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CSO violin Mihaela Ionescu offers some advice to the student musicians.
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Before packing up and heading back home to the icy Midwest, a few Chicago Symphony Orchestra musicians stayed in California to work with musicians in the Orange County Youth Symphony and String Ensemble, which operate under the auspices of the Philharmonic Society of Orange County (the presenter of the CSO’s concert Jan. 24 at the Segerstrom Concert Hall).
Founded in 1970, the Orange County Youth Symphony is the official youth orchestra of Orange County. OCYS and OCYSE musicians appear in their own performances in prestigious venues across Orange County and Southern California.
The CSO’s Daniel Carson (bass), John Hagstrom (trumpet), Mihaela Ionescu (violin) and John Bruce Yeh (assistant principal clarinet) participated in rehearsals and a Q&A session with the students at the Soka Performing Arts Center on Sunday, courtesy of the Philharmonic Society of Orange County. The educational activities were organized by the Negaunee Music Institute at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
This week, the CSO returns to Orchestra Hall for concerts Jan. 29-31 and Feb. 1, conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen and featuring pianist Daniel Trifonov, soloist in Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 2. Also on the program, Buckner’s Symphony No. 4 (Romantic).
John Bruce Yeh, assistant principal clarinet, is greeted by Johannes Müller Stosch, music director and conductor of the Orange County Youth Symphony.
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CSO violin Mihaela Ionescu beams like a proud mother as students rehearse.
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Bass Daniel Carson fields a question from a Orange County Youth Orchestra student.
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CSO trumpet John Hagstrom rehearses side by side with the OCYS students.
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John Bruce Yeh, CSO assistant principal clarinet, makes a point to a student musician.
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Student horns participate, along with strings, woodwinds and other brass musicians.
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CSO bass Daniel Carson makes a point to a student musician.
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A student musician receives an "I can't hear you" sign from John Bruce Yeh.
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Orange County Youth Symphony members have questions for the CSO's musicians.
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CSO trumpet John Hagstrom asks for a show of hands from the student musicians.
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The CSO's John Bruce Yeh, Daniel Carson, Mihaela Ionescu and John Hagstrom take questions.
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Lucy Lu, OCYSE conductor and OCYS strings coach, leads the students.
CSO violin Mihaela Ionescu offers feedback to the student musicians.
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Soka Performing Arts Center in nearby Aliso Viejo served as the site for the NMI educational activities.
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