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Senior Solo Competition Winner Congratulations to Dana Sloter, winner of the 2008-2009 Senior Solo Competition! She will be performing Weber’s Concertino with the Central Illinois Youth Symphony on our April 19th concert at Metamora High School. Dana Sloter is a senior this year at Richwoods High School, where she is a member of the Symphonic Band, Concert Choir, Scholastic Bowl team, Speech team, Madrigal Singers, and pit orchestra. She is also one of the Marching Band’s drum majors and earned her Drum Major First Class certification from Smith Walbridge Drum Major Clinics. She is a member of the Central Illinois Youth Symphony, the Peoria Jazz AllStars, the Bradley Honor Band, and the 2008 All State Honors Band. She also directed the madrigal recorder ensemble this year (after playing with the group for two years). Dana has been playing the clarinet since fourth grade and studies with David Stewart. She would like to pursue a degree in clarinet performance. When Dana is not playing music, she enjoys spending time with her friends or family, reading, arranging music, and watching musicals on stage or screen.
Each spring, CIYS accepts applications from students who plan to attend a music camp, whether it is a week-long camp or all summer. Winning students are awarded scholarship money that will be paid directly to the camp of their choice. Scholarship applications must be received by April 2, 2009 for the committee's review. Informational letter, instructions and form are available by clicking the link below. Download Summer Camp Scholarship Form HERE (114kb .pdf) Senior Solo Recital Congratulations to all of the students who auditioned for the Senior Solo Competition! Everyone gave a great performance, making the judges’ decision difficult. The following students will perform their pieces with their accompanists at the Senior Solo Recital on Saturday, January 10th at 2 p.m. at Bradley University’s Dingeldine Music Center: Becky Henry, trumpet; Kay Schutte, bassoon; and Brianna Smith, violin. The Senior Solo Recital is free and open to the public. Come show your support for your fellow musicians! We hope to see you there!
CIYS Small Ensembles
The Central Illinois Youth Symphony is proud of its small ensemble program.
It has grown to
Sectional Coach Program
CIYS continues with its sectional coach program, hiring local teachers
and artists to work with our
CIYS Parent Organization Dear Parent, Congratulations on an outstanding semester of support for your child and the CIYS organization! We’ll have some final figures for you at our first parent meeting (January 15th, 7 p.m., First Mennonite Church), but it looks like the Fall Social and Fundraiser was a tremendous success. Thanks to all the parents who helped sell tickets, secured silent auction items, contributed to the parent-baskets or came to the event. Though your individual contribution may have seemed small, it’s our united efforts that paid off in the end. Thanks as well to the parents who volunteered at the Info Tables at rehearsals throughout the semester; fall was a busy season for a lot of stuff (t-shirts, yard signs, the fundraiser and concerts) but it was your support that helped make it all happen. And our two fall concerts were well-supported by parent volunteers. THANKS. The CIYS Board has a family-event planned for the spring: a fun-filled family “barn” dance, complete with callers and band (no prior dance experience required!) Watch for more details in January. Our Parent Organization is growing too. We have created some new positions: volunteer chairman and secretary. If you could help with either of those positions, please contact Janice at , or (309) 249-2305. Many hands make light work, and neither of these positions requires a great deal of time. It’s been a pleasure working with all of you. If you weren’t able to volunteer last semester, why not consider helping out at least once in the coming semester? Plan on attending an upcoming parent meeting to learn more about upcoming events and how you can help. The meeting schedule is in this newsletter. Remember, being a means to organize parents efforts to support CIYS activities, our meetings are also a two-way street for communication with the CIYS Board. Your feedback on events and activities are very valuable and help shape the future of the CIYS organization. Hope to see you all soon! Sincerely,
Youth Symphony Performing Side-by-Side Concert with PSO The Youth Symphony will be performing in a side-by-side concert with the Peoria Symphony Orchestra on Saturday, February 14th at 8 pm at the Peoria Civic Center. The concert will feature the group Time for Three as well. There will be a rehearsal for the Youth Symphony on Friday, February 13th at the civic center. Students should arrive by 6:30 and will be finished by 8:15. There is also a Saturday rehearsal (on the 14th) starting at 2:00. This rehearsal will go in concert order, and since we are playing later in the concert, students do not need to arrive for this rehearsal until 2:00. The rehearsal will be finished by 4:30. You will need to return to the Civic Center by 7:30 for the concert that evening. Regular CIYS concert dress is required. Tickets can be purchased through the Peoria Civic Center by calling 671-1096.
