IPSWICH — The Northeast Massachusetts Youth Orchestras presents “An Afternoon of Winter Concerts” on Sunday, Dec. 10, at the Dolan Performing Arts Center, 130 High St.
The 2 p.m. concert features the NMYO Prelude String Ensemble, Overture String Ensemble, and Intermezzo Orchestra. The 4 p.m. concert features NMYO’s advanced ensembles: Wind Ensemble, Select Flute Choir, and Symphony Orchestra. The concerts will include music by Elgar, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Sibelius and more.
“This free concert ushers in the holiday season and has become a wonderful tradition for concert goers of all ages,” NMYO music director Gerald Dolan said. “We invite the community to join us for this festive event.”
Among those performing on that day are Newburyport residents Sam Parr and Max Piotrowski; Noah Alcaraz of Salisbury; and Rowley residents Clara and Madelyn Graves.
The concerts will also be live-treamed on NMYO’s YouTube channel @NMYOrch! If you prefer to watch from home, visit nmyo.org and click the link on the Home Page to see the concert in real time.
NMYO provides youth musicians with exceptional ensemble training and opportunities for cognitive, social, and personal growth through musical performance and community service. Led by Dolan, with an accomplished team of music professionals, NMYO’s 150 musicians come from 40-plus communities throughout northeast Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire and participate in one or more of six ensembles offered.
The regular rehearsal and concert schedule is supplemented with master classes, enrichment days, chamber music, and community service outreach concerts to underserved populations. Musicians are now being added for the second semester. Rehearsals are held weekly just off Interstate 95 and Route 1 in Topsfield/Boxford. NMYO is a 501 ©(3) nonprofit organization.
For more information, visit nmyo.org, email info@nmyo.org or call 978-309-9833.