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The Philharmonic Orchestra Performs Rossini, Bériot, Massenet and Smetana
The San Jose Youth Symphony’s Philharmonic Orchestra, under the artistic leadership of Music Director and Conductor Yair Samet, presents its 2024-25 Season Opener Concert to be held on Saturday, December 7, 20234, 7:30 pm, at the Mexican Heritage Plaza Theater, 1700 Alum Rock Avenue, San Jose, CA 95116.
The orchestra will open with Rossini’s sprightly and percussive La Gazza Ladra Overture (The Thieving Magpie), along with Massenet’s most highly regarded work for orchestra, the Ballet Suite from Le Cid and close with Smetana’s exciting Three Dances from The Bartered Bride. This concert will also feature a winner from the 2024 Young Artists’ Competition, proudly sponsored by the San Jose Symphony Foundation*. Outstanding young soloist, Angela Liu, violinist, will perform Bériot’s Scène de Ballet for Violin and Orchestra.
Angela Liu is a high school senior at Pacific Grove High School and has been playing violin with the San Jose Youth Symphony since 2018 and is currently in her third year with the Philharmonic Orchestra.
The San Jose Youth Symphony (SJYS) is one of the oldest and finest youth orchestras on the West Coast of the U.S. Founded over seven decades ago as part of the former San Jose Symphony, SJYS has a rich tradition of musical performance and education.
The musicians of SJYS, all school-age youth, are chosen from more than 650 applicants through our annual auditions. The SJYS comprises 12 distinct performing ensembles: two full orchestras, a Chamber orchestra, two flute choirs, two string ensembles, as well as winds, harp, saxophone, percussion and jazz ensembles.
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