Charms Music Management Program CIYS is continuing the use of Charms Music Office Assistant. The website for it is www.charmsmusic.com. Every student in the CIYS organization has an account on Charms with all of your contact information. A handout was given at the parent orientation on how to log on to your account. If you have not received emails from either Becky Carlyle or Renee Chernick in the fall, please log onto your account and make sure that your email address is correct. If you need help logging on, please email Becky or Renee for assistance. Besides keeping track of your contact information, you can track your absences, check tuition payments, download forms or letters handed out at rehearsals, and many more things. Please make sure that all of your contact information stays up to date in your Charms account!
The Youth Symphony will be performing with the Illinois
State University Gamma Phi Circus this spring! The performance dates are
Friday, April 24th at 7 pm and Saturday, April 25th at 2 pm and 7 pm.
There is also a rehearsal on Wednesday, May 22nd in the evening (time
to be given at a later time). This is a GREAT opportunity for the Youth
Symphony, who will be playing while the circus acts are being performed.
Philip Rudd, the Concert Orchestra conductor, will be the conductor for
the circus. There will be a presentation given by representatives from
the circus for the Youth Symphony during rehearsal on January 8th, explaining
more what our role will be. The Illinois State University Gamma Phil Circus
is the oldest collegiate circus in the world, currently celebrating its
80th year. The circus performs gymnastics-based acts like wire walking,
teeterboard, and flying trapeze throughout the country, including large
shows each April in the Redbird Arena for 15,000 fans. This
program is partially sponsored by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council,
a state agency, and the Community Foundation of Central Illinois GUIDELINES WHILE AT REHEARSAL LOCATIONS Everyone please remember that we are guests at First Mennonite Church and Bethel Lutheran Church, and Advent Lutheran Church. We need to stay in the designated areas and treat these facilities and others in the church with respect. No food or drink is allowed - only water. Your assistance in this is very important so that we can continue to use these facilities.
Letters from our members...
This past summer I was in the orchestra program at the Masterworks Festival, a month-long Christian music camp for high school through grad school students in Winona Lake, Indiana. It was a fantastic experience! There were two orchestras, and each orchestra had a full concert every weekend. Darryl One, David Delta Gier, and David Bowden conducted the orchestra I was in. Our repertoire included Brahm’s Symphony No.1, Dvorak’s Symphony No. 6, Strauss’s Till Eulenspiegel, and hardest of all, Bartok’s Concerto for Orchestra. The teachers played in orchestra with us, and professional etiquette was taught and expected. We prayed before every rehearsal and concert. We had a three-hour rehearsal every morning; personal Bible study time after lunch; practice time, lessons, and master classes in the afternoon; and group Bible studies after dinner. There were faculty recitals every Sunday, and various chamber ensembles and recitals during the week. The camp also has piano, ballet, and theater. I had weekly viola lessons with fantastic faculty, but all teachers were encouraging and available to help. I even had one piano lesson. It was one of the greatest months of my life, and I highly recommend Masterworks. Thank you, CIYS, for the scholarship and support! Darby F. - CIYS, Viola
I attended Music For All at Illinois State University (concert band track) and the Bradley University Band Camp. Our daily schedule consisted of rehearsals, sectionals, master classes, music history classes and some leadership activities. I studied under Richard Clary, Dr. David Vroman and Dr. Steve Parsons. We saw the Yamaha young performers contest, Barage and the Army Band. We played The Free Lance March, The Sussex Mummers’ Christmas Carol Undertow, Suite Provencale and Galop. Both camps were fun, and I had a good time. David G. - CICO Trombone
