Claremont Youth Symphony 2005-2006 Season

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Claremont Youth Symphony Orchestra

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The Claremont Youth Symphony Orchestra provides musical education and experience for local student musicians.
Under the direction of Dr. James Fahringer and Ray Walden, CYSO is currently a 65-piece non-profit orchestra with a mission to serve the community by providing student-produced orchestral concerts that exhibit the great work of student musicians and promote art as a resource for education, entertainment and lasting friendships. As a supplement to the music programs in local schools, CYSO provides an essential creative outlet where students can grow as a community while contributing to the cultural development of the world around them.
The Claremont Youth Symphony Orchestra serves students of more than 50 schools within a 75-mile radius of Claremont. In addition to playing in the orchestra, many of the students contribute to their school's ensembles. The orchestra emphasizes the importance of music as part of a life-long learning adventure. Among its ambitions, CYSO hopes its students will develop a love of serving their community through music and continue to do so beyond their school years.

Download an application to join CYSO today!
Applications can be mailed to:
P.O. Box 698, Claremont, CA 91711
You will be contacted for an audition appointment.

CYSO Announces Winners of Concerto Competition
Four members of the Claremont Youth Symphony Orchestra will be spotlighted as soloists in this season's concerts. Chosen from the orchestra, each student demonstrated a superior level of skill in playing movements from standard concertos highlighting their talent. The CYSO concerts will be on Saturday, January 27, and Saturday, May 19, both at 7:30 p.m. in Bridges Hall of Music.

Ashlyn Ronkes, playing the first movement of the Accolay Violin Concerto No. 1, began violin lessons at age 4 studying with Sue Hagmann. She is a member of the Circle City Piano Quintet, and performs community events in the Corona and Riverside areas. Ashlyn has received awards from the Music Teachers Assoc. and the Suzuki Music Association. Elizabeth Widner, playing Clark's Maid of the Mist, has played trumpet for 7 years and is a student of David Washburn. She is a junior at the Orange County High School of the Arts in Santa Ana where she plays in the Wind Ensemble, Jazz Band, and Symphony Orchestra. She has been a member of the CYSO for 5 years and has received numerous music awards.

Hubert Wang, playing the first movement of the Boccherini Cello Concerto in B Flat, began his cello lessons with Wendy Liu. He began studying cello with Ruslan Biryukov in 2004. Since then, he has completed level 9 in the MTAC Certificate of Merit for cello. In 2006 he won the 1st place in the 2nd annual Satori Strings Contest. Hubert is a junior at Tryo High School in Fullerton. Geofrey Cua, playing Chen/He's Butterfly Lover's Violin Concerto, has studied with Mary Kneeland and Sue Hagmann. He is a student at Centennial High School where he plays in the marching band. He performs with the Circle City Piano Quintet, which has performed at The Mission Inn, and the Great Tastes of Corona. He played at the MTAC honors recital and convention.

Youth Symphony Offers Music Education

The Claremont Youth Symphony Orchestra was started in 1983 by the Claremont Symphony Orchestra. Directors and members of CSO felt that students should have a supplemental program to the music programs in local schools where children could foster their love of music in a fun and dynamic learning environment. The board also saw a need to expose the community, especially the youth community, to the vastness of orchestral music. With the passage of Proposition 13 in 1978, music programs in public schools became scarce, and the need for the Claremont Youth Symphony Orchestra became more apparent than ever.
The Claremont Youth Symphony Orchestra performs two free community concerts each season and engages in other enriching activities such as the annual Concerto Competition-Recital. For information about membership in the orchestra, or additional details about the Claremont Youth Symphony Orchestra, please call (909) 593-5620 or email cysomusic@hotmail.com.

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	Ashlyn Ronkes, playing the first movement of the Accolay Violin Concerto No. 1, began violin lessons at age 4 studying with Sue Hagmann. She is a member of the Circle City Piano Quintet, and performs community events in the Corona and Riverside areas. Ashlyn has received awards from the Music Teachers Assoc. and the Suzuki Music Association.		Elizabeth Widner, playing Clark's Maid of the Mist, has played trumpet for 7 years and is a student of David Washburn. She is a junior at the Orange County High School of the Arts in Santa Ana where she plays in the Wind Ensemble, Jazz Band, and Symphony Orchestra. She has been a member of the CYSO for 5 years and has received numerous music awards.
	Hubert Wang, playing the first movement of the Boccherini Cello Concerto in B Flat, began his cello lessons with Wendy Liu. He began studying cello with Ruslan Biryukov in 2004. Since then, he has completed level 9 in the MTAC Certificate of Merit for cello. In 2006 he won the 1st place in the 2nd annual Satori Strings Contest. Hubert is a junior at Tryo High School in Fullerton.		Geofrey Cua, playing Chen/He's Butterfly Lover's Violin Concerto, has studied with Mary Kneeland and Sue Hagmann. He is a student at Centennial High School where he plays in the marching band. He performs with the Circle City Piano Quintet, which has performed at The Mission Inn, and the Great Tastes of Corona. He played at the MTAC honors recital and convention.