Basic Calendar
August (opening cluster)
Tuesday, August 21:
6:30-7:45: Sectional #1
7:45-8:00: Intermission
8:00-9:30: Rehearsal #1: Brahms, Saint-Saens
Thursday, August 23:
6:30-7:45: Sectional #2
7:45-8:00: Intermission
8:00-9:30: Rehearsal #2: Haydn
Friday, August 24:
4:15-6:30: Rehearsal #3: Brahms, Saint-Saens;
ACHIEVEMENT/SEATING AUDITIONS
6:30-7:30: Banquet, Wade Hampton High School Auditorium
7:30-10:00: Rehearsal #4: Haydn
Tuesday, 8/28: Concert Cycle No. 1, rehearsal 4
September
Tuesday, 9/4: Concert Cycle No. 1, rehearsal 5
Tuesday, 9/11: Concert Cycle No. 1, rehearsal 6
Tuesday, 9/18: Concert Cycle No. 1, rehearsal 7
Tuesday, 9/25: Concert Cycle No. 1, rehearsal 8
October
Tuesday, 10/2: Concert Cycle No. 1, rehearsal 9
Tuesday, 10/9: Concert Cycle No. 1, rehearsal 10
Tuesday, 10/16: Concert Cycle No. 1, rehearsal 11
Thursday, 10/18: Young Artist Concert No.1, Dorothy Gunter Theatre,
Dress rehearsal 4:15, dinner at 6:00, concert at 8:00 P.M.
Cello Concerto No. 1 in a, Op. 33
SAINT SAENS, CHARLES-CAMILLE 1835 - 1921
Soloist: Seth Russell
Instrumentation: 2222/2200, timp, str; Duration: 18:00
Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80
BRAHMS, JOHANNES 1833 - 1897
Instrumentation: 2+1,2,2,2+1/4331 TIMP PERC STR; Duration: 10:00
SYMPHONY No. 104 in D (London Symphony)
HAYDN, FRANZ J. 1732 - 1809
Instrumentation: 2222/2200 TIMP STR; Duration: 29:00
Tuesday, 10/23: Concert Cycle No. 2, rehearsal 1
Tuesday, 10/30: Concert Cycle No. 2, rehearsal 2
November
Friday & Saturday, 11/2-3: Middle School Orchestra Festival
Wade Hampton High School
(GCYO Principals serve as coaching staff)
Tuesday, 11/6: Concert Cycle No. 2, rehearsal 3
Tuesday, 11/13: Concert Cycle No. 2, rehearsal 4
Tuesday, 11/20: Concert Cycle No. 2, rehearsal 5
Tuesday, 11/27: Concert Cycle No. 2, rehearsal 6
December
Tuesday 12/4: Concert Cycle No. 2, rehearsal 7
Tuesday, 12/11: Concert Cycle No. 2, rehearsal 8
Tuesday, 12/18: Concert Cycle No. 2, rehearsal 9
January
Tuesday, 1/8: Concert Cycle No. 2, rehearsal 10
Tuesday, 1/15: Concert Cycle No. 2, rehearsal 11
Tuesday, 1/22: Concert Cycle No. 2, rehearsal 12
Wednesday, 1/23: Rehearsal with GSO members
Thursday, 1/24: Young Artist Concert No. 2: “Shoulder-to-Shoulder”
Dorothy Gunter Theatre, 8:00 P.M.
PIANO CONCERTO No. 21 in C, K-467
MOZART, WOLFGANG AMADEUS 1756 – 1791
Soloist: Valerie Hsu
Instrumentation: 1202/2200, pf, timp, str; Duration: 29:00
A Fifth Season (World Premier)
Grier, Jon Jeffrey 1953
To be composed for Greenville County Youth Orchestra
Instrumentation: 3222/4331, harp, tymp + 4. str; Duration: 10:00
La Jeunesse D'Hercule (The Youth Of Hercules), Op. 50
SAINT SAENS, CHARLES-CAMILLE 1835 - 1921
Instrumentation: 2+1,2,2,2/4,2+2,3,1 TIMP PERC HRP STR; Duration: 16:00
Other repertoire TBA…
Tuesday, 1/29: Concert cycle No. 3, rehearsal 1
Thursday, 1/31: Winter Orchestra Concert, Wade Hampton High School, 7:30 P.M.
GCYO Performance Repertoire:
PIANO CONCERTO No. 21 in C, K-467 (movements TBA)
MOZART, WOLFGANG AMADEUS 1756 – 1791
Soloist: Valerie Hsu
Instrumentation: 1202/2200, pf, timp, str;
Fine Arts Center Overture
Grier, Jon Jeffrey 1953
To be composed for Greenville County Youth Orchestra
Instrumentation: 3222/3200, tymp + 2. str; Duration: 10:00
February
Tuesday, 2/5: Concert Cycle No. 3, rehearsal 2
Saturday, 2/9: 10:00 A.M.: COACHING WITH MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, thanks to the guidance of the Greenville Symphony Orchestra Education Coordinator
Tuesday, 2/12: Concert Cycle No. 3, rehearsal 3
Tuesday, 2/19: Concert Cycle No. 3, rehearsal 4
Tuesday, 2/26: Concert Cycle No. 3, rehearsal 5
March
Tuesday, 3/4: Concert Cycle No. 3, rehearsal 6
Tuesday, 3/11: Concert Cycle No. 3, rehearsal 7
Tuesday, 3/18: Concert Cycle No. 3, rehearsal 8
Note: Tuesday, 3/25, falls within the School District’s Spring Break
April
Tuesday, 4/1: Concert Cycle No. 3, rehearsal 9
Tuesday, 4/8: Concert Cycle No. 3, rehearsal 10
Tuesday, 4/15: Concert Cycle No. 3, rehearsal 11
Thursday, 4/17: Young Artist Concert No. 3, Dorothy Gunter Theatre
Dress rehearsal 4:15, dinner at 6:00, concert at 8:00 P.M.
Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E Flat, Op. 74
WEBER, CARL M. VON 1786 - 1826
Soloist: Andy Jacobi
Instrumentation: 2202/2200, timp, str, clar solo; Duration: 22:00
HUNGARIAN RHAPSODY No. 2, G.359/2 (Liszt, Doppler)
LISZT, FRANZ 1811 - 1886
Instrumentation: 2+1,2,2+1,2/4231 TIMP PERC STR; Duration: 10:00
SYMPHONY No. 8 in F, Op. 93
BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN 1770 - 1827
Instrumentation: 2222/2200 TIMP STR; Duration: 26:00
Other repertoire TBA…
Tuesday, 4/22: Spring Orchestras Concert, Wade Hampton High School, 7:30 P.M.
GCYO Performance Repertoire:
Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E Flat, Op. 74 (final movement)
WEBER, CARL M. VON 1786 - 1826
Soloist: Andy Jacobi
Instrumentation: 2202/2200, timp, str, clar solo; Duration: 22:00
SYMPHONY No. 8 in F, Op. 93 (movements III & IV)
BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN 1770 - 1827
Instrumentation: 2222/2200 TIMP STR
Tuesday, 4/29: hold for GCYO event |
e Hampton Boulevard not far from Bob Jones University. FAC and Wade Hampton High School share a campus. Regular GCYO rehearsals take place each Tuesday during the academic year. The rehearsal time is 6:30 PM until 9:30 PM. All concerts are preceded by a dress rehearsal that begins at 4:30 and is followed by a break. (Meals are served at most of these intermissions).