This summer, I went back to the Bands of America Summer Symposium at Illinois State University and had an excellent time. I sat first chair clarinet in the Florida concert band (the top band), which was directed by Dr. Richard Clary from Florida State University. Each day, we had full band, chamber music, and sectional rehearsals in the morning, followed by master class sessions and more full band rehearsal time. We read many different concert band pieces during the week, but we ended up playing five of those we were given at the beginning of the week. At our final concert, we played The Free Lance March by John Philip Sousa, The Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol by Percy Grainger, Undertow by John Mackey, Suite Provencale by Jan Van der Roost, and Galop by Dmitri Shostakovich. This music was not as technically demanding as the music I played at BOA last year, but I definitely faced a few challenges during that week of rehearsals. I, along with everyone else in the band, had to focus on blend, balance, intonation, and style, which are all qualities that I have learned to concentrate in with CIYS. I had an awesome week at BOA this year, and I hope that the friendships and musical skills I picked up will come in handy in the future, whether it be this next year in CIYS or many years from now. Dana S. - CIYS, Clarinet
This summer I attended the senior band camp at the University of Illinois, also known as ISYM. I had an amazing experience at camp and I would definitely recommend it to other players. On a daily basis full band rehearsals started at 8:15 and lasted for two hours. Then we had sectionals with either just our instrument or with all the brass for an hour. After lunch we had full band again and then went to master classes. Master classes were held with U of I professors and focused on fundamentals of your instrument. Next, ISYM offered elective classes or small ensembles. The electives were anything from composition to music technology. Others were put in a small ensemble such as a trumpet ensemble, which is what I was in, or a woodwind quintet. After dinner, the camp would do a variety of things such as recreation night and attending concerts. My master class and sectional coach was Dr. Ewald. He is one of three trumpet professors and is very well known in the trumpet world. He was a very knowledge filled man that opened my eyes to many new things with trumpets. Dr. Ewald also helped me realize where a music performance degree could take me, from orchestras to LA studios. My band director for the week was Dr. Abel Ramirez. He is the new U of I band director starting this fall. Dr. Ramirez has worked in Texas and LA before this new job. He was a very demanding conductor from the minute we walking into rehearsal. Dr. Ramirez never negotiated anything and told us everything very bluntly. He taught me how to make a band look visually professional and make me realize how much rehearsal time is really wasted. For our final concert we played many great well-known pieces. We played two Shostakovich transcriptions for band, Galop and Folk Festival. A newer piece we played was Regenesis by John Higgins that is supposed to depict the eruption of Mount St. Helens. Sol y Sombra was a Spanish march that was very fun, but the style was a big challenge for my band. My favorite piece overall was Second Prelude by George Gershwin. I actually got to have the solo in the beginning and I love how Gershwin transformed the concert band into a jazz band. Throughout the week we saw two concerts. One was a faculty recital that featured many of our master class professors and the other one was the U of I summer band concert that was in the quad. We also got to attend a talk by Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser, a student leadership and motivational speaker who is also a band director and clinician. Overall, I loved my week at ISYM. Working with amazing coaches and directors, and meeting a lot of new friends that are band nerds just like you made this week of hard work seem like play. I feel like I have defiantly grown as a trumpet player and as a person. Thank you so much for your help in making this experience possible for me. I really appreciate the support and I look forward to orchestra in the fall. Kristin D. - CIYS, Trumpet
This summer I attended Indiana University Summer Strings Academy, a 4-week camp in Bloomington, IN. It was a great experience for me. I received top-level instruction from great teachers. I was also able to meet other teens from different countries such as Spain, Tunisia, and Brazil. The camp had 80-90 attendees, and we stayed in dorms on the beautiful, spacious IU campus. The kids at the camp were all very friendly, and their ages varied from 11-18. On weekends we would walk to the Kirkwood Street Mall and the pool. The camp helped us learn to function independently. Scheduled lessons, piano rehearsals, chamber rehearsals, concerts, practice, and master classes kept us busy during the camp. The faculty at this camp were excellent teachers. Some of the instructors included Janos Starker, Mimi Zweig, Mauricio