CSO Youth Orchestras
Welcome to the Chattanooga Symphony & Opera Youth Orchestra! The CSOYO provides opportunities for young
musicians to perform under the direction of professional conductors, attend sectional workshops with members of the
CSO Orchestra, compete for scholarships, perform solos, participate in small ensembles, and build relationships with
other fine young musicians across the greater Chattanooga area. Currently there are four orchestras: the Symphony, the
Philharmonic, the Etude, and the Prelude.
Youth Orchestras - News
SEPTEMBER 2020 NEWS
Members Only Tickets now available for CSO "Brass and Friends" Concerts Sept. 25-26!
CSO CONCERT TICKET OPPORTUNITY For CSOYO Members
CONCERT: CSO Brass and Friends featuring the CSO Brass and Woodwind Quintets
DATES: Friday, Sept. 25, 2020 at 7:00 PM
Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020 at 3:00 PM
Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020 at 7:00 PM
LOCATION: Collegedale Commons
Swinyar Dr, Collegedale, TN 37363
PROGRAM:
MALCOLM ARNOLD Three Shanties for Woodwind Quintet
LEONARD BERNSTEIN / DON STEWART Overture to Candide
ANONYMOUS / ROBERT KING Die Bankelsangerlieder
COLLIER JONES Four Movements for Five Brass
JOHN CHEETHAM Scherzo
MICHAEL KAMEN Quintet
DOUGLAS HEDWIG Onyx
GEORGES BIZET / BILL HOLCOMBE Carmen Fantasia
LEONARD BERNSTEIN / JACK GALE West Side Story: Suite for Brass Quintet
TICKET INFO***: Regular General Admission Tickets: $25.00
CSOYO TICKETS***: Members may reserve 1 General Admission Member Ticket for FREE
Parents may purchase 2 General Admission tickets at Half-Price with a Member Ticket
Tickets will be emailed to you once your reservation is complete.
***TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE BY RESERVATION ONLY. NO TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR.
To reserve your tickets:
1. Call the CSO Box Office during limited hours: Tues, Wed or Thursday between 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM and identify yourself as a current CSOYO Member
OR
2. Email the Box Office Manager, Candice Ortenzo at cortenzo@chattanoogasymphony.org to request your tickets. Please specify which concert date and time you want to attend.
TO RECEIVE AMBASSADOR SERVICE CREDIT for this concert, snap a pic of you at the concert with the CSO in the background and email it, along with a completed SERVICE REPORT form (available on the CSOYO Website) to the CSOYO Manager at csoyo@chattanoogasymphony.org.
NEW PROGRAMS THIS SEASON!
YO BUDDIES: All returning CSOYO Members are invited to become Mentors in our YO Buddies Program! Mentors will be paired with a new CSOYO member and can earn service credits in our NEW Youth Ambassadors Program (see below). Read all about the Mentoring program and sign up HERE: YO MENTORS (please sign up by Sept. 10!)
YOUTH AMBASSADORS: This season. ALL CSOYO Members are invited to participate in our NEW Youth Ambassadors Program. This optional program gives Members opportunities to explore arts advocacy skills through acts of service that will encourage the development of lifelong habits of arts support in their adult lives, and we will recognize these acts of service. Read all about this exciting program HERE: CSOYO YOUTH AMBASSADORS
Upcoming Opportunities for SERVICE CREDITS:
- ATTEND A CSO CONCERT: Friday, Sept. 11, 2020 at 7:00 PM FREE CONCERT: "Percussion and Friends" at the Tennessee River Park CSO CONCERT INFO
- VOLUNTEER AT A CSO EVENT: Volunteers are needed at the following dates and times to assist with CSO Concerts. If you can help, please email Amy Morgain, CSO Education and Community Engagement Manager at amorgan@chattanoogasymphony.org for more information and to sign up!
Friday, Sept. 11: 7:00 PM (CSO Concert)
Saturday, Sept. 26: 3:00 PM (CSO Concert)
Saturday, Oct. 3: 3:00 PM (CSO Concert)
Saturday, Oct. 17: 3:00 PM (CSO Concert)
- PARTICIPATE in the CSO Beethoven's 5(th)K Virtual Run/Walk Fundraiser Oct. 10-17, 2020! Sign up for your Orchestra's Social Team and create an individual fundraiser! Compete against other YO teams! Read all about the event and sign up HERE: CSO Beethoven's 5(th)K INFO
Members must submit a Service Report for each service, subject to approval. See the Youth Ambassadors page for available opportunities and a link to the form. (coming soon!)
CSOYO TUITION DUE:
Full tuition was due on Sept. 4 for ALL MEMBERS (returning and Opt-Out). You can pay your tuition online HERE:
You can also mail payment to: CSOYO 701 Broad Street Chattanooga TN 37402
FIRST REHEARSAL/ORIENTATION:
All orchestra members should report to First Baptist Church (FBC) on Sept. 14, 2020 at their regular rehearsal times for a Mandatory First Rehearsal/Orientation. (Calendars are available under the Orchestras tab). This is our new rehearsal home, so please read the FBC Policies and Procedures carefully so you know where to go and how to check in. Each orchestra will use a different entrance.
At Orientation, Members will meet their conductors face to face, seating placements will be announced, music folders will be handed out, and procedures for each orchestra will be discussed. There will be NO PLAYING at this meeting, so Members do not need to bring their instruments (this week ONLY).
ONE PARENT per Member is invited to attend this Orientation. This will be the only time during the season that parents will be allowed to enter the FBC Buildingn unless they are signed up to volunteer. All Parents who enter the building must have a COVID Waiver signed and on file with the CSOYO Manager. Masks must be worn at all times inside the building, and social distancing will be practiced.
Parents download, complete and bring to Orientation: CSOYO COVID WAIVER
In Loving Memory of Ms. Floy Wang
The CSO is incredibly saddened to report the passing of Floy Wang, former CSO Youth Orchestra Etude and Prelude Conductor, and former violist with the Chattanooga Symphony. In her four decades of living in Chattanooga, she also taught music at the Cadek Conservatory, CSAS, GPS, McCallie, and UTC. She made a lasting impression on the thousands of students she has taught, and will be sorely missed.
Contributions are now being accepted to the Floy Wang Memorial Scholarship Fund.
Welcome to the CSOYO! | A Message from Kayoko Dan
CHECK OUT OUR NEW CSOYO VIDEO!
Watch it here: CSOYO VIDEO 2020
Many thanks to Robin Greenwood and the Greenwood family for this wonderful gift in honor of 2020 CSOYO Senior Sarah Grace Greenwood.
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