Introduction and Rehearsal Week (June 27-July 1)

Ciao a tutti! It is my pleasure to welcome you to the official MYO 2022 Italy tour blog! My name is Aviv, I am a tenor in this year’s tour choir, and I will be your storyteller and narrator for this epic account of our two-week-long

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At 8:45 AM, breakfast was over and we were asked to meet in our chaperone groups in the lobby. During this meetup, we sang a beautiful rendition of Happy Birthday to Molly Perrone who turned 18 today! After everyone was definitely present, we boarded the buses.

The time has come, ladies and

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Back for more, are you? Good, because the show is just getting started. Today is our first day of sightseeing in the Italian regions of Lombardy and Liguria.

Upon landing in Milan, we successfully reclaimed our baggage and met up with our two tour managers in the arrivals hall. The orchestra would

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And so, our adventures continue! Morning broke early today in Santa Margherita, but many of us chose to sleep in as much as we could. I managed to catch a quick breakfast ten minutes before our 8:00 meeting time in the lobby of the hotel. Once there, we got a chance to

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Good morning! Well, it’s actually almost midnight the next day as I write this, but we’ll pretend it’s still the morning so I can have my fun. So, good morning, and welcome back! Today was another of our long travel days as we proceeded to Tuscany and our next hotel in Montecatini

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Benvenuti once again! I cannot wait to tell you all about the wonderful things we did today, so let me waste no time. Today, we visited Florence, the capital of the Tuscany region and one of the principal artistic and cultural centers of Italy. And not only did we get to experience

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Man, it felt good to wake up on time this morning! I purposefully started setting my alarm ringtones to the loudest EDM tracks I could find with the goal of never missing another call time again. Let’s see if I can keep that up throughout the rest of the tour. Anyway, now

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Welcome back to the action! The next two days of the tour are going to be far more relaxed than the past few, with no concerts until later in the week and lots of travel time. But that is not to say that they won’t offer the same wonderful experiences, breathtaking sights,

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It’s hard to believe that we’re already over halfway through the tour. Seriously, it feels like just yesterday that we first landed in Italy. Anyway, I had one of the best sleeps of my entire life last night. The mattresses in that hotel were so comfortable! Even the breakfast spread was nice,

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Ladies and gentlemen, the day has finally come. Today we embark on one of the most highly anticipated escapades of the entire tour, followed immediately by our fourth concert in the heart of Sorrento. We have a lot to talk about, so let us dispense with the formalities and get on with

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Ciao again! I hope you’re ready for another day of cruising the sea, admiring stunning views, and eating lots of food. Actually, you’re just going to read about it; unfortunately we already did all that today. But hopefully you’ll feel like you were there with us as you do!The morning started out

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Ready for the final leg of our trip? To be honest, I’m not even sure I was; besides the fact that I absolutely fell in love with Sorrento, I was still having difficulty coming to terms with the tour almost coming to an end. Italy is just such a magical place, and

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Welcome back! Today had to be one of the greatest days we’ve had on tour. Between the sightseeing we did this morning, the amazing food, and our concert tonight, there was absolutely nothing that could make this day any better. So sit back, relax, and please enjoy the story I’m about to

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And so the day has finally come: our last full day in Rome, in Italy, and on tour. The past two weeks have gone by far too quickly, and everything we’ve done up to this point seems like a bit of a whirlwind to me right now (and probably to many of

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We’ve arrived, ladies and gentlemen. Today marks the end of MYO’s 2022 tour to Italy, and these will be my final words on the subject. I still have not come to terms with either of those facts. Time has flown far too quickly, and it’s incredibly unfortunate that we must leave Italy

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East Hampton Cello Prodigy Plays Carnegie Hall

Published: April 28, 2022 at easthamptonstar.com

Elijah Jones was inspired to pick up the violin when, at the age of 4, he would watch and listen to his oldest brother, Micah, playing it. But after Elijah studied violin for two years himself, it didn’t

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• MYO Ensembles perform at Carnegie Hall Sunday, May 7, 2023
• New Collaborations and Commissioned Works for MYO Ensembles
• Competitions for Composers, Instrumentalists, and Vocalists
• One Singular Sunday, Free for Singers in Grades 4 – 12
• MYO Alumni Reunion Weekend

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Three Middle School students named finalists in music competition

Published: January 28, 2021 at syossetadvance.com

Three Syosset middle school students have been named as finalists in the Metropolitan Youth Orchestra (MYO) of New York’s Concerto and Vocal Competition.

South Woods Middle School students Minsoo Chae (Gr. 6) and Cody Cheng (Gr.

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Bravo, Garden City MYO members!

Published: December 30, 2020 at gcnews.com

On Sunday, December 13th, fourteen Garden City student musicians had the opportunity to perform choral and orchestral masterworks under the direction of the accomplished directors of the Metropolitan Youth Orchestra of NY. Garden City students performed in MYO’s first virtual

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MYO Competitions for Composers, Instrumentalists, and Vocalists

Join us in congratulating the winners of our 2022-2023 Concerto and Vocal Competition and Emerging Composers Competition! Please see our Concerto and Vocal Competition and Emerging Composers Competition pages for more information about the 2022-2023 Competitions.

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Suffolk Youth Orchestra Joins the Field

Published: November 27, 2008 at nytimes.com By: Karin Lipson

EVERY Thursday, 14-year-old Christopher Beroes-Haigis, his mother and his cello spend more than two hours on the road between Sag Harbor, where they live, and a high school in Farmingville. When he gets back home it’s

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All new and returning MYO musicians were notified of their standing by email in early July and the registration deadline for the 2017-2018 season is Monday, August 7, 2017. MYO Auditions for all remaining ensemble openings will be held Saturday, September 9 and audition registration is now open. Please see our Auditions page for more