The Hyde Park Youth Symphony to Perform Annual Holiday Concert at Mandel Hall
The Hyde Park Youth Symphony to Perform Annual Holiday Concert at Mandel Hall
The Hyde Park Youth Symphony will perform in concert at Mandel Hall on the campus of the University of Chicago on Friday, December 21, 2018. The concert will begin at 7:00 pm and last for approximately one and a half hours. Mandel Hall is located on 1131 E 57th Street in Chicago.
The two junior orchestras of the Hyde Park Youth Symphony program will also participate. The concert program will include Holiday favorites, classical music standards, and selections that celebrate the season. The orchestras will be conducted by artistic director Matthew Sheppard and associate artistic director Lindsay Wright.
In addition to musical performances by the three orchestras, there will be collaborations with the Chicago Children’s Choir and the Hyde Park School of Dance.
Both guest organizations will be featured in selections that feature the combined talents of students in all three programs.
Admission is free, but a donation of $20 per family is encouraged and appreciated. For more information on the concert, please contact the Hyde Park Youth Symphony office at 312.525.9642 or send an email to ed@thehpys.org. ABOUT THE HYDE PARK YOUTH SYMPHONY
The mission of the Hyde Park Youth Symphony (HPYS) is to bring together diverse students from the South Side of Chicago and beyond to provide a high-quality orchestral performance experience as a training ground for the next generation of performers, educators, and advocates of music and the arts.
The program offers three different orchestras for students at varying levels of ability and experience. Rehearsing on Thursday evenings at the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts on the campus of the University of Chicago, the HPYS brings a racially and economically diverse group of young musicians together to increase their orchestral performance skills and gain a lifelong appreciation for music and each other. For more information about the Hyde Park Youth Symphony, visit www.thehpys. org or call (312) 525-9642.
The Hyde Park Youth Symphony (HPYS) was started in 1954 by Claire Oppenheim, well known Hyde Park piano teacher and sister of long-time Independent Hyde Park 5th Ward Alderman Leon Despres. What started out as a fledgling group of young musicians who
were primarily string players, is now a full-blown organization with three levels of musical instruction serving children on the Southside of Chicago. Both conductors are
expert music teachers and lead the practice sessions that are held after school.
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