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Welcome to the new Berkeley Youth Orchesta Website! This site will bring you all the latest infomation about BYO.?E-mail me with new ideas or things you would like to see posted.
The Berkeley Youth Orchestra is a group of gifted and accomplished young orchestra musicians between the ages of ten and fifteen. The ensemble of nearly sixty players from all over the Bay Area rehearses on Saturday mornings during the academic year. Fall, Winter and Spring concerts are given in the sanctuary at St. John’s Presbyterian Church, 2727 College Avenue in Berkeley.
A progressive, comprehensive program allows students to develop sight-reading, technical and musical skills while playing selections from standard orchestral repertoire. Music is selected to represent various origins, genres and historical periods. Musical selections for the first concert set are less difficult technically. Rehearsals focus on sight-reading technique, intonation, rhythm, ensemble, listening skills, and sound quality. As the year progresses, the focus of the program widens to include more challenging repertoire and discussion of motives, themes, phrases, forms, and more complex musical ideas.
Music is selected from standard orchestral repertoire. Members have enjoyed performing side-by-side with BYO alumni and members of other local youth orchestra, and receiving coaching sessions from professional musicians of the San Francisco Opera and Ballet orchestras as well as other Bay Area symphonies.
Jay Lehmann joined BYO this season as Woodwind and Brass Coach and leads the wind and brass ensemble. He has lived in the Bay Area for his entire life, grew up in Marin County, and now resides in the East Bay. Jay received a Bachelors Degree and Lifetime Teaching Credential from the University of California, Davis, and a Masters Degree in Trumpet Performance from California State University at Hayward. He taught high school for 20 years in Richmond and Danville and his instrumental performance groups have won awards throughout the state, including two performances at the Monterey Jazz Festival as first place winners. Currently the Co-Chairman of the Music Department at Laney College, Jay teaches music theory and conducts various instrumental ensembles. Recipient of a Golden Bell Award for Outstanding Teaching in the State of California as well as a Lifetime Achievement Award from the PTA, Lehmann has been selected as the Laney College Teacher of the Year.
We rehearse on Saturdays from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm during the concert season, which begins in September and ends in May. Auditions for the 1999-2000 season will be held on Saturday, August 28 and Sunday, August 29, 1999. For more information, or to make an audition appointment, please call Barbara Stack, Manager, weekdays between 9:00 am and 8:00 pm at (510) 845-4536.
Auditions, rehearsals and concerts are held at St. John’s Presbyterian Church, 2727 College Avenue (at Garber St.), Berkeley, CA 94705. Garber St. is approximately 3 blocks North of Ashby Ave.
FALL CONCERT: Sunday, November 14, 1999 4:00 PM WINTER CONCERT: Sunday, February 6, 2000 4:00 PM SPRING CONCERT: Sunday, April 30, 2000 4:00 PM
We look forward to seeing you!
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Last Updated: August 18, 1999