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Summer Program Concert The MYS Summer Program will offer an informal presentation of their work on July 25th at 11 am. This concert is free and open to public, and will be held at St. Luke Lutheran Church in the Highland Park neighborhood of St. Paul.
Over the next few weeks, the MYS webpage will be undergoing some revision and reorganization. We appreciate your patience as we make this transition. Please report dead links here.
Quarter Notes, the MYS newsletter for June, 2008, is available online. Click here to download.
Audition information for the 2008-09 season is now available!
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CD’s of our 2007-08 season are now available for order online. Click here.
Quarter Notes, the MYS newsletter for March 2008 is available online. Just click here.
Alumni Out in the World
Over the past 35 years, MYS has been a musical home for thousands of Minnesota’s most talented young musicians. Our alumni have entered the top music conservatories and universities in the country – Juilliard, Curtis Institute of Music, New England Conservatory, Johns Hopkins University and Harvard. Here are just a few of the many MYS alumni who have careers as professional musicians:
Ilya Finkelshteyn (1990-1991)
Principal Cello, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Sandy Johnson (1992-1998)
Bassoon, Air Force Concert Band, Washington, D.C.
Dona Vellek Klein (1972-1973)
Assistant Principal Cello, Atlanta Symphony
Alicia Koelz (1989-1999)
Violin, Cleveland Orchestra
Bernhard Scully (1993-1995)
Principal Horn, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Lisa Svejkovsky Schaffer (1975-1985)
Cello, Lexington Philharmonic Orchestra
Paul Straka (1973-1976)
Horn, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Greg Knudsen (1989-91)
Principal Trumpet, Florida West Coast Symphony
Nicholas Trygstad (1991-1998)
Principal Cello, Hallé Orchestra, Manchester, England
Ben Ullery (1990-1992)
Viola, Minnesota Orchestra