Chicago Youth Symphony opens season Nov. 20

Posted November 15, 2011 11:00 pm

Submitted by the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra

Connie Liou, of Elk Grove Village, is one of the concertmasters for Sunday's opening concert of the 2011 season and will play the violin solo in Strauss' “Don Juan.” Courtesy of the CYSO

Young, talented musicians from the suburbs will be part of the 130-member Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra as it kicks off its 65th anniversary season at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 20 at Orchestra Hall, 220 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago.

Under the baton of Music Director Allen Tinkham, the orchestra will perform works by Strauss, Prokofiev, Barber and Scriabin. Suburban musicians are from Arlington Heights, Aurora, Barrington, Bolingbrook, Crystal Lake, Deerfield, Downers Grove, Elk Grove Village, Hinsdale, Long Grove, Naperville, Wheaton, Wood Dale and Woodridge.

The CYSO Symphony Orchestra has earned an international reputation as a premier orchestral ensemble featuring extraordinary young musicians from the Chicago area.

The program for the Nov. 20 concert will include: “Don Juan,” by Richard Strauss; the Andante and Allegro giusto from the Sinfonia Concertante by Serge Prokofiev (Austin Huntington, cello); Essay No. 2 by Samuel Barber; and “The Poem of Ecstasy” Symphony No. 4,” by Alexander Scriabin.

CYSO alumni have gone on to hold key positions as part of acclaimed national and international orchestras and established solo careers.

Tickets for Sunday's concert are $20-$40. Boxes are also available. Visit www.cyso.org or call (312) 939-2207, ext. 31.

Allen Tinkham conducts the CYSO. Courtesy of the CYSO

Lucie Ticho of Hinsdale, a member of the cello section. Courtesy of the CYSO

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