Icicle Creek Youth Symphony - Symphony in Residence, Performing Arts Center of Wenatchee

For the 2007-2008 season, the Icicle Creek Youth Symphony will celebrate its move into its new home, the Performing Arts Center of Wenatchee, known as the premier performance venue in the greater North Central Washington region. Recently named the official "Symphony In Residence", the Icicle Creek Youth Symphony will begin its thirteenth year of providing high quality orchestral music instruction to elementary, middle school and high school student instrumentalists throughout the North Central Washington region. The program offers two full semesters and one optional quarter, Fall Semester, Winter Semester, and Spring Quarter, that parallel the school year. Students involved in the Icicle Creek Youth Symphony come from the Greater Wenatchee area, Leavenworth, Cashmere, Peshastin, Dryden, Quincy, and locations as far away as Twisp, Moses Lake and Ellensburg.

Icicle Creek Youth Symphony Brochure (2008-2009) (PDF:3.1MB)

Icicle Creek Youth Symphony Registration (2007-2008) (PDF:188k)

In the 2007-08 school year, the program will be comprised of the following two ensembles:

Icicle Creek Youth Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Music Director and Conductor Dr. Jeremy Briggs Roberts, the Icicle Creek Youth Symphony provides qualified students the opportunity to rehearse and perform substantial works from the Baroque period to the present in a full symphony orchestra. Comprised of student musicians from across the North Central Washington region and professional musicians and educators who serve as faculty coaches, the Icicle Creek Youth Symphony provides an intensive orchestral training ground for serious students of music. The Icicle Creek Youth Symphony Orchestra will rehearse Monday evenings from 6:45-9:00 PM onstage at the Performing Arts Center of Wenatchee.

Icicle Creek Academy Orchestra
This ensemble is designed specifically for less experienced string players with limited or no previous orchestral training. The Academy Orchestra is open to students who have played one year or more and who read music. Students will learn fundamental string techniques and receive instruction in the principles of ensemble playing while preparing a selection of short pieces for performance. Ms. Kara Hunnicutt conducts the Academy Orchestra. The Icicle Creek Academy Orchestra will rehearse Monday evenings from 5:00-6:30 PM onstage at the Performing Arts Center of Wenatchee.

For more information, call (509) 548-6347.

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