AMERICAN YOUTH SYMPHONY INC
2301 ROSECRANS BLVD NO 2160, EL SEGUNDO, CA 90245 www.aysymphony.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: AYS IS DEDICATED TO THE ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW GENERATION OF MUSICIANS AND TO BUILDING AUDIENCES TO SUPPORT THEM. THE ORCHESTRA TRAINS OUTSTANDING INSTRUMENTALISTS AGES 15-27, WHO SEEK TO WIDEN THEIR HORIZONS IN A PRE-PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENT.

TO TRAIN GIFTED YOUNG MUSICIANS FOR PROFESSIONAL CAREERS IN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS.

AMERICAN YOUTH SYMPHONY, INC. (AYS) IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WHOSE MISSION IS "TO INSPIRE THE FUTURE OF CLASSICAL MUSIC." AYS ACHIEVES ITS MISSION BY PROVIDING PAID FELLOWSHIPS TO EXCEPTIONAL ORCHESTRAL MUSICIANS (AGES 15 AND UP) AND PRESENTING FREE CONCERTS TO THE COMMUNITY. AYS ALSO HAS A MUSIC EDUCATION PROGRAM THAT SUPPORTS MUSIC PROGRAMS AT TITLE-1 LAUSD MIDDLE SCHOOLS. COMPRISED OF 100 PASSIONATE AND TALENTED MUSICIANS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, AYS IS ONE OF THE NATION'S LANDMARK TRAINING GROUNDS FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF FINE CONCERT ARTISTS AND CLASSICAL MUSIC CONCERT-GOERS. BY PROVIDING EXCEPTIONAL AND ACCESSIBLE CONCERTS, AYS IS PROUD TO HAVE ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE AUDIENCES TO BE FOUND IN CLASSICAL MUSIC TODAY. THROUGH THE PRESENTATION OF STANDARD, CONTEMPORARY AND NEWLY COMMISSIONED WORK, AYS PROVIDES 21ST CENTURY PROFESSIONAL ORCHESTRAL TRAINING TO ITS MUSICIANS, WHO ARE SELECTED THROUGH A HIGHLY COMPETITIVE AUDITION PROCESS. AYS MUSICIANS ARE PAID SCHOLARSHIPS TO PERFORM. THE AYS CONCERT SEASON RUNS FROM SEPTEMBER THROUGH MAY AND MOST CONCERTS ARE PRESENTED AT UCLA'S ROYCE HALL. THE CONCERTS ARE OFFERED FREE TO THE COMMUNITY IN ALIGNMENT WITH AYS'S LONGSTANDING COMMITMENT TO ELIMINATING FINANCIAL BARRIERS THAT MIGHT RESTRICT ACCESS TO EXPERIENCING REMARKABLE ORCHESTRAL WORKS PERFORMED LIVE IN A BEAUTIFUL CONCERT HALL.AYS' 55TH SEASON (2019/20) WAS LED BY MUSIC DIRECTOR, CARLOS IZCARAY, ONLY THE THIRD CONDUCTOR TO HOLD THIS POSITION SINCE THE ORGANIZATION'S FOUNDING IN 1964. THE SEASON INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING PERFORMANCES (CONCERTS MARKED WITH AN ASTERISK* WERE PRESENTED FREE TO THE PUBLIC):OCTOBER 20, 2019*-OPENING CONCERT AT ROYCE HALL WITH CONDUCTOR CARLOS IZCARAY: JOAN TOWER'S SEQUOIA; JEAN SIBELIUS' VIOLIN CONCERTO FEATURING SOLOIST GALLIA KASTNER ON VIOLIN; AND BEETHOVEN'S SYMPHONY NO. 6.NOVEMBER 3, 2019*-SUNDAYS LIVE AT LACMA'S BING THEATER (BROADCAST ON KUSC) WITH THE AYS PRINCIPALS CHAMBER ENSEMBLE, LED BY CONCERTMASTER GALLIA KASTNER: MOZART'S STRING QUARTET NO. 14 "SPRING", AND ANTONIN