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Our #FacultyFriday spotlight is on Aiyun Huang! She's a world-renowned artist who challenges the boundaries of percussion, theatre, and more. An expert in Percussion Theater, her work on the subject has been published in Cambridge Companion to Percussion (2016) and Save Percussion Theater (Mode 242). Between 2006 and 2017, she led the percussion program at McGill University and currently holds the position of Associate Professor and is the Head of Percussion Program at the University of Toronto. 🎼🥁🎵🎶 ... See MoreSee Less

Our #FacultyFriday spotlight is on Aiyun Huang! Shes a world-renowned artist who challenges the boundaries of percussion, theatre, and more. An expert in Percussion Theater, her work on the subject has been published in Cambridge Companion to Percussion (2016) and Save Percussion Theater (Mode 242). Between 2006 and 2017, she led the percussion program at McGill University and currently holds the position of Associate Professor and is the Head of Percussion Program at the University of Toronto. 🎼🥁🎵🎶
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Did you know? 🎻 We have over 15 years of music Did you know? 🎻 We have over 15 years of music available on our online store, going all the way back to 2005. And most albums are only $5! Visit nyoc.org/store to shop our music & support young artists in Canada! 🎶 . . . 🎶🎻🇨🇦 #classicalmusic #music #nyocanada #orchestra #canada #classical #livemusic #symphony #youthorchestra #musicians
The whole family can show their love for classical The whole family can show their love for classical music, with our I ♥️ NYO t-shirts, hoodies, and onesies! Model: Future 2040 alum baby Fraser 😉 . . 🎶🎻🇨🇦 #classicalmusic #music #nyocanada #orchestra #canada #classical #livemusic #symphony #youthorchestra #musicians
Our #FacultyFriday spotlight is on Aiyun Huang! Sh Our #FacultyFriday spotlight is on Aiyun Huang! She's a world-renowned artist who challenges the boundaries of percussion, theatre, and more. An expert in Percussion Theater, her work on the subject has been published in Cambridge Companion to Percussion (2016) and Save Percussion Theater (Mode 242). Between 2006 and 2017, she led the percussion program at McGill University and currently holds the position of Associate Professor and is the Head of Percussion Program at the University of Toronto. 🎼🥁🎵🎶 . . . 🎶🎻🇨🇦 #classicalmusic #music #nyocanada #orchestra #canada #classical #livemusic #symphony #youthorchestra #musicians
#ThrowbackThursday No overpacking allowed during o #ThrowbackThursday No overpacking allowed during our tours in the '60s - here's our orchestra arriving by bus! . . . 🎶🎻🇨🇦 #classicalmusic #music #nyocanada #orchestra #canada #classical #livemusic #symphony #youthorchestra #musicians
@canada.council is accepting applications for The @canada.council is accepting applications for The Virginia Parker Prize. The award is given to a Canadian classical singer, instrumentalist or conductor under the age of 32 who demonstrates outstanding talent, musicianship and artistic excellence and who makes a valuable contribution to artistic life in Canada and internationally. Past winners have included our alum, @blakepouliot! (📸Dahlia Katz) The prize is worth $25,000 and the deadline is April 1st!
