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Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras Announces 2005/2006 Season

For Immediate Release
September 15, 2005
Contact: Karen Vorwald Sergesketter & Associates Inc.
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( CHICAGO )-The Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras (CYSO) today announced details of its 2005-2006 concert season. Highlights of the upcoming schedule, which encompasses 25 events, include Fall and Spring concerts at Orchestra Hall, a joint presentation of The Nutcracker with the Salt Creek Ballet, a Noonday Concert Series at Fourth Presbyterian Church featuring solos by CYSO alumni, and multiple performances at a wide range of Chicago cultural venues. “We have a remarkable season ahead,” says CYSO Music Director Allen Tinkham, “and a schedule of performances that will not only challenge our young musicians, but also delight their audiences.”

New this season is the CYSO's Debut Orchestra. CYSO Associate Conductor Terrance Gray will lead the 60 member Debut Orchestra, which was formed to provide a first full-orchestral experience for young musicians between the Preparatory Strings and the Concert Orchestras on the CYSO continuum of programs. “We're thrilled at the prospects of this new group. We have such incredibly talented musicians. The opportunity to introduce them to the full-orchestra environment and develop their skills within that context is truly exciting,” says Gray.

The CYSO enters its 2005-2006 season having just been awarded the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) first place award for Adventurous Programming by a Youth Orchestra in 2005. The award recognized the CYSO's orchestral leaders Allen Tinkham and Terrance Ray for their exceptional commitment to contemporary composers during the 2004-2005 season and marks the CYSO's fifth ASCAP recognition for commitment to contemporary music.

About the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras:

Recognized as a leader in its field, Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras (CYSO) continues to reach new heights in education and service to the young people of metropolitan Chicago , all the while delighting classical music audiences in Illinois , throughout the country, and around the world.  Encompassing five orchestras, extensive community engagement programs, and special opportunities for alumni, CYSO directly serves more than 350 musicians, ages 6 to 18, each season; CYSO also performs for over 30,000 audience members annually.