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Metropolis Youth Symphony
For students grades 6-12, by audition only. The Metropolis Youth Symphony is the core ensemble of the MYS program. They perform works from baroque to contemporary, focusing on performance level repertoire.
Metropolis Chamber Ensemble
Open to a limited number of advanced students. Participation in the Metropolis Youth Symphony is required. There are additional rehearsals and performances for the Chamber Ensemble. The Ensemble focuses on chamber repertoire, mostly from the baroque and classical periods.
• Audition is required; placement will be made according to skill level
• Fee for all levels is $550 per year
• Concerts and possible national and international travel opportunities
• Scholarship opportunities
MYS Rehearsal schedule
Full Orchestra: 1 – 3:30 p.m. Sundays
Chamber Ensemble: 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. Sundays
Non-Chamber Ensemble Sectionals: 7 – 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays (2nd & 4th of the month)
Additional sectionals often take place during the last 30 minutes of Sunday rehearsals
About the Conductor
Javier José Mendoza is the music director of the MYS and the Illinois and West Suburban Youth Orchestras of Chicago, as well as the Music Director and Conductor for the Chicago Arts Orchestra. With his undergraduate from Butler University, he completed Graduate studies in conducting at the University of New Mexico and also studied at Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, Italy. He served as the Assistant Chorus Master for the “Music in the Mountains Festival,” Durango, Colorado, and has guest conducted the Young People’s Chorus of New York City and the State Philharmonic of Sibiu, Romania. In the summer of 2007 he was guest faculty at Colegio Internacional Montessori in Guatemala
City, Guatemala, and will return as the Artistic Director of the International Music Festival of the Americas in summer 2009. Mr. Mendoza serves on the North American Coalition of Community Music, the League of American Orchestras, and the Conductors Guild.
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contactus
Box Office
Tues–Sat 10-5 (or until showtime)
Sun 1-5
847.577.2121
Education Office
Mon-Fri 10-6
Sat 9-3
847.577.5982 x221
Contact Education
Group Discounts
847.577.5982 x241
Contact Group Discounts
Friends of Metropolis
Contact Development
847.577.5982 x242
Contact Development
Address
111 W. Campbell St.
Arlington Heights, Il 60005
Map to Metropolis
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