Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra

Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra

The Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra (GDYO) is a youth orchestra in Dallas, Texas founded in 1972. [cite book |title=Music Lessons: Guide Your Child to Play a Musical Instrument (and Enjoy it!) |last=Crease |first=Stephanie Stein |year=2006 |publisher=Chicago Review Press |isbn=1556526040 |pages=p. 156 |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=-_J1YHYvQNMC&pg=PA156&dq=%22Greater+Dallas+Youth+Orchestra%22&num=100&sig=INHzSWTjFT-IvQG6XOhfUBTjrZE |accessdate=2008-05-28] It consists of 5 groups from ages five to eighteen and all instruments in the symphony orchestra. The first group is the Young Performers Orchestra (YPO) which is the youngest group. The second group is the Dallas String Ensemble (DSE). Next is the Sinfonietta group which focuses on slightly harder music and technique. Then there is the Philharmonic which is a full orchestra with wind instruments also and percussion. Finally there is the GDYO which is the highest level.

Every 3-4 years they go on tour outside North America. In 1998 they played in England, [cite news |title=Orchestra back over. |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-60916531.html |work=Birmingham Evening Mail |date=1998-05-29 |accessdate=2008-05-28 ] in 2004 in Poland [cite news |title=Amerykanie w Opolu (Americans in Opole) |url=http://szukaj.gazetawyborcza.pl/archiwum/1,0,4090827.html |work=Gazeta Wyborcza |date=2004-06-12 |accessdate=2008-05-28 |language=Polish ] and Germany, [cite news |title=Im Gewandhaus gibt das Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra am Abend ein Benefizkonzert zugunsten von Kindern mit Epilepsie. (The Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra is giving a benefit concert in aid of children with epilepsy in the Gewandhaus this evening) |url=http://mephisto976.uni-leipzig.de/alt/artikel,5407.html |work=mephisto 97.6 |date=2004-06-08 |accessdate=2008-05-28 |language=German ] and the most recent trip in 2007 was to China. [cite news |title=An Allen tradition turns 10! |url=http://allenimage.com/archives/showArticle.php?id=143 |work=Allen Image |date=October 2007 |accessdate=2008-05-28 ]

In 2000 the GDYO was one of five orchestras to qualify for the National Youth Orchestra Festival in Sarasota, Florida. [cite news |title=

Young, gifted and classical; Youth Orchestra Festival participants ready for week of classes, performances in Sarasota. |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-27953354_ITM |work=Sarasota Herald Tribune |date=2000-06-18 |accessdate=2008-05-28 ]

References

External links

[http://www.gdyo.org/ Official site]


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