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Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras (CYSO) Announces Encore Chamber Orchestra Performance at Roosevelt University, Ganz HallFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: The CYSO Encore Chamber Orchestra will be performing works by Beethoven, Pierné and Shostakovich at Roosevelt University, Ganz Hall on Saturday, April 14, 2007 at 7:30 p.m. under the direction of Music Director, Allen Tinkham. Also included on the program are soloists Julia Coronelli, harp and Benjamin Lash, cello. Benjamin Lash is 16 years old and is a sophomore at Evanston Township High School. He has studied cello since he was six years old and is a student of Tanya Carey at the DePaul University Community Music Division. Julia Coronelli has been in the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras for nine years, holding the position of principal harp in the Symphony Orchestra since 2002. She studies with Sarah Bullen at the Chicago College of Performing Arts, where she is a harp performance major. CYSO's Encore Chamber Orchestra provides specialized training and performance opportunities to serious career-track musicians and is a sixty member ensemble composed of the Chicago area's top young musicians. Encore repertoire includes the most challenging of classic and contemporary works. The orchestra performs at major Chicago venues and has been featured on Public Radio International's From the Top . Roosevelt University, Ganz Hall is located at 430 S. Michigan Ave, Chicago on the 7 th floor. For more information visit www.cyso.org or call 312.939.2207 x31 Free and open to the public About the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras (CYSO) is internationally recognized as one of the premier youth orchestras in the United States. For over 60 years, its programs have provided music education and instrumental training of the highest quality to Chicago metropolitan area youth. CYSO musicians experience intense orchestral and chamber music instruction from Chicago 's most respected professional musicians, perform in the world's greatest concert halls and gain the self-confidence and discipline that prepare them for a successful future. The organization directly serves more than 350 gifted musicians ages 7 to 18 through four core orchestras and a chamber music program, over 5,000 Chicago Public School students through its Music Pathways program, and over 40,000 audience members each season. For more information visit www.cyso.org |
