Evening Orchestras
Program
MYA offers Evening Orchestras to students who are too busy during the day for a full-time summer music camp. You can work or go to summer school and still learn great repertoire and prepare to play concerts at various well-known venues. This summer our program ends with a final concert at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Chicago's famed Millennium Park!
Rehearsal Schedule
Tuesday and Thursday evenings
June 30 - July 27, 2008
5:30 - 7:00 p.m. (grades 8 and under)
7:00 - 9:00 p.m. (grades 9 and older)
Location
The Summer Orchestras Evening Program takes place at the MYA Center at Fort Sheridan, an historically significant building that once housed the U.S. Army Stockade. The center is a beautifully restored building that offers students a comfortable and functional home away from home during the summer.
Concerts
Afternoon Concert
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Carthage College
2001 Alford Park Drive
Kenosha, WI 53140
Millennium Park Concert
The final performance of the summer will take place at Chicago's Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park. The extraordinary venue is a superb way to conclude the summer!
Concert date: Sunday, July 27, 2008
Faculty
Dr. Allan Dennis, Festival Orchestra Conductor, is the Executive Director of Midwest Young Artists. He conducts the MYA Concert and Symphony Orchestras and is currently the conductor of Kankakee Symphony Orchestra. Former youth orchestra conducting positions have included the American Suzuki Institute, the North Shore Youth Orchestra, and the Northern Iowa Youth Orchestra. Former professional orchestra conducting positions include associations with the Cedar Rapids Symphony, the Acadiana Symphony Orchestra, and the Albany Symphony. He has conducted and taught at the University of Evansville, the University of Northern Iowa, the University of Southwestern Louisiana, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Skidmore College. His conducting teachers have included Gunther Schuller, Harold Farbermann, and David Effron. Dr. Dennis received his doctorate degree from Indiana University in Bloomington, and his bachelor and master degrees from the State University of New York at Fredonia.
Patrick Pearson, (B.A., Bowling Green State University, 1989; M.A., VanderCook College of Music, 2003) began working with Midwest Young Artists in 1995, conducting the Reading and Prep Orchestras. He currently directs the Reading, Cadet and Prep Orchestras. Patrick is also serves on the faculty at Oak Park and River Forest High School as the director of orchestras, where he conducts three orchestras, one concert band, Music Theory AP, and colorguard coach/drill writer for the OPRFHS Marching Huskies. Before teaching at OPRFHS, he taught nine years at Lake Forest High School in Lake Forest, Illinois, two years at East Lake High School in Tarpon Springs, Florida, and three years at Countryside High School in Clearwater, Florida. During his tenure at East Lake, Mr. Pearson was named Teacher of the Year for 1992-1993. In his 18 years of teaching, Mr. Pearson has taken his orchestras on several international tours to destinations including Italy, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Czech Republic, Austria, and Hungary. Mr. Pearson is active as a guest conductor of many string and orchestra festivals and is a member of the Illinois Music Educators' Association (MENC), the American String Teachers' Association, Phi Mu Alpha, and Kappa Kappa Psi Fraternity. Mr. Pearson also serves as the Assistant Director of Music at Shiloh Baptist Church in Waukegan, Illinois. Mr. Pearson lives in Vernon Hills, Illinois, with his wife, Andrya, and their two daughters, Taylor and Alexandrya.
Student Eligibility
The summer evening programs are geared toward serious music students who want to continue their ensemble experience during the summer, but are too busy during the day to participate in a full-time music festival. Evening programs are for students who have completed 5th through 12th grades by summer 2008.
Audition Requirements
No auditions are required for the Orchestras. Students must be at least in grade 6 as of fall 2008. Placement will be made after the first rehearsal at the discretion of the Director.
Non MYA students wishing to participate in the July 27th performance at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park need to submit a taped audition. Please note: students currently registered for a spring audition for MYA's fall semester or for students submitting a taped audition for the Summer Festival Workshops do not need to submit another tape. Taped auditions must include two movements of contrasting style and period, plus two three-octave scales (one major & one minor). Taped auditions must be recorded on VHS videotape, DVD or mini DV digital video cassette. Deadline for taped submissions is June 1, 2008.
Tuition and Application
Students wishing to attend the Summer Evenings Orchestra Program must complete the Secure Online Application and submit the $75 non-refundable application fee by June 1, 2008 . This application fee will be applied toward summer workshop tuition for students who enroll. To be eligible for financial aid, application and financial aid forms must be submitted online by March 15, 2008.
Application Deadline
All materials must be postmarked by June 1, 2008. Late applications will be accepted if space remains available.
Secure Online Application »
Financial Aid Form »
The financial aid form must be submitted at the same time as the camp application.Tuition
MYA Members: $250
Nonmembers: $275
MYA Alumni: Free
Note that for evening programs, family discounts apply for multiple children – 20% reduction for the second member, 40% reduction for the third, and 60% for the fourth.