Fuks, Jaime Laredo, and members of the Biava Quartet. I was fortunate to have had a lesson with Erin Aldridge before her performance of the Six Ysaye Solo Sonatas. We were assigned to a chamber group and studio for individual lessons, and we were required to practice for four hours per day. The chamber groups were outstanding--especially the Mendelssohn Octet. A concerto competition was held, and the winners performed at the final concert. Nearly every evening we attended a concert. Some of the performances included quartets, piano trios, jazz, solo violin, duets, and trios. The Summer Academy students also attended the final performance of the Beaux Arts Trio as it was broadcasted live and hosted by Fred Child. I enjoyed this camp immensely, and would highly recommend it to any student who enjoys playing solo or in chamber groups. Immediately after the IU camp, I traveled to Pittsburgh, PA, to attend Strings Without Boundaries, a oneweek camp featuring jazz, improvisation, rock, and fiddling at Duquesne University. This camp had about 56 attendees, so we were able to get a lot of individual attention. There were four class periods a day where we had the opportunity to study a genre of our choice; there were different levels of each genre, so a student could select the level best suited to his/her ability level. There were also two elective periods for us to choose a session such as Small Group Improv, Electronic Instruments, Arabic Taquism, Gypsy Jazz, Scottish Fiddling, etc. Each evening we attended either a concert or jam session. We studied a lot of theory, and I found it challenging and exciting to improvise in front of an orchestra. A professional pianist and drummer played with us, and faculty members joined us in jam sessions. If you like fiddling or jazz, this might be the camp for you! Lance J. - CIYS, Violin
I attended IWU Chamber Music Festival Camp. In the mornings we had a warm-up - just a fun silly game to wake us up. One day we had a scavenger hunt around the music building and another day we played picture telephone. Then we had ensembles (violin ensemble or cello ensemble) then rehearsals that were just your group practicing a piece for about an hour. After that was your next group rehearsal, which also lasted for about an hour. Next you had individual practice time for an hour where everyone had their own practice room. Then it was lunch, and after that you had some free time which you could use for individual practice or rest. Then you had your coachings, which were like the rehearsals but you had a coach (teacher) come in and give you pointers and help with any concerns you had from the rehearsal that morning. After that you had another individual practice. In these individual practices and in the free time, you also had the option to sign up for lessons on your pieces for your groups or a solo piece. Then we had open studio class, which is where your group, if ready, could play in front of the instructors and the campers so you had more performance time before you played in the concert. Then we had a little more free time before we headed over to dinner. After dinner was another individual practice time, then everyone headed outside for that night’s activity (one night we had Bulgaria dance class because after the camp you have the option of touring Bulgaria and performing). My coach for my pieces, W. A. Mozart's Flute Quartet Allegro and, Edward Elgar's Salut D'amour (Liebesgruss) Andantino, was Ms. Lisa Nelson. For Mozart's Trio IV Allegro, I was coached by Ms. Julieta Mihai, and we played D. Shostakovich's Romance for the violin ensemble. We had a concert every Thursday and Sunday and a faculty concert every other night. We also had orchestra, but that did no start until the second week and took the place of your second group. It was conducted by Mr. Tom Hall, and we played Divertimento in D major by Mozart. We also played Capriol Suite for String Orchestra by Peter Warlock. My overall feeling of the camp is that it was totally awesome. I plan to go back next year, and I think everyone would have a good time at this camp. It’s in a great environment, with a great group of people who are interested in the same things as you, who are there for the same reasons, and you learn something every day. Actually, I think you learn something every couple of minutes! So if you’re looking for a good chamber camp, or just looking for a music camp, this is a great place to go! And don't worry if you've never played chamber music, as I had never played chamber music before I went to this camp. You’ll do just fine! It's awesome! MollyRuth A. - CIYS Violin
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