Our I ♥️ NYO shirts are just $14 in February! Our I ♥️ NYO shirts are just $14 in February! It's the perfect gift for your favourite musician. 💘
Our #FacultyFriday spotlight is on our resident st Our #FacultyFriday spotlight is on our resident string quartet, @formosaquartet! The members (Jasmine Lin, Wayne Lee, Che-Yen Chen, and Deborah Pae) have established themselves as leading solo, chamber, and orchestral musicians. Along with their residency at NYO, they hold week-long performance and teaching residencies at Eastern Michigan University and the University of California, Los Angeles, and have enjoyed residencies with Art of Élan, Rice University, and University of California, San Diego. The ensemble is deeply committed to championing Taiwanese music and promoting the arts in Taiwan, as well as exploring diverse and adventurous mediums for string quartet. 🎼🎻🎶
#ThrowbackThursday to our very first concert in 19 #ThrowbackThursday to our very first concert in 1960! Celebrate 60 years with us this summer on our Generations tour 🎉😀
There are 2 ways to make a musician smile: 1. A w There are 2 ways to make a musician smile: 1. A wombat 😍 2. A monthly donation to NYO 🤠 If you give to our endowment, your donation will be invested, and every year, the proceeds will help fund our training institute and tour. It's a great way to make your donation go further, even if you can only give $5. Plus, thanks to a government matching program, your donation could be doubled! Sign up for monthly donations at: nyoc.org/give-monthly
For Valentine's Day, we're dropping the price of o For Valentine's Day, we're dropping the price of our I ♥️NYO t-shirts down to just $14! Get your 💘gift at nyoc.org/store
Meet the new Chair of our Board of Directors: Kevi Meet the new Chair of our Board of Directors: Kevin Latimer, from Halifax! Kevin is a Partner at Cox & Palmer, Halifax office, and a recognized professional in Administrative and Public Law, Corporate and Commercial Litigation, and Labour and Employment Law. A graduate of Mount Allison University (BA), with a Master of Arts from Carleton University, and a Law Degree from Dalhousie. Kevin is passionate about the transformative power of music and the arts. He serves as a Governor of the Atlantic School of Theology (AST) and is a former Governor of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. In addition, during the latest meeting of the Board of Directors, Clare Gaudet was elected vice-chair of the board, Jonathan Boulakia was elected secretary, and Christian Wray was elected treasurer. Frederick Gorbet, O.C., a former associate secretary to the federal cabinet and a former deputy minister in the federal Department of Finance, was elected as a new member of the board.
Our #FacultyFriday spotlight is on Mark Fewer! Ori Our #FacultyFriday spotlight is on Mark Fewer! Originally from Newfoundland, he was concertmaster of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra from 2004-08. He also led the orchestra in traditional kappelmeister style (without conductor) on several occasions in baroque and classical repertoire. In recognition of his work with the VSO, he was recognized by the Vancouver Sun as one of the music industry’s top “Movers and Shakers” for 2006. He is a regular member of the Duke Piano Trio and the SuperNova String Quartet. He also plays as a jazz violinist in The LotusLand Project (a hybrid classical/jazz group). We're ecstatic to have him as part of our faculty this year!
Happy Caturday from NYO Canada! Did you get your a Happy Caturday from NYO Canada! Did you get your audition in? You still have until midnight tonight EST! 🎼😺🎻
Today's #FacultyFriday spotlight is on James Campb Today's #FacultyFriday spotlight is on James Campbell! Called “Canada’s pre-eminent clarinetist and wind soloist” by the Toronto Star, he's performed in 30 countries and has been a soloist with over 60 orchestras. He has been awarded a Juno, Canada’s Artist of the Year, the Queens Jubilee Medal, and Canada’s highest honour, the Order of Canada. James has been a Professor of Music at Indiana University since 1988 and Artistic Director of the Festival of the Sound since 1985. We're thrilled to have such a distinguished musician on our faculty this summer!
🎼Two days left! Send your auditions in by Feb 1 🎼Two days left! Send your auditions in by Feb 1st. Our Operations Manager, Chris, is waiting to hear you play! 🎻 🎶 (Featuring French Horn player Sgt. Hannah Gaultois. 📷 by Frank Gogos)
Got the winter blues? Don't worry, it'll be summer Got the winter blues? Don't worry, it'll be summer soon! 😎 And we'll be warming up at these cities on the European leg of our 2020 Generations Tour! Keep following us for more details 🇨🇦🇩🇪🇸🇮🇭🇷
Congratulations to Jared Miller, who was nominated Congratulations to Jared Miller, who was nominated for the JUNO award for Classical Composition of the Year this morning. His piece, "Under Sea, Above Sky," was performed by NYO Canada on this summer's tour!
🎉Our updated 2020 rep! 🎉 🎻 Beethoven - Sy 🎉Our updated 2020 rep! 🎉 🎻 Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 (Mahler edition) 🎼 Strauss - Salome op.54: Salome's Dance 🎶 Strauss- Der Rosenkavalier Suite op. 59 🎵 Stravinsky - Petrushka (1911) 🥁 Wagner - Götterdämmerung: Siegfried's Death & Funeral Music🎶 Wagner - Götterdämmerung: Siegfried's Rhine journey 🤠 Still to be announced: a composition by SOCAN Foundation/NYOC Emerging Composers’ Mentorship winner Leo Purich, a Concerto, and, of course, a choral piece!
Get you an orchestra who can do it all 😉#DollyP Get you an orchestra who can do it all 😉#DollyPartonChallenge
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