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June 2023
Vienna: Festival Orchestra Finale Concert
The Festival Orchestra concludes its 2022-23 season with "Vienna" at the Performance Arts Center at Purchase College. Program: • Beethoven — Prometheus Overture • Mahler — Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen with guest Samia Bahu, soprano • Schubert — Symphony No. 9 “Great” View flyer here. Program and soloist subject to change.
Find out more »August 2023
Youth Orchestras Open House
Join music directors Jun Nakabayashi (Festival Orchestra), Robert Schwartz (Young People’s Symphonette, Chamber Orchestra), and Executive Director Ken Cole for a lively online introduction to the School’s three-tiered Youth Orchestra Programs. The discussion will include information about repertoire, educational goals, performance schedules, how to prepare for auditions (only the Festival Orchestra requires auditions), Festival Orchestra Merit Scholarship and more! HBMS orchestras are open to all students, whether studying privately at HBMS or elsewhere. RSVP here to receive the Zoom link.…
Find out more »September 2023
Auditions: Festival Orchestra
Be a part of “one of the finest high school orchestras in the United States!” Audition for the HBMS Festival Orchestra’s 2023-24 Season! Instruments needed: oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, timpani, viola and bass. Hoff-Barthelson Music School’s Festival Orchestra is a full symphonic orchestra for high school students at the highest level of technical ability and musical artistry. Under the direction of conductor Jun Nakabayashi, the Festival Orchestra performs three concerts annually; two are with guest artists of international stature.…
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