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American Youth Philharmonic (AYP)
Mondays, 7:00-9:30pm at Langley High School

American Youth Symphonic Orchestra (AYSO)
Mondays, 7:00-9:30pm at Kilmer Middle School

American Youth Concert Orchestra (AYCO)
Mondays, 7:00-9:00pm at Kilmer Middle School

American Youth String Ensemble (AYSE)
Mondays, 7:00-9:00pm at Langley High School

AYPO Office & Rehearsal Locations

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AYPO Office Annandale Community Park Packard Center 4026 Hummer Road Annandale, VA 22003 (703) 642-8051	From I-495, the Capital Beltway • Take exit 52, Little River turnpike (Route 236) East • LEFT at the first light, Hummer Road • LEFT into the Annandale Community Park • RIGHT at the fork in the road • AYPO office is on the first floor next to the craft gallery

Langley High School 6520 Georgetown Pike McLean, VA 22101 (703) 761-9859 website	From I-495, the Capital Beltway • Exit 44, Georgetown Pike (Route 193) EAST • Fllow approximately 2.5 miles • Langley High School is on the left; auditorium on left • Pay phone is near auditorium upon entering parking lot

Kilmer Middle School 8100 Wolf Trap Road Vienna, VA 22182 (703) 846-8800 website	From I-495, the Capital Beltway • Exit 47B, Leesburg Pike WEST, toward Tyson’s Corner • Merge onto Leesburg Pike and get into left lane • LEFT on Gallows Road • RIGHT on Wolf Trap Raod • Kilmer Middle School will be on your RIGHT

Facilities near Langley High School and Kilmer Middle School include: • Tyson’s Corner Center – From Langley High School, go south on I-495 two exits to Route. 123 West. From Kilmer Middle School, go north on Gallows Road to Route 7. • Shopping Centers with grocery and drug stores & fast food – From Langley High School, go south on Balls Hill Road. Turn LEFT on Old Dominion Drive. Turn LEFT or RIGHT on Chain Bridge Road.

Tuition Costs for the 2009-2010 season

AYPO's Executive Committee has agreed to keep tuition fees for the 2009-2010 season at the same rate as tuition fees for the 2008-2009 season:

American Youth Philharmonic: $920
American Youth Symphonic Orchestra: $875
American Youth Concert Orchestra: $740
American Youth String Ensemble: $640

Need-based scholarships and payment plans for partial and full tuition are available. Applications will be available upon notification of acceptance.

Orchestra Terms to Know

Run-Out Concerts: These community concerts are one way that the orchestras can reach out into the local community to share the magic of music to people who are not already part of our regular audience and also to encourage the appreciation of orchestral music. Run-out concerts provide young musicians an educationally enriching experience and bolster their confidence by repeating a performance of works they have rehearsed for many weeks.

Symphonic Orchestra: An orchestra which is comprised of woodwind (Family of wind instruments that have an enclosed, vibrating air column set into motion by a reed or by blowing across or through an aperture; includes flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and their auxiliary instruments), brass (Family of tubular wind instruments most often made of brass and sounded by the buzzing of the player’s lips; includes horn, trumpet, trombone, and tuba), and percussion (Family of instruments that produce sound by being struck, scraped, shaken, or plucked; includes timpani, bass drum, snare drum, and assorted auxiliary instruments), and sometimes keyboard instruments in addition to the string section (violin, viola, cello, bass, and harp). A string orchestra includes only the string instruments.

Concerto: Most frequently in modern symphonic orchestra programs, a concerto is an orchestral work with a featured soloist.

Symphony: A major work for orchestra in multiple movements (or occasionally one movement with multiple sections).

(Definitions adapted from The New Harvard Dictionary of Music edited by Don Randel, 1986)