Our Ensembles
MYSP is comprised of 3 performing orchestras and 2 wind ensembles which hold open auditions each spring for the following season.
Auditions for the 2020-2021 season will be held May 27, 2020 for instruments in all ensembles.
Youth Symphony
Kalena Bovell, conductor
Full orchestra: strings, winds, brass, percussion, harp
•Advanced experience level
•Performs standard orchestral repertoire
•Ages 13-18 approximately
•Four concerts per season, including a possible Side-by-Side concert or rehearsal with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra.
•Annual Concerto Competition - winners featured as soloists on the winter concert
•Rehearses Sundays September-May
String Orchestra
Long Long Kang, conductor
All string instruments - violin, viola, cello, bass
•Training group for Youth Symphony
•Intermediate to advanced experience level
•Performs standard string orchestra repertoire and reductions of orchestral literature
•Ages 12-18 approximately
•Four concerts per season
•Rehearses Tuesday evenings September-May
Prelude Strings
Chelsea Subick, conductor
All string instruments -- violin, viola, cello, bass
•Training group for String Orchestra
•Intermediate experience level
•Performs upper middle school level orchestral repertoire
•Ages 10-16 approximately
•Four concerts per season
•Rehearses Tuesday evenings September-May
Wind Ensemble (WE)
•Full wind ensemble: Woodwind, Brass & Percussion instruments
•Advanced experience level: Grades 8+
•3 concerts per season
•Rehearsals begin after Nov 1, 2020; Day/time TBD
Concert Band (CB)
•Woodwind, Brass & Percussion instruments
•Beginner-Intermediate experience level: Grades 7+ with at
least 2 years experience
•3 concerts per season
•Rehearsals begin after Nov 1, 2020; Day/time TBD
The MYSP staff is currently working on creative and flexible plans for the 2020-2021 season given the current pandemic.
Please stay tuned for details!