SYSO Academic Year Orchestras: Prelude, Symphonette, Debut, Junior
$25
- Wesley W. Hunter, conductor
- Melissa Plagemann, mezzo-soprano
- Amy Stevenson, conductor
- Bryan Kolk, conductor
- Ethan Lee, flute
- Yuchi Chou, conductor
Jean Sibelius — Andante festivo
Jorge Vargas — La Bruja
Soon Hee Newbold — Gravitas
Gustav Mahler — Ging heut' Morgen über‘s Feld (arr. Ralph Ford)
Giuseppe Verdi — "É strano!... Sempre Libera" from La traviata (arr. Joseph Goodwin; "Forever Free")
Elliot del Borgo — Aboriginal Rituals
Mikhail Glinka — Overture to Ruslan and Lyudmila
Jorge Morales — Vistas: Scenes traveling along Bolivia's Death Road (world premiere)
Modest Mussorgsky — Pictures at an Exhibition ("Great Gate of Kiev"; arr. Bruno Reibold)
Bao Yuankai — Symphony No. 2: Musical Sketches of Taiwan ("III. Ilan Children's Ditty")
Otar Gordeli — Flute Concerto in D major, Op. 8
Paul Chihara — The Tempest Suite
Join us for the Academic Year Orchestras' winter concerts! The day will be split into two concerts with different orchestras performing in each.
About Wesley W. Hunter, conductor
About Melissa Plagemann, mezzo-soprano
About Amy Stevenson, conductor
About Bryan Kolk, conductor
About Yuchi Chou, conductor
Dr. Yuchi Chou, born in Taiwan, enjoys an international career as a conductor and pianist, as well as being a passionate educator and performer. Dr. Chou has been the winner of 2021 International Conductors Competition and Workshop in Atlanta, finalist of International Erno Lanyi Competition, Ansbacher Fellowship with Vienna Philharmonic at the Salzburg Festival, Conducting Fellow of Allentown (PA) Symphony, Aspen Music Festival, Conducting Fellow and at Peninsula Music Festival and San Francisco Shenson Fellowship. Dr. Chou has performed at Carnegie Hall, Chicago Symphony Hall, San Francisco Davies Symphony Hall, and Cleveland Severance Hall. Currently Dr. Chou serves as assistant conductor to Seattle Collaborative Orchestra and President of the Bellevue Federated Music Club. Past positions include Guest Conductor of Philharmonia Northwest, Guest Conductor of Western Washington University; Assistant Conductor of Peninsula Music Festival, Community Women's Orchestra (Oakland, CA); Coaching Conductor of San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra. Yuchi concluded her academic journey at Northwestern University after San Francisco Conservatory and Oberlin Conservatory. As a Mercer Island resident, Yuchi loves watching her honeybees buzzing in the backyard.
https://syso.org/staff/yuchi-chou/