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LIVE / MSYO Virtual Season Finale Concert

Modesto Symphony Youth Orchestra Virtual Season Finale Concert

HOSTED BY RYAN MURRAY

Tune in live and watch the Modesto Symphony Youth Orchestra’s virtual Season Finale Concert! This virtual concert will feature both MSYO orchestras performing pieces by Bizet, Grieg, Puccini, and Rossini as well as two MSYO student soloists!


PROGRAM

MSYO CONCERT ORCHESTRA

  • Edvard Grieg, arr. Merle J. Isaac
    Norwegian Dances Nos. 2 & 3

  • Georges Bizet, arr. Merle J. Isaac
    “Farandole” from L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2

MSYO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

  • Gioachino Rossini 
    Overture to The Barber of Seville

  • Giacomo Puccini
    “Intermezzo” from Manon Lescaut

  • Edvard Grieg
    “In the Hall of the Mountain King” from Peer Gynt Suite

STUDENT SOLOISTS

FRANCISCO ORTIZ, TRUMPET

  • Remo Giazotto & Tomaso Albinoni, transcribed by Giovanni Orsomando
    Adagio in G Minor

RYAN GURULE, CELLO

  • Sergei Prokofiev
    Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 119

    • II. Moderato - Andante dolce - Moderato primo


We’d love to hear what you thought about this program. Your feedback will help us plan future events!

Thank you to our generous MSYO donors whose gifts made the 2020-21 MSYO season possible. Click here for further information on how you can support MSYO, or contact Carole Richard, Director of Development, at crichard@modestosymphony.org, or call 209-523-4156. Dates, program, and artists subject to change. E&OE.

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LIVE / MSYO Virtual Spring Concert

Modesto Symphony Youth Orchestra Virtual Spring Concert

HOSTED BY RYAN MURRAY

Tune in live and watch the Modesto Symphony Youth Orchestra’s virtual Spring Concert! This concert will feature both MSYO orchestras performing movements from Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 and Dvořák’s “New World” Symphony as well as three MSYO student soloists!


PROGRAM

MSYO CONCERT ORCHESTRA

  • Rimsky-Korsakov, arr. Sandra Dackow:
    Dance of the Tumblers from “Snow Maiden”

  • Beethoven, arranged by Charles Woodhouse:
    “Finale” from 5th Symphony

MSYO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

  • Mascagni:
    “Intermezzo” from Cavalleria rusticana  

  • Dvořák:
    Symphony No. 9, op. 95 (“New World”), IV. Allegro con fuoco 

MSYO STUDENT SOLOISTS

RYLAN POST, VIOLIN

  • Bériot:
    Concerto No. 9 in A Minor, Op. 104, I. Allegro maestoso 

BELLA DAVILA, CELLO

  • Marcello:
    Sonata No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 1 No. 2, I. Adagio & II. Allegro 

MIKE CHEN, FLUTE

  • Telemann:
    Ouverture Suite in A Minor, TWV 55:a2, V. Réjouissance


We’d love to hear what you thought about this program. Your feedback will help us plan future events!

This series is free to all and supported in part by Ceres Pipe & Metal, by Doug & Susan Highiet, and Freda & Rod Motto. Dates, program, and artists subject to change. E&OE.

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LIVE / MSO at Home: Spotlight on the MSYO

MSO at Home: Spotlight on the MSYO

FEATURING RYAN MURRAY & DON GRISHAW

HOSTED BY RYAN MURRAY

Tune in and catch performances by MSYO Music Director Ryan Murray on bassoon, conductor Don Grishaw will be joined by his son (an MSYO alum) for a viola duet, and a virtual string quartet performance by some of our MSYO students and alumni!


PROGRAM to Include:

  • Ryan Murray on bassoon

  • Don and Andrew Grishaw performing a viola duet

  • The MSYO String Quartet performing a piece by Vivaldi

  • Selections from past MSYO concerts


We’d love to hear what you thought about this program. Your feedback will help us plan future events!

This virtual performance is free to all and supported in part by H. Dieter and Hanna Renning.
Dates, program, and artists subject to change. E&OE

If you are experiencing any issues viewing our videos, please visit our FAQ page here or download our FAQ PDF.

MSO at Home: Don & Andrew Grishaw perform Hans Gál

Music making at the Grishaw house in Turlock, CA. Don Grishaw, on the piano, is a longtime member of the violin section of the Modesto Symphony. He also conducts Modesto Symphony Youth Concert Orchestra. Don and his son, Andrew Grishaw, perform the Impromptu for Viola and Piano by Hans Gál. Be safe and stay well!