Deadline to sign up for DCYOP's annual Concerto Competition. Forms are available from Maestro Berard and Ms. Coleman. Please call 202-698-0123 and ask for Ms. Coleman or email either staff member at maestroberard@dcyop.org and rashida@dcyop.org respectively.
Students compete in DCYOP's annual Concerto Competition. Winning student/s will perform on the May 22, 2012 concert in the Terrace Theatre of the John F. Kennedy Center of the Performing Arts.
First Day of Tuesday Classes
Youth Orchestra students sign up for Orchestra Day! Master Classes, Sectionals, Rehearsals, and a Concert! Music for Halo!
Students interested in joining the program at the Youth Orchestra level need to audition. Please contact us at 202-698-0123 or contact Ms. Coleman at rashida@dcyop.org to reserve an appointment. Audition materials are available at the link below.
Free and Open to the Public
All students interested in learning a new instrument are invited to meet the instruments, try them out, and hear them played by DCYOP faculty members. Come join the fun!
Summer Beginners show their stuff at a concert for family and friends.
Evening classes for beginners begin and run from July 11 thourgh July 29th.
Summer Campers participate in the Annual Capitol Hill Fourth of July Parade. Band Campers March. String Campers perform.
Campers give a performance for family and friends in the auditorium at Eastern High School.
First Day of Camp for Summer Camp 2011.
Youth Orchestra students under the direction of Maestro Vales will perform compositions of the contest winners in South America. The event is sponsored by the Organization of American States and in cooperation with University of North Carolina, Children and Youth Orchestra Foundation of Argentina, the National System for the Promotion of Music of Mexico, the National System for Children and Youth Orchestras of Colombia (Batuta Foundation), the Youth Orchestra Foundation of Chile, and the DC Youth Orchestra Program. Participating children are from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Haiti, Jamaica, and St Lucia.
Eugene Drucker comes to visit the program to give a masterclass. The masterclass is free to all students and faculty and parents of the program. All those not connected to the program who would like to come watch are welcome - recommended donation of at least $10.
Violinist Eugene Drucker, a founding member of the Emerson String Quartet, is also an active soloist. He has appeared with the orchestras of Montreal, Brussels, Antwerp, Liege, Austin, Hartford, Richmond, Toledo, Memphis, Omaha, Anchorage and the Rhineland-Palatinate, as well as with the American Symphony Orchestra and Aspen Chamber Symphony.
A graduate of Columbia University and the Juilliard School, where he studied with Oscar Shumsky, Mr. Drucker was concertmaster of the Juilliard Orchestra, with which he appeared as soloist several times. He made his New York debut as a Concert Artists Guild winner in the fall of 1976, after having won prizes at the Montreal Competition and the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels.
Mr. Drucker has recorded the complete unaccompanied works of Bach, recently reissued by Parnassus Records, and the complete sonatas and duos of Bartók for Biddulph Recordings. His novel, The Savior, was published by Simon & Schuster in July 2007 and has recently appeared in paperback. Eugene Drucker lives in New York with his wife, cellist Roberta Cooper, and their son Julian.
Violins: Antonius Stradivarius (Cremona, 1686), Samuel Zygmuntowicz (Brooklyn, 2002)
Tuesday Classes, FA11
All students in levels C-H perform after first 5 weeks of rehearsals.
Performance groups include:
Concert Orchestra
Concert Wind Ensemble
Preparatory Orchestra
Prepartory Wind Ensemble
Intermediate D Orchestra
Intermediate C Orchestra
Intermediate Wind Ensemble
Saturday Classes, FA11
Tuesday Classes, FA11
Jury Exams for all students in the program signing up to advance to the next level. For more information visit the jury page of our website.
Tuesday Classes, FA11
Saturday Classes, FA11
LAST DAY FOR NEW BEGINNERS TO START!!
September 28th is the last date to withdraw from classes and receive a refund, less $40 withdraw fee.
Tuesday Classes, FA11
Jury request deadline for the October 8th Jury Exam.
Tuesday Classes at DCYOP, FA11
Classes begin at the most amazing and largest out-of-school-hours program in the area! Come GET WITH THE PROGRAM!!
Check out our incredible faculty at the link below:
Tuesday evening classes begin the fall session at the program. Registering now - click on the link below.
Petting Zoo - 9:00 - 12:00
Orchestra Day - Dvorak - 8:30-8:30
Auditions for placement - by appointment
Free Concert - 7:00 p.m.
For details, please click link below!
Register by this date to receive the early registration pricing.
Financial Aid and Payment Options are available. Please contact us for more information at info@dcyop.org.
August 28th is the main audition date for students interested in auditioning for the upper most levels of the program. The is no charge to audition for the program. Auditions are by appointment. Please contact our orchestra coordinator, Ms. Coleman, at rashida@dcyop.org to arrange your audition. For upper-level audition materials please click on the link below:
Mayor Adrian Fenty issues a proclamation declaring August 21, 2010 "DC Youth Orchestra Program Day" in Washington, DC and the Council of the District of Columbia passes a ceremonial resolution sponsored by Councilmember Mary Cheh titled the "DC youth Orchestra Program Excellence Recognition Resolution of 2010"
Mayor Adrian Fenty issues a proclamation declaring August 21, 2010 "DC Youth Orchestra Program Day" in Washington, DC and the Council of the District of Columbia passes a ceremonial resolution sponsored by Councilmember Mary Cheh titled the "DC youth Orchestra Program Excellence Recognition Resolution of 2010"
DCYOP celebrates 50 years. 1960-2010
Evening Rehearsal for Youth Orchestra
Saturday Classes
for YO and JO Students ONLY.
