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The Halton Youth Symphony
The Halton Youth Symphony (HYS) is a registered charitable organization (#118951359 RC) that offers young musicians the opportunity to develop their musicianship with orchestral experience.
The HYS consists of approximately 94 musicians in two orchestras. The younger orchestra, the Halton Youth Chamber Orchestra (HYCO), includes musicians from 9 to 14 years of age playing violin, viola or cello. Our senior orchestra, the Halton Youth Symphony Orchestra (HYSO), includes mostly high-school age musicians playing a full range of orchestral instruments.
Both orchestras attend a weekend retreat early in the fall, rehearse weekly between September and May, and perform at least three public concerts yearly. Musicians also perform in smaller groups at community functions.
The HYS welcome musicians from Oakville, Burlington, Milton, Halton Hills and other neighbouring municipalities. For more information about the Halton Youth Symphony, please contact our Manager at manager@haltonyouthsymphony.com or 905-616-2760.
Shop & Support Fundraising Program
Dear HYS Parents:
Thanks to a suggestion from one of our parents, the Halton Youth Symphony is embarking on a new, innovative fundraising program which will raise significant fundraising dollars for the HYS all year long. The Shop & Support Fundraising Program is now available to our Members and supporters. With your support, we will reach our goal to raise funds to cover Festival costs, and in particular, the trip to Vienna in July 2008.
The link to become a supporter is: https://secure.shopandsupport.ca/sascart/shopcart_content.aspx?gid=0100564254.
This will register you as a supporter of Halton Youth Symphony by automatically populating the group ID field with your Halton Youth Symphony group ID#. Simply verify this number during registration and you are good to go! You should receive an email confirmation with an activation link upon completion of registration. You will need to click this link to activate your supporter account. If you do not receive an email after registering, please contact me right away. You can also use this link to invite people to support our group. They will automatically become supporters of Halton Youth Symphony when they click the link.
For more information, please download the Shop & Support file in our Documents Section and sign up now!
Please help us make this program a success!
Thank you.
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International Trip |
In The Land of Composers Tour
The Halton Youth Symphony has organized an educational music tour for its senior musicians. The tour called "In the Land of Composers" is a 10 day trip (July 9-19, 2008) comprising visits to Salzburg, Vienna and Prague. As part of the tour, the senior musicians will be participating in the International Youth & Music Festival & Competition in Vienna, as well as, performing additional concerts in other cities/towns. This is a wonderful opportunity for our musicians and for the orchestra and will be an amazing experience in musicianship, team-building and sharing with other youth orchestras from across the world.
We are looking for sponsors or donors to help us offset the costs to attend this international youth and music festival and competition. The festival is organized by the Association for International Cultural Exchange and has earned a reputation as the leading youth music festival in the world. Please see our Sponsors & Donors web page for more information on how you can help us.
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HYS DVD |
The Halton Youth Symphony is proud to announce the release of its first DVD recorded on December 1, 2007 at the Oakville Town Hall! “A Winter Afternoon” with the Halton Youth Symphony was a special performance made possible by the generosity of TVCogeco and is a wonderful display of the talents of the orchestra's fine young musicians and dedicated conductors.
D V D R e c o r d i n g R e p e r t o i r e • H Y C O
Festive Fiddle Dance • Lorely Zgonc • RBC Publication • 3.00
Over the Sea to Skye • Annie MacLeod • arr. Carrie Lane Gruselle • Highland/Etling • 2.30
Fiocco Allegro • Joseph-Hector Fiocco • arr. Elliot Del Borgo • Highland/Etling • 3.45
Selections from Grease • arr. John Wasson • Warren Casey and Jim Jacobs • 5.00
William Tell Overture•Gioacchino Rossini•arr. James "Red" McLeod•Kendor Music Inc.•2.16
D V D R e c o r d i n g R e p e r t o i r e • H Y S O
Toccata • Girolamo Frescobaldi • arr. Hans Kindler • Mills Music, Inc. • 5.25
Marriage of Figaro,#10 Cavatina•Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus•3.00
•Stephanie Ferracane, Soprano
Impressario, #2 Rhondo•Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus •3.00 •Stephanie Ferracane, Soprano
Farandole from L'Arlesienne Suite No.2 • Georges Bizet • Edited by Fritz Hoffmann • 3.00
"Orphee aux Enfers" (Orpheus in the Underworld), Can-Can • Jacques Offenbach • arr. W.H. Myddleton, Boosey & Hawkes • 2.00
Sleigh Ride • Leroy Anderson • copyright 1948 Mills Music • 3.00
DVD Production Sponsor: TVCogeco
Facility Sponsor: Town of Oakville (Town Hall Facility Management)
DVD Project Manager: Colleen Bryan
Concert Manager: Brian Yager
DVD Camera Direction Assistance: Brigitte Cormier
DVD Design: Aniko Kiss
DVD Reproduction: Stock Duplication Service
To order your copy of the DVD, download the DVD Order and Donation Form under "Forms" in the Documents section of this website and submit the form along with your donation to the Halton Youth Symphony at P.O. Box 494, Oakville, Ontario L6J 5A8. We know you enjoy the wonderful performances by both the Halton Youth Symphony Orchestra and Halton Youth Chamber Orchestra! |
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