The Boise Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, comprised of talented high school musicians from throughout the Treasure Valley, is a full symphony orchestra providing its members with professional education and performance opportunities. The orchestra rehearses on Tuesday evenings from 6:30-9:00 p.m. at the Esther Simplot Performing Arts Academy and performs three symphony concerts per school year. The concerts feature exciting and challenging literature from the standard orchestral repertoire. In addition to working with Dr. David Saunders, conductor, students receive coaching from principal players of the Boise Philharmonic.
ABOUT THE CONDUCTOR  Dr. Saunders has served as Music Director and Conductor of the Boise Philharmonic Youth Orchestra since May of 1999. He has been Professor of Music at Boise State University since 1996. Saunders studied conducting with Maestro Otto-Werner Mueller at the Yale School of Music, Leonard Slatkin at the St. Louis Conservatory of Music, and won a fellowship for advanced study at the Aspen Music School in Colorado. He studied horn with Roland Pandolfi and William Purvis and violin with Margaret Hodge. Saunders earned his Master of Music degree at Yale University School of Music and his Doctorate in music at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He has conducted the Empire State Youth Orchestra, the Albany Symphony, and the Saint Cecilia Chamber Orchestra in New York before coming to Boise.conductor & chair endowed by Mary Abercrombie 
2009-20010 Concert Schedule:BPYO Fall Concert: Sunday, November 22nd, 2009 @ Borah High School. 7pm Works by Mozart, Dvorák, Weber & Koussevitsky Solists: Josh Baker, bassoon & Renaud Boucher-Browning, bass BPYO Spring Concert: Sunday, February 28th, 2010 @ Timberline High School. 7pm BPYO Season Finale: Sunday, May 16th, 2010 @ Centennial High School. 7pm AUDITION FOR THE BOISE PHILHARMONIC YOUTH ORCHESTRA SCHEDULE OF REHEARSALS AND CONCERTS BPYO MEMBERSHIP GUIDELINES 2009-2010 2009-2010 BPYO ROSTER CONTACT INFORMATION Nancy Smith Education Coordinator Boise Philharmonic 208.344.7849 nancy@boisephilharmonic.org |
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