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NSO SUMMER MUSIC INSTITUTE ORCHESTRA
About the Artist
The National Symphony Orchestra Summer Music Institute is a four-week festival of orchestral and chamber music for young people ages 14-21 at the Kennedy Center. Musicians from around the country participate in the Institute, which consists of orchestral and chamber music coached by NSO musicians, conducting and master classes, private lessons with NSO musicians, and additional enrichment sessions. Several of the local students are graduates or current participants of the NSO Youth Fellowship Program, an orchestral training program for talented young musicians. Also included are students participating in the Young Artists’ of Color national training initiative of the Kennedy Center.
Past Performances
July 26, 2009
Conducted by Elizabeth Schulze, the orchestra of students ages 15-20 performs works by Wagner and Brahms. The concert also features a past NSO Young Soloist Competition winner. IN THE CONCERT HALL
July 12, 2009
Conducted by Elizabeth Schulze, the orchestra of students ages 15-20 performs a program that includes works by Glinka, Stravinsky, and Dvorák. IN THE CONCERT HALL
July 27, 2008
Conducted by Elizabeth Schulze, the orchestra performs Thomas’s Overture to Mignon and Mahler’s Symphony No. 1. Part of the NSO Summer Music Institute. IN THE CONCERT HALL
July 13, 2008
Conducted by Elizabeth Schulze, the orchestra performs a program that includes Dvo?ák’s Carnival Overture, Smetana’s “The Moldau,” and Schumann’s Symphony No. 3 “Rhenish.” Part of the NSO Summer Music Institute. IN THE CONCERT HALL
July 28, 2007
Conducted by Elizabeth Schulze, the orchestra performs Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 in F minor, and von Suppé’s Light Cavalry Overture. IN THE CONCERT HALL
July 15, 2007
Conducted by Elizabeth Schulze, the orchestra performs a program that includes Johann Strauss Jr.’s Die Fledermaus Overture, Britten’s Soirées Musicales, and Dvorák’s Symphony No. 7 in D minor. IN THE CONCERT HALL
July 23, 2006
The NSO Summer Music Institute Orchestra, conducted by Elizabeth Schulze, performs a program that includes Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5. IN THE CONCERT HALL
July 9, 2006
Conducted by Elizabeth Schulze, the NSO Summer Music Institute Orchestra performs a program that includes Stravinsky’s Pulcinella and Bizet’s Symphony No. 1. IN THE CONCERT HALL
