Glendale Youth Orchestra Presents 27th Season Opener

The Glendale Youth Orchestra (GYO) is one of Los Angeles County’s lead youth orchestras. The GYO has played twice in recent years at the Walt Disney Concert Hall to great acclaim. In 2011, the GYO auditioned and was selected as a PREMIER LA Phil Youth Orchestra. GYO’s mission is based on the belief that our young people have a better chance of succeeding in their world if they appreciate and participate in its rich artistic and cultural traditions. GYO provides young musicians in grades 6-12 from all over L.A. County a unique opportunity to play classical music under the direction of Juilliard-trained conductor Brad Keimach. The GYO has been a Resident Company of the Alex Theatre for 19 years.

Brad Keimach, Conductor

MASCAGNI – Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana

BEETHOVEN – Egmont Overture

SAINT-SAËNS – Violin Concerto #3 – 1st movement
Anna Gong, violin

SCHUBERT – Symphony No. 8 (‘Unfinished’)

DEBUSSY – Petite Suite

Anna Gong is currently 15 years old and a 10th grader attending Harvard-Westlake School. She started studying the violin at age 5 under her grandmother Lubin Yu, and began studying with her mother, Bing Wang (Associate Concertmaster of the LA Philharmonic) at age 9. She is currently the concertmaster of both Harvard-Westlake’s Middle School Symphony and the Glendale Youth Orchestra. She joined the GYO at the age of 12, and has soloed with the orchestra playing part of the Handel Messiah in March 2013 and was one of the Concerto Winners playing the Mozart Concerto no. 4 in May 2014, in addition to having won first place in many competitions.