Winston-Salem Symphony Youth Philharmonic and Premiere Strings to Perform

Winston-Salem — The Winston-Salem Symphony Youth Philharmonic and Premiere Strings will perform on February 12 at 3:00 p.m. in Crawford Hall on the campus of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Tickets for both concerts are available at the door and are $5 for adults. Children 18 years old and younger are free.

The program for the Youth Philharmonic includes March of the Peers, by Arthur Sullivan; The Syncopated Clock, by Leroy Anderson; Somewhere Out There, from “An American Tail,” and Lord of the Dance by Ronan Hardiman.

The program for the Premiere Strings’ portion of the concert will include The Star Spangled Banner, by John Stafford Smith; Stringchant, by Elliot A. Del Borgo; Skaters’ Waltz by Waldteufel; Over the Rainbow from “The Wizard of Oz” by Harold Arlen and Swingin’ Strings, by John Caponegro.

About the Winston-Salem Symphony Youth Orchestras

The Winston-Salem Symphony Youth Orchestras is part of the Winston-Salem Symphony and includes about 130 student musicians. The Winston-Salem Symphony Youth Orchestras are currently comprised of three full orchestras for aspiring musicians in the first through twelfth grades: the Premiere Strings, a 15-20 member strings-only orchestra for young musicians who are new to the experience of playing in an ensemble with a conductor, the Youth Philharmonic for intermediate level students and the Youth Symphony for more advanced students. Each full orchestra consists of 60 to 75 members and performs several public concerts annually as well as occasional concerts for special audiences. For more information, visit wssyo.org.