Chicago Area High School Students to Perform in the I’Solisti MYA Chamber Orchestra with Principal Violist of the Chicago Symphony, Charles Pikler

I Solisti MYA, directed by Chicago Symphony Orchestra Principal Violist Charles Pikler, is an elite chamber orchestra which includes select members of the Midwest Young Artists (MYA) Symphony Orchestra.  

Members are chosen by rigorous audition to perform one movement of a concerto with the orchestra. Accepted students to I Solisti enjoy special performance opportunities and receive financial awards in addition to the ability to work with a spectacular musician.

The MYA youth music school is located in Fort Sheridan, in the town of Highwood, Illinois. (www.mya.org)
I’Solisti will travel to several area schools to perform on the Friday before their concert at Ravinia. The ensemble will first travel to Daniel Wright Junior High School in Lincolnshire, then on to Lake Zurich High School. The public is invited to come and see the group perform for free at Ravinia Festival at 3pm on March 2nd. This program demonstrates the value of believing in our youth and challenging them to greater pinnacles of achievement, as there are only a couple rehearsals to get everything right, and the members also have homework to contend with.-more-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The following MYA students comprise the 2014 I Solisti MYA Chamber Orchestra:
 
Violins: Rachel Stenzel
Aidan Perreault
Elyce Milligan
Janani Sivakumar
Carissa McQuaid
Mary Silva                        

Violas: Sofiya Kyrylyuk
HudsonTaylor Brown
Nairobi Young
Cellos:Anastasia Dalianis
Daniel Kaler
Bass:Jacob Nagler  

Concert Program:Mozart, Symphony No. 30, mvt 2Haydn, Violin Concerto in C, mvt 1 (Rachel Stenzel, violin)Hadyn, Violin Concerto in G, mvt 2 (Janani Sivakumar, violin) AND mvt 3 (Aidan Perreault, violin)Telemann, Viola Concerto, mvts 3 and 4 (Sofiya Kyrylyuk, viola)Vanhal, Concerto for Double Bass, mvt 1 (Jacob Nagler, bass)J.C. Bach/Casadesus, Concerto in c minor, mvt 3 (Daniel Kaler, cello)

Press contact: Carl Jasieniecki – photos & interviews are available upon request, please email: carl@mya.org

Information about Midwest Young Artists:
Midwest Young Artists is the premier youth music education and ensemble organization in the Midwest and represents some of the best young musicians in the country. The program offers exceptional training in jazz, choral, chamber and orchestral instruction. Midwest Young Artists was founded in 1993 with just one orchestra. The organization currently reaches more than 1,000 students over 75 communities in the metropolitan Chicago area, with students ranging in age from 6 months through 12th grade. MYA has eight youth orchestras, more than 65 chamber music ensembles, four choral groups, an all-inclusive jazz program, classes in music theory and composition and an early childhood education program. Students have the opportunity to travel abroad and to perform in major venues throughout Chicago and around the world. Leading the nation in chamber music instruction, MYA graduates are accepted at the most selective conservatories, universities and colleges in the country.Website: www.mya.orgPodcast: wmya.fmSocial: Facebook.com/midwestyoungartists###