By Elizabeth Schurgin, Executive Director DCYOP and its partners are launching a major new talent development program in 2022 for student-musicians who identify as Black, Indigenous, or People of Color. The initiative provides comprehensive musical support, including scholarships, mentorship, and other unique opportunities, to talented young musicians in their personal musical journeys. The Washington Musical […]
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Uncategorized December 7, 2021
Community Drives Our Mission
read articleBy Elizabeth Schurgin, Executive Director [space_20] Any plan for future success requires knowing what has made our successes to date possible. So when renown arts management expert and former president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Michael Kaiser called DCYOP a “model for growth” and one of the “best managed” arts […]
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Uncategorized December 4, 2021
Expanding Our Commitment to Diverse New Repertoire for Youth Ensembles
read articleWhen you think of world premieres of musical works, you probably don’t think about them taking place in our school music classrooms or at youth orchestra concerts. But DCYOP and the K-12 New Music Project is working to change that. Later this year our students will play two new works by living composers of color, part of our commitment to […]
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Uncategorized November 23, 2021
2022 International Tour Announcement!
read articleDCYOP’s Youth Orchestra, our most advanced ensemble, will travel to Seville, Spain, spend a day in Córdoba, and visit the Alhambra, perform in Lisbon, Portugal and Málaga and Torremolinos, Spain, rehearse, take masterclasses, and perform with Orquesta ProMusica during a 10-day tour, June 25-July 4, 2022. Touring is a transformational experience our students look forward to for years. […]
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Uncategorized November 18, 2021
Program Spotlight: Living a Musical Life Through the Talent Development Program
read articleBy Lucy Hattemer, Program Manager [space_20] It takes a lot to succeed in the music world. Orchestra rehearsals, sectional classes, weekly private lessons, connections to professional musicians, performance opportunities, time for regular practice, knowledge of summer programs…the list goes on, and it all adds up to create a high barrier to participation. [space_20] At DCYOP, […]
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Uncategorized November 9, 2021
Choosing the Music: Fun and Serious Work
read articleBy Evan Ross Solomon, Artistic Director Each year, one of the most fun parts of my job is choosing repertoire for our ensembles. It is also a challenge: as Artistic Director, I must balance the pedagogical needs and desires of our students, the interests of our principal conductors, and the current trends in concert […]
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On This Day October 21, 2021
On This Day in 1975: Scott Joplin’s Opera, Treemonisha, Made Its Broadway Debut
read articleAs the Metropolitan Opera debuts its first opera by a Black composer, we remember another historic opera that received its long overdue debut less than fifty years ago. Many people know Scott Joplin as the “King of Ragtime,” a prolific composer of over 100 works that defined a distinctly American genre of music that first emerged […]
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Uncategorized September 21, 2021
Kicking Off a New Season
read articleOn Saturday, September 18th, the hallways of Takoma Elementary School were once again echoing with the sweet sound of live music on every floor. All nine DCYOP ensembles, ranging from Debut Orchestra and Premiere Winds to the Youth Philharmonic and Orchestra, were back in person and ready to kick off the new season. “Just having […]
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featured August 5, 2021
DCYOP Honored at Events DC Celebration of Community Grant Awardees
read articleDCYOP was proud to be recognized this summer as a repeat recipient of an Events DC Community Grant. Through this program, Events DC provides financial support to a wide variety of non-profit organizations that have demonstrated dedication to youth participation in athletic and arts programs across the district. Check out this great feature video about our programs (filmed […]
