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Senior Spotlight: Jordyn Styles, Viola

Miranda Martin Southwood

“My advice for young musicians would be to get to know the people in your section really well. It's easy to isolate yourself in a bubble when you only see the people you're playing with for a couple hours a week, but nothing makes the experience of orchestra more exciting than enjoying the company of your peers. Having that friendship and intimacy with your fellow musicians can only make the music better.”

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Senior Spotlight: Rae Trainer, Violin

Miranda Martin Southwood

“The classical music world tends to be competitive. It's easy to get caught up in who's playing the most difficult repertoire or who can play the fastest, especially when audition season rolls around. In the end, though, playing fast is not as important as playing well, and we play best when we enjoy what we're playing. Pick repertoire you love! Play with feeling! Have some fun with your music!”

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Senior Spotlight: Helen Freeman, flute

Miranda Martin Southwood

“The best advice I could give would be to make everything as easy as possible for yourself. Listen to the piece before hand, write in accidentals before you miss them, practice anything that looks tricky! More meaningful progress is made when you aren't worried about what could go wrong and that giving yourself help allows you to grow as a musician; you aren't cheating for making something more simple. Also, the more horrible, embarrassing, loud mistakes that you make, the more confidence you'll have for the future. Trust me, I play the piccolo.”

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American Youth Philharmonic - Cello Masterclass with Alumnus Zuill Bailey

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We are excited to announce that the AYPO Cello Masterclass video with Alumnus Zuill Bailey has gone live!

Here is the Library of Congress announcement link, which includes the performing cellists names: https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-10153

YouTube video link: https://youtu.be/sS8VfnVgTLI

Thank you to all of the AYP cellists for participating in this special event and a congratulations to Kevin Shan, Kyle Ryu, and Alexandra Lukashuk for their performances!

ABOUT ZUILL BAILEY

AYPO alumnus, Zuill Bailey, grew up in Northern Virginia. At an early age, he was influenced and inspired by Rostropovich, who was then Director of the National Symphony. His parents are musicians. His mother is a pianist and his father has a Doctorate in both music and education. His sister is a violinist.

As an energetic four year old, while running furiously down a back hallway following a concert, Zuill Bailey had his first "run- in" with a cello. The instrument was broken following the encounter but not Bailey's spirit. He announced then that the cello would be his instrument of choice. The rest is history.

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Zuill Bailey, widely considered one of the premiere cellists in the world, is a Grammy Award winning, internationally-renowned soloist, recitalist, Artistic Director and teacher. His rare combination of celebrated artistry, technical wizardry and engaging personality has secured his place as one of the most sought after and active cellists today.

A consummate concerto soloist, Mr. Bailey has been featured with symphony orchestras worldwide, including Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Detroit, Indianapolis, Dallas, Louisville, Honolulu, Milwaukee, Nashville, Toronto, Colorado, Minnesota, Utah, Israel, Cape Town, Philharmonia (UK) and the Bruchner Orchestra in Linz, Austria. He has collaborated with such conductors as Itzhak Perlman, Alan Gilbert, Andrew Litton, Neeme Jarvi, Giancarlo Guerrero, James DePriest, Jun Markl, Carlos Kalmar, Andrey Boreyko, Krzysztof Urbanski, Jacques Lacombe, Grant Llewellyn and Stanislav Skrowaczewski. He also has been featured with musical luminaries Leon Fleisher, Jaime Laredo, the Juilliard String Quartet, Lynn Harrell and Janos Starker.

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American Youth Concert Orchestra presents Philip Herbert's "Elegy"

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AYPO is proud to be the first orchestra in the Washington DC Metropolitan area to present Philip Herbert's Elegy: in memoriam - Stephen Lawrence". Under the direction of Conductor Doug Martin, AYCO will work with the London-based composer and perform his recent work that symbolizes empathy and paying homage to a young life unjustly lost.

Philip has eclectic interests and has taken the path of a portfolio career, where he has enjoyed combining teaching up to University level, composing, Examining for the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music for a period, writing for publication, performing, project origination and broadcasting: as well as developing workshops, masterclasses and residencies across an eclectic musical range, for young people and Adults, of all abilities, in collaboration with some of Britain’s finest musicians.

In 1998, Philip conducted a research trip that took him to the USA, to visit the St Louis Orchestra, Chicago Center for Black Music, Indiana Bloomington University’s Music department - to see the African American Archives for Music: then finally Schomburg Music Center for Research in Black Culture. It was through this trip, that his awareness of the need to promote the hidden repertoire, written by Black Composers of classical music.

In February 1999, he wrote ‘Elegy: in memoriam - Stephen Lawrence, as a gesture of empathy, after watching heartbreaking media footage involving a case of a student. This piece was premiered at the first annual memorial lecture of the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust, in September 2000: which was given by HRH Prince Charles.

Please join us as our American Youth Concert Orchestra presents this virtuosic piece by Philip Herbert at the Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall & Arts Center on November 21, 2021 at 3:00pm.

Read more about Philip Herbert here.

Purchase tickets to the Sunday, November 21, 2021 concert here.

Senior Spotlight: Abigail Leary, flute

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“Even if you're last chair for the third year in a row, don't give up. Your genuine passion for music is more important than how flashy your accomplishments look on paper, and playing any instrument poorly and with determination is more worthwhile than playing it well and apathetically.”

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Senior Spotlight: Emily Elkins, percussion

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“The advice I would give to young musicians is (i) to be as prepared as you can be because you never know for sure what will happen during your rehearsals and concerts, and (ii) always pay close attention to your parts as you read through the music because that will give you a strong sense of what you want to express for that piece when you perform.”

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Senior Spotlight: Olivia Bond, cello

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“Music is so good. Explore as much of it as you can. Don't get too caught up in technique or competition. Play music because it sounds good and because you can use it as a tool to connect with other people. It takes vulnerability and courage to give a performance that is genuine rather than just playing the notes on the page. Reject the idea that classical music is the most valuable music and use your musical ability and creativity to play whatever you want.”

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