We are excited to be in the midst of the second season of the Greater Boulder Youth Orchestras, the premiere youth orchestra experience in Boulder and the surrounding area!
This new organization is under the musical leadership of Gary Lewis, the Director of Orchestral Studies and Professor of Music in the College of Music at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Our ensembles:
• Symphony, conducted by Gary Lewis, Artistic Director
• Philharmonic, conducted by Emily Bowman
• Wind Ensemble, conducted by Erik Johnson
• Sinfonia, conducted by Paul Rowinski
Theory and Chamber
GBYO Community Scholarship Fund Renewed through 2012
We are pleased to announce a two-year renewal of the GBYO Community Scholarship Fund (formally the Music For All program), sponsored by the Medicor Foundation.
This program is designed to help students in financial need participate in GBYO. Thanks to the generous grants from the Medicor Foundation, a charitable organization that contributes significantly to improve the well-being of people in need, the impact of the GBYO Community Scholarship Fund will be extended.
Click here for the press release. For more about the GBYO Community Scholarship Fund, click here.
GBYO was featured on the front page of the Life and Arts section of the Daily Camera on Sunday November 7th. Click here to visit their website to read the story, which features interviews with GBYO students!
Mentors
Concert recordings
Theory Class
This program is open to any GBYO or non-GBYO student interested in enhancing their musical skills, understand music, and become well-rounded musicians.
The goal of the course is to get practical musical knowledge (including rhythm reading, sight singing, etc.) connected with skills that will allow students to excel as orchestral and chamber ensemble musicians.
Taught by CU faculty member Kari Kraakevik, the class will meet on Tuesdays. Click here for more information and to sign up.
Chamber Music
Chamber music is music played in small groups, usually 4 person groups like string quartets. It’s performed without a conductor. Chamber music is a fantastic way to strengthen the building blocks of music and accelerate musicianship. We’re working with coaches from CU, including some of -- no exaggeration! -- the world’s finest musicians and chamber musicians. Click here for more.
GBYO T-Shirts available!
This Navy Blue shirt is available in many sizes with optional feminine cut.
This fundraiser shirt is a fantastic way to support GBYO!
October 30, 2011
February 5, 2012
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Season finale
Bram Margoles
Stacy Hsu
The second season of GBYO concluded with a performance at Macky Auditorium on Sunday May 6, 2pm.
This concert featured the winners of the Concerto Competition: Symphony violinist Bram Margoles, and Philharmonic violinist Stacy Hsu!
The program included works by Mozart, Borodin, Handel, Accolay, and the world premiere of a piece by local composer Mark Arnett!
Entrance auditions for the 2012-2013 concert season will be held May 19, 20, and 21.
More information about auditions and the application form is available here.
Current GBYO members can register for next year here.
Auditions
