Green Mountain Youth Symphony

“the music is just the beginning . . . ”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Leah Wilhjelm

April 2, 2012 (802) 888-4470

leah@gmys-vt.org

Green Mountain Youth Symphony

Spring Concerts & Auditions

The Green Mountain Youth Symphony (GMYS) is celebrating the start of its second decade with a concert series in Barre, Vermont and Lebanon, New Hampshire. These concerts will feature three young soloists: Sky Baumgardner Sandoval of Montpelier on xylophone, J. Lynne McConnell of Middlesex on violin, and David Morgan of Stowe on trumpet.

On Saturday, April 14 at 3 pm, the three ensembles of the GMYS, consisting of more than 100 young musicians from throughout Central and Northern Vermont and New Hampshire, will perform at the Barre Opera House. The program will include selections from the motion picture “Titanic,” Dukas’ The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, and Mussorgsky’s A Night on Bald Mountain. The orchestras will also play music by Borodin, Brahms, Haydn, Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky. For the final portion of the concert, the Senior Orchestra will be joined by GMYS@UVMC, an ensemble of young musicians based at the Upper Valley Music Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire.

The following day on Sunday, April 15 at 3:00 pm, the Senior Orchestra of the GMYS will perform at the Lebanon Opera House in New Hampshire in a joint concert with two young orchestras based at the Upper Valley Music Center. GMYS Artistic Director, Robert Blais, conducts both groups. This joint performance has become a popular tradition for GMYS.

Tickets to the concerts on April 14^th in Barre and April 15^th in Lebanon are by $5 suggested donation, available at the door; students and seniors are free.