"Making Overtures" by Youth & Honors Orchestras of Youth Music Monterey February 20, 2010

Join us at our next concert! The Youth and Honors Orchestras of Youth Music Monterey and Conductor John Larry Granger Present: “Making Overtures” on Saturday, February 20, 2010 at 2:00 pm at the Sunset Center, San Carlos Street at Ninth Avenue, Carmel (doors open at 1:30 pm) with special guests Orchestra in the Schools and featuring the 2009-10 Concerto Competition Winner, Perry Choi performing the first movement of Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto in A Major. A junior and high honor student at York School, Perry has been a member of Youth Music Monterey for the past four years and currently is the principal clarinetist. He began playing music at the age of 6 first on the piano followed by the clarinet at age 10. Aside from playing music, he also enjoys composing and listening to music and playing on his School Varsity golf team. He excels in his academic subjects, including math, and recently placed 2nd in Calculus at the Monterey County Mathletics Competition. Perry has had music lessons with Erica Horn, Theresa Hruby-Purcell, Frank Renk, Mark Brandenburg, Ginger Barnetson, Kim Cole Luevano, and Luis Baez and participated in master classes with Jerome Simas and Daniel Gilbert. He plans on majoring in music in college, along with another major in Biology, Physics, or Biomedical Engineering. His proudest musical achievement has been the creation of Keeping Music Alive, a program which allows talented high school musicians to provide, for free, a music program for an elementary school that does not currently have one. Although it's been rough beginnings due to a lack of instruments, those that have gotten instruments are learning quickly, and he is proud to be a part of that child's learning.

Ticket information:
$5 Students and children, $10 Senior, $15 Adult (General Admission), and $30 Reserved (Dress Circle). Tickets are available at www.ticketguys.com/ymm, at the door, at The Bookmark in Pacific Grove, or by calling Youth Music Monterey at (831) 375-1992.

We are accepting jazz instrumentalists to join our Honors Orchestras of Youth Music Monterey for our Spring concert on Sunday, May 2, 2010. Specifically, we are looking for talented musicians playing saxophone, brass and percussion instruments. The orchestra will be performing Gershwin’s symphonic orchestra piece “An American in Paris” which includes these instruments. To apply, simply fill out an application online at www.youthmusicmonterey.org and click on "registration materials" to request an audition appointment or call (831) 375-1992 for further information. Auditions will be held on the first rehearsal on Wednesday, March 3, 2010 at the Monterey High School Band Room located at 700 Pacific Street in Monterey from 6:15 pm-6:45 pm. The cost is a $50 deposit to secure an audition and $100 tuition towards participating in the rehearsals and concert.

Youth Music Monterey is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing high caliber music education and performance opportunities to the youth of Monterey County. The Youth and Honors Orchestras provide a unique learning opportunity for over 100 of the best student musicians in the area. These talented young people delight hundreds of people in the community through quality performances at the Sunset Center, Sherwood Hall and community events each year. Additionally, the orchestras complement and strengthen other local music programs.

Official Website: http://www.youthmusicmonterey.org