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Ryan McAdams Makes Carnegie Hall Début as New Music Director
of the New York Youth Symphony in its 45th Season Opening
in Carnegie Hall, December 9, 2007.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE through 12-9-07
Contact: Robert Pagan, (212) 581-5933 rpagan@nyys.org
Début Conductor Ryan McAdams and the Award-Winning Orchestra Perform Glass, Rachmaninoff, Ives, and Bernstein.
Durst Début Series, Expanded to Three Soloists in Three Premières, Features Violinist William Harvey, as Opening Series Artist in Performance of the Première
of Clint Needham’s Violin Concertino.
Zarin Mehta, New York Philharmonic Chief, receives Award for Arts Education.
The award-winning New York Youth Symphony opens its 45th season at Carnegie Hall under the baton of new music director Ryan McAdams on Sunday, December 9, 2007, at 2pm in Carnegie Hall. Featured on the program will be Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite and the world première of Clint Needham’s Violin Concertino, with début artist William Harvey, the first soloist as part of the orchestra’s expanded Roy and Shirley Durst Début Series. Also on the afternoon’s program are Alberto Ginastera’s Seven Dances from Estancia and Ravel’s Tzigane. The afternoon will include the 13th annual presentation of the Theodore L. Kesselman Award for Arts Education to Zarin Mehta, president and executive director of the New York Philharmonic. Previous award recipients have included Jacques d’Amboise, John Corigliano, Gary Graffman, Midori, and the Juilliard School.
Conductor Ryan McAdams makes his début as the orchestra’s 15th music director, succeeding Paul Haas. A graduate of Indiana University and Juilliard, Mr. McAdams most recently completed a Fulbright Fellowship as conducting apprentice of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic under Alan Gilbert. Mr. McAdams served as the first apprentice conductor for the Châteauville Foundation at the invitation of Lorin Maazel and was the first recipient of the Aspen Glimmerglass Prize.
Violinist and composer William Harvey was named interim concertmaster of the Spokane Symphony shortly after earning his Master’s degree from the Juilliard School, where he studied with Ronald Copes. Upon graduation in May 2006, he was presented with the William Schuman Prize, its highest honor. Mr. Harvey has collaborated with musicians such as Joan Tower, Herbie Hancock, and the Da Capo Chamber Players. He performs as part of the orchestra’s ongoing Roy and Shirley Durst Début Series.
Clint Needham is the 70th composer of First Music, the New York Youth Symphony’s highly acclaimed commissioning project. Mr. Needham is currently a Jacobs School of Music doctoral composition fellow at Indiana University. The winner of numerous prizes, Mr. Needham was recently selected as winner of the 2007 Underwood New Music Commission from the American Composers Orchestra.
The New York Youth Symphony has received more awards than any youth program of its kind in the nation. It has been recognized regularly for its innovative educational programs for talented young musicians. Founded in 1963 as an orchestra to showcase the tri-state area’s most gifted musicians, ages 12 to 22, its activities have since grown to encompass programs in chamber music, conducting, composition, chorus, and jazz.
Tickets range from $7 to $55, available online at carnegiehall.org, by phone at 212-581-5933, or by visiting the Carnegie Hall box office. For subscriptions, group tickets, and other information, go to www.nyys.org.
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