11
Mount Vernon Youth Orchestra
An auditioned chamber orchestra which meets weekly on
Tuesday evenings from 6:30-9:00 PM
(Rehearsals) during the regular concert season (September to end of May).
It is an excellent group of musicians, many of whom are in all-state orchestras and bands.
The group performs a broad repertoire from baroque to 20th century music.
Four or five concerts are given throughout the concert season.
All soloists are featured members of the orchestra.
Rehearsals and Concerts both take place at
Bishop Ireton Hish School
201 Cambridge Road, Alexandria Virginia
(Across for Generous George's Pizza on Duke Street)
For further information.
Please call the Orchestra Office. (703) 799-8229
03/19/2003 20:02