Young area musicians in grades six through 12 have the
opportunity to audition for the Central Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra Program,
now in its second year.
Formed through the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Music Department, Aber Suzuki Center and Continuing Education as well as with local
music educators, the program has openings in its Symphony Orchestra and
Philharmonia (string orchestra) groups. Registrations are due Tuesday, Sept. 1,
after which a late registration fee will be charged.
Both groups rehearse and perform at the Noel Fine Arts
Center on the UW-Stevens Point campus. Rehearsals will begin Sunday, Sept. 13,
and a concert concludes the semester.
“Young musicians would have to travel to Madison or the
Fox Valley to be involved in this level of study and performance,” said program
founder Kurt Van Tiem. “Now they only have to travel to the top-notch
facilities at the UW-Stevens Point Noel Fine Arts Center.”
Van Tiem directs the Symphony Orchestra, which performs
standard orchestral literature at the advanced high school level. The group
holds two concerts each year and will tour every three to four years. Van Tiem
chairs the Music Department at P.J. Jacobs Junior High School in Stevens Point
and has conducted the Wausau Symphony and at the University of Massachusetts.
The Philharmonia is directed by Stephan Wucherer and
performs various levels of full orchestra literature from standard middle
school to high school level. The group will hold two concerts each year and may
perform for area schools. Wucherer teaches orchestra classes at Merrill and
Webster Stanley Middle School in Oshkosh, and also conducts the Waupaca Area
Orchestra.
For more information or registration, go to www.uwsp.edu/conted/artculture/pages/cwyso
or call 715-346-3838.
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