Hilton High School junior Ella Bode and freshman Luke Pisani have been selected to participate in the 2019–20 Hochstein Youth Symphony Orchestra (HYSO), the highest-level youth orchestra in The Hochstein School’s four-tier youth orchestra program.
Students compete annually for a seat in the orchestra, performing professional repertoire in at least four concerts throughout the school year. The HYSO’s first concert of the year is on Sunday, November 10 at 3 p.m. in Hochstein Performance Hall. The program includes Felix Mendelssohn’s tempestuous Hebrides Overture (“Fingal’s Cave”), the zestful symphonic work Open the Door by Vermont contemporary composer Gwyneth Walker, Camille Saint-Saëns’ evocative Danse Macabre, and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s dramatic Romeo and Juliet Overture Fantasy.
This season, the HYSO includes students from 27 schools coming together every Saturday morning for an accelerated musical experience. The HYSO will tour in Germany and the Czech Republic in Spring 2020.
Also in 2020, The Hochstein School celebrates its centennial and, as part of the celebration, the HYSO will perform a special concert on the Live from Hochstein concert series on March 18, 2020, which will be broadcast live on WXXI 91.5 FM.
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