FREE Community Concert
Doors: 4:30pm, Show: 5:00pm
4140 Broadway, NY, NY 10033
Doors: 4:30pm, Concert: 5pm FREE
The New York Youth Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Andrew J. Kim proudly presents a free community concert featuring Sibelius's Symphony No. 2 and excerpts from Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto featuring violinist, Jennifer Ahn. Please join us for a beautiful evening of music-making with an added insight into these musical works provided by Andrew J. Kim. Seating is general admission.
More about NYYS:
The New York Youth Symphony is one of the most awarded youth programs of its kind in the nation, including the 2023 Grammy award for Best Orchestral Performance. It is recognized for its innovative, educational programs for talented young musicians. Founded in 1963 as an orchestra to showcase the metropolitan area’s most gifted musicians ages 12-22, its activities have since grown to encompass programs in chamber music, conducting, composition, jazz, and musical theater songwriting with performances at world class venues including Carnegie Hall and Jazz at Lincoln Center. Through its commissioning program, First Music, the NYYS has commissioned over 170 works from young composers since 1984. for more information, please visit www.nyys.org.
This program is supported by the United Palace of Cultural Arts, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.