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Midwest Young Artists

Dec28
5:00 PM
Combined Symphony Orchestra and Alumni ensemble and the MYA Big Band
Friday, December 28, 2012
In celebration of 20 years as a leading youth music ensemble training center in Chicagoland, Midwest Young Artists has partnered with the Alzheimer’s Association for a joint benefit concert event to highlight the role that music plays in the missions of both organizations. MYA musicians from past and present will share the stage with Actor David Hyde Pierce and Singer Nathan Gunn for a truly extraordinary musical extravaganza.

Program

  • Brookmeyer  Celebration Slow Dance
  • Rodgers and Hart arr. Clayton  Wait Till You See Him
  • Gounod  "Mob Aria" from Romeo and Juliet
  • Lerner and Loewe  "C'est moi" from Camelot
  • arr. Julie Gunn  Cowboys
  • Porter  "You're the Top" from Anything Goes
  • Brahms  Academic Festival Overture
  • Beethoven  Symphony No. 5, mvmt I
  • Mahler  Symphony No. 1, mvmt III
  • Shostakovich  Symphony No. 5, mvmt IV
 

Performers

The Midwest Young Artists Combined Symphony Orchestra and Alumni ensemble and the MYA Big Band
Dr. Allan Dennis
conductor (Orchestra)
Chris Madsen
conductor (Big Band)
Nathan Gunn
soloist