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Youth
Orchestra: The best students of the program will achieve
the highest level of proficiency and placement in the program.
These top students come together to play standard orchestra literature,
together in a 70+ piece orchestra under the direction of the organization's
Music Director, Maestro
Berard.
The DCYOP Youth Orchestra is a full orchestra consisting of students
who have been placed in the top two proficiency levels within
the program (levels K and L).
The Youth Orchestra travels on tour, usually internationally,
approximately every 3-5 years. The Youth Orchestra performs four
regular season concerts and one holiday concert annually, in addition
to any special scheduled programs in a variety of venues. Beginning
in the 2007-08 Season, the Youth Orchestra will be conducted by
Maestro Berard.
In the 2004-05 season, the Youth Orchestra combined with the Junior
Philharmonic was afforded the honor of performing at the Organization
of American States.
 Among the personalities in attendance were OAS' Acting Secretary
General, Ambassador Luigi Einaudi and Inter-American Development
Bank Vice President Enrique Iglesias; Virginia Williams, mother
of Washington DC Mayor Anthony Williams; and members of the diplomatic
corps and representatives of cultural foundations in Washington,
DC. Press Releases
Junior
Philharmonic: The DCYOP Junior Philharmonic is a full orchestra
consisting of students who have been placed in the I and J proficiency
levels within the program. The Junior Philharmonic, with the Youth
Orchestra, performs four regular season
concerts and one holiday concert annually, in addition to
any special scheduled programs in a variety of venues.
The top orchestras perform in a variety of visible venues: In
the 2004-05 season, the Junior Philharmonic combined with the
Youth Orchestra was afforded the honor of performing at the Organization
of American States.
Among the personalities in attendance were OAS' Acting Secretary
General, Ambassador  Luigi Einaudi and Inter-American Development
Bank Vice President Enrique Iglesias; Virginia Hayes-Williams,
mother of Washington DC Mayor Anthony Williams; and members of
the diplomatic corps and representatives of cultural foundations
in Washington, DC. In the 2005-06 Season, the Junior Philharmonic
and the Youth Orchestra Performed at the John F. Kennedy Center
for the Performing Arts, under the direction of Marvin Hamlisch.
 Virtuosi
Chamber Orchestras: String students in levels I, J, K, and
L, are chosen to perform in chamber string orchestras in addition
to their regular full orchestra participation. Participation is
by invitation. Students in the Young Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra
(YVCO) are the elite string musicians in the program and are students
looking for additional opportunities to perform. Students in the
Junior Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra (JVCO) are those students the
organization envisions as the future section leaders of the top
orchestra.
The JVCO and other small chamber ensembles perform regularly at
the Smithsonian
National Zoological Park
auditorium. The YVCO has performed in a variety of venues and
for a variety of audiences, including: The Coming
Up Taller Awards for First Lady Laura Bush, the Daughters
of the American Revolution at Constitution
Hall, and
for the Laurel
Fund for the Performing Arts
at the first annual Capital Talents celebration. A group of the
VYCO students performed at the White House for the Helping America’s
Youth Conference in 2005.
Please see our calendar of
concerts and events for current details and information.
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