By Sandy Choi, Community Engagement and Digital Media Manager As we return to the University of the District of Columbia’s Theater of the Arts for our end-of-season concerts, two of our own violinists will take the stage in solo performances – one a veteran of the program and the other a brand new member of […]
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Uncategorized May 4, 2022
A Maestro’s Journey
read articleYO and YP Principal Conductor, Kenneth Whitley, reflects on returning to Spain with the YO thirty years after their last visit and the power of music to build cultural bridges By Sandy Choi, Community Engagement and Digital Media Manager “Hey, we’re going a trip to Japan, you should come!” That’s how Maestro Kenneth Whitley, now […]
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Uncategorized April 5, 2022
Flutist Anthony Trionfo Brings Virtuoso Talents to DCYOP Masterclass
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Uncategorized March 16, 2022
Reflections from the Home Office
read articleby Betsy Purves, Director of Development It’s a story we can repeat in our sleep these days: when the pandemic hit, everything about the way we learn and work changed. For DCYOP, this meant that all of our programming went online. And, along with hundreds of millions of other people across the world, our staff […]
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Uncategorized March 14, 2022
Lessons From a Pandemic: What we learned may surprise you
read articleBy Liz Schurgin, Executive Director This week marks the two-year anniversary of the start of the DC pandemic shutdown. Everything about how the DC Youth Orchestra Program operates changed overnight — and kept on changing. We taught online, created new community programming, presented digital performances, and later rehearsed and performed outdoors under large tents. As […]
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Uncategorized February 22, 2022
Get to Know DCYOP – Ruben McFarlane
read articleGet to Know DCYOP is a regular feature that introduces you to some of the many people who make DCYOP the amazing organization that it has been for over sixty years. Visit our blog regularly to see who you’ll meet next! Ruben McFarlane has taught violin and viola at DCYOP for over four years. Most recently, […]
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Uncategorized January 5, 2022
Get to Know DCYOP – Rosanna Butterfield & Foster Wang
read articleGet to Know DCYOP is a regular feature that introduces you to some of the many people who make DCYOP the amazing organization that it has been for over sixty years. Visit our blog regularly to see who you’ll meet next! [hr] Cellist Rosanna Butterfield and violinist Foster Wang are a teaching dynamic duo at […]
