About The Program

A kaleidoscope of musical brilliance awaits as the talented young musicians of the DPYO take the stage for the pinnacle performance of the season! The Dayton Philharmonic Youth Orchestra unites the area’s most gifted young orchestral musicians to study and perform a broad range of orchestral repertoire. Support the youth in our community and see the classical music stars of tomorrow!

The Program

Dayton Philharmonic Junior Strings

George Frideric Handel (arr. H.B. Fisher) “The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba” from Solomon
Modest Mussorgsky (arr. Elliot A. Del Borgo) Pictures at an Exhibition
Keith Sharp Fiddle O’Finnigan

Dayton Philharmonic Youth Strings

William Grant Still Cumbia y Congo from Danzas da Panama
Carlos Gardel (arr. Scot Woolley) Tango por una cabeza (with Grace Kim)
Johannes Brahms (arr. Merle J. Isaac) Hungarian Dance No. 5

Dayton Philharmonic Youth Orchestra 

Giuseppe Verdi Overture from Nabucco
Ralph Vaughan Williams Prelude on a Welsh Hymn Tune “Rhosymedre”
Stella Sung The Phoenix Rises: A New Beginning (Premiere)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34

Combined Orchestras

Ludwig van Beethoven (arr. Todd Parrish) An Ode to Joy Festival