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September 21, 2024

September 2024 News

The season may have just begun but DCYOP students and staff have been busy all summer doing great things. Here are just a few highlights:

DCYOP Students Perform with the Afghan Youth Orchestra at the Kennedy Center

On August 8th, 12 Youth Orchestra and Youth Philharmonic musicians proudly joined members of the Afghan Youth Orchestra (AYO) in performance as they made their much-anticipated return to the Kennedy Center Concert Hall stage after more than a decade. AYO is one of the flagship ensembles of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music (ANIM), which was founded in 2010 by Dr. Ahmad Sarmast as the country’s first and only school of music. The After the Taliban returned to power in 2021, ANIM and its students made the bold move to relocate to Portugal, where they continue their mission of providing equitable, co-education training in Afghan traditional music and Western classical music for talented Afghan children. Washington, DC was the last stop on AYO’s successful East Coast tour, which included performing at Carnegie Hall as part of the World Orchestra Week celebration of international youth orchestras. You can view the entire joyful performance to a packed Concert Hall via the Kennedy Center’s website.

 

Four DCYOP Students Named 2024-2025 NSO Fellows

We are proud to announce that four DCYOP students were selected to participate in the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO)’s prestigious Youth Fellowship Program for the 2024-2025 school year! Students are selected through a competitive audition and application process to participate in this full-scholarship orchestra training program for serious young musicians considering a career in orchestral music, where they have the opportunity to study with members of the NSO or Washington National Opera Orchestra, rehearse side-by-side with the NSO, and participate in a wide range of opportunities to be coached and mentored by orchestra professionals. DCYOP students who will be participating in the program this year are: Rishab Jain (percussion), Chloe Lee (viola), Kalman Levitin (oboe), and Chloe Robertson (violin).
 
Over the late spring and summer, DCYOP happily welcomed Terrence Teel, Director of Operations, and Allison Giovanetti, Operations and Administrative Assistant to our team. Terrence comes to DCYOP with years of experience as a skilled administrator with expertise in logistics, strategic planning, and organizational governance in organizations including NASA, the Pentagon, and the Department of Veterans Affairs. Allison is an ethnomusicologist, music educator, arts administrator, and French Hornist, whose research includes a study of the representation of Indigenous North American musicians at the GRAMMY Awards during the span of the twenty-first century. Terrence and Allison play critical roles in ensuring that all the behind the scenes operations at DCYOP run smoothly, and we’re so grateful to have them join the DCYOP family.
Please be sure to say hello and introduce yourself to Terrence and Allison the next time you see them at program!

Sandy Choi, Sr. Manager for Marketing and Communications, was one of 36 professionals from the United States, Canada, Spain, and Nigeria, to participate in the League of American Orchestra’s Essentials of Orchestra Management course hosted by the Juilliard School this past summer. The ten-day course offered participants who are committed to careers as arts administrative leaders in the orchestral field the opportunity to learn about every aspect of the industry from leaders representing the full range of orchestral and arts-related organizations across the country, including past and present administrators from the New York Philharmonic, Houston Symphony, Carnegie Hall, Atlanta Symphony, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

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