These ensembles are part of the Michigan Youth Ensembles (MYE) program, which brings together exceptional high school students for weekly rehearsals at SMTD. MYE Students, who are selected by audition, have the opportunity to engage in a stimulating environment, while learning from U-M conductors, applied faculty, and graduate students.

PROGRAM

Michigan Youth Symphonic Band
Courtney Snyder, conductor

From Breath to Breath, Elena Specht
Symphony No. 2, James Barnes
Ad Astra, Stephen Elsinger

Michigan Youth Philharmonia Orchestra
Michael Hopkins, conductor

Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, J.S. Bach, arr. Merle J. Isaac
October, Eric Whitacre
Capriol Suite, Peter Warlock
The Horizon, Yukiko Nishimura
St. Paul's Suite movement IV - The Darason, Gustav Holst

Michigan Youth Symphony Orchestra
Jayce Ogren, conductor

Strum, Jessie Montgomery
Two Elegiac Melodies, op. 34 - no. 2, The Spring, Edvard Grieg
Slavonic Dances, op. 46 (8), op. 72 (2, 7 and 8), Antonín Dvořák
Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo, I. "Buckaroo Holiday" and IV. "Hoe-down", Aaron Copland