Junior Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Mariano Vales performs a free-admission concert for family, friends, and community.
Intermediate level students (C-H) perform for family, friends, and community in a free concert.
Ensembles include:
Preparatory Orchestra
Preparatory Wind Ensemble
Concert Orchestra
Concert Wind Ensemble
D Intermediate Orchestra
C Intermediate Orchestra
Intermediate Wind Ensemble
All students in levels A, Ret. A, and B perform a free admission concert for friends, family, and community to show what they have learned during the Spring Semester.
Regular Saturday Classes
Regular Tuesday Classes
Regular Saturday Classes
Holiday
Regular Tuesday Classes
Regular Saturday Classes
Regular Tuesday Classes
Intermediate level students (C-H) perform for family, friends, and community in a free concert.
Ensembles include:
Preparatory Orchestra
Preparatory Wind Ensemble
Concert Orchestra
Concert Wind Ensemble
D Intermediate Orchestra
C Intermediate Orchestra
Intermediate Wind Ensemble
DC Marathon
Regular Tuesday Classes
Jury Exam Day for all students who signed up to take the exam, levels C through J.
Regular Saturday Classes
Youth Orchestra evening rehearsal.
Regular Tuesday Classes
Regular Saturday Classes
Regular Tuesday Classes
Regular Saturday Classes
Regular Tuesday Classes
Intermediate level students (C-H) perform for family, friends, and community in a free concert.
Ensembles include:
Preparatory Orchestra
Preparatory Wind Ensemble
Concert Orchestra
Concert Wind Ensemble
D Intermediate Orchestra
C Intermediate Orchestra
Intermediate Wind Ensemble
Regular Saturday Classes
Regular Saturday Classes
Regular Tuesday Classes
Regular Saturday Classes
Jury Exam day for all students in levels C through J of the program.
Regular Saturday Classes
Regular Tuesday Classes
Regular Tuesday Classes
Regular Saturday Classes
Regular Tuesday Classes
Regular Saturday Classes
Regular Tuesday Classes
Regular Saturday Classes
Jury Exams for students in levels A through J.
Tuesday Classes
First day back after the holiday break - this is still the FALL2011 semester!
Early Bird Registration Deadline. REGISTER by this date for the Spring Semester (January 17 - May 2012)! Students must register by January 4th to receive the early registration discount pricing. Registrations are accepted through the beginning of the semester, but the price increases after January 4, 2012.
Please be sure to register online by the deadline. Or also you can fax or postmark your registration materials by January 3, 2011. Please visit our online registration page at the website page below.
No classes for the holiday break.
But the semester is not over - students return to Saturday classes on January 7th!!
No classes for the holiday break.
But the semester is not over - students return to Saturday classes on January 7th!!
No classes for the holiday break.
But the semester is not over - students return to Saturday classes on January 7th!!
No classes for the holiday break.
But the semester is not over - students return to Tuesday classes on January 3rd!!
Youth Orchestra students perform a holiday concert at the Kennedy Center. (Possible inclusion of selected Junior Orchestra students)
Regular Saturday Classes
Last class before the holiday break - don't miss class any week, but especially not this one!
Regular Tuesday Classes
Deadline to sign up for the Jury Exam scheduled for January 7, 2012. For more information about jury exams, please visit our jury page at the website link below.
Regular Saturday Classes
Rehearsal for all Youth Orchestra students performing at the Kennedy Center of December 18th.
Regular Tuesday Classes
Saturday Classes resume after Thanksgiving Holiday break.
Tuesday Classes resume after holiday break.
No class scheduled - Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Saturday classes resume December 3.
No Classes - Thanksgiving holiday break. Tuesday classes resume November 29th.
All students in level C-H of the program perform.
Ensembles include:
Concert Orchestra
Concert Wind Ensemble
Prepartory Orchestra
Prepartory Wind Ensemble
D Intermediate Orchestra
C Intermediate Orchestra
Intermediate Wind Ensemble
Regular Saturday Classes
Regular Tuesday Classes
Junior Orchestra performs under the direction of Maestro Mariano Vales
Regular Tuesday Classes
Jury Exams for all students taking a jury. For more information about jury exams, please go to the website below:
The Youth Orchestra will be touring November 4-6, 2011. Baltimore and Philadelphia!
The Youth Orchestra will be touring November 4-6, 2011. Baltimore and Philadelphia!
The Youth Orchestra will be touring November 4-6, 2011. Baltimore and Philadelphia!
Saturday Classes, FA11
DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME ENDS (Saturday night)!!!
Youth Orchestra students rehearse for their tour performances.
Regular Tuesday Classes
Jury Exam Request Deadline for 11/12/11 Jury Exam. For more information, please visit our Jury page on our website (below):
Saturday Classes, FA11
October 27, 6 pm
DC YOUTH ORCHESTRA
Maestro Jesus Manuel Berard will conduct the DC Youth Orchestra in a performance of Dvořák’s acclaimed Symphony No. 9 in E minor, “From the New World” at the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater. The DC Youth Orchestra is comprised of gifted students from the Washington, DC community. The group has performed in the past as such prestigious venues as the White House. The event is part of the Kids Euro Festival.
Admission is free. | No reservations are required
Location: Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
2700 F Street, NW Washington, DC 20566
For more information about the DC Youth Orchestra, please visit www.dcyop.org.
To learn more about the Kids Euro Festival, please visit www.kidseurofestival.org
Tuesday Classes, FA11
Saturday Classes, FA11
Youth Orchestra full rehearsal
On October 19, 1982, the Mayor and City Council issued a Proclamation declaring it "DC Youth Orchestra Day". This year, we celebrate the 28th anniversary of the Proclamation.