The Young People’s Orchestra will perform side by side with The Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes for their “Side by Side Through the Ages” show at the Corning Museum of Glass, One Museum Way in Corning, NY on March 10.
The Young People’s Orchestra, directed by Margaret Matthews and Gary Chollet, will perform alongside the professional musicians of the OSFL in a moving and challenging suite of music from the Broadway hit West Side Story. They will perform side by side with the OSFL musicians, Hertzog Concerto and Aria Competition winner Riley Hubisz.
The OSFL will perform the music by Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, and Bernstein on the March 10 concert while SUNY Corning Community College Theatre students will perform scenes from Romeo and Juliet, a play written by William Shakespeare around 1595, which has inspired numerous creatives throughout the ages. The play was set to music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1869 as an overture-fantasy. The play was also set to music as a ballet by Sergei Prokofiev in 1935 and rewritten into two concert suites in 1936.
The OSFL is known for supporting the creative and artistic development of students through side-by-side opportunities for middle school, high school, and college students. “March is music in our school’s month, when we invite our local young talent to share the stage with us,” says Toshiyuki Shimada, the Music Director of the OSFL. “The Young People’s Orchestra will sit among the OSFL musicians on stage, for an inspiring highlight in their musical development. We also showcase the winner of our own Hertzog Concerto & Aria Competition, Riley Hubisz, who is a gifted flute student in 11 th grade at Ithaca High School. It is a pleasure to work with Professor Mary Guzzy from Corning Community College and give the theater students the rare opportunity to perform on stage with a professional orchestra.” He added.
General admission tickets start at $50 and $15 for College students. Entry is free for all children under 18 while groups of 10 or more receive a 10% discount. Tickets for the “Side by Side Through the Ages” show on March 10 can be purchased through OSFL.org, by calling 607-936-2873, or in person at the OSFL office, 49 Bridge Street, Corning, NY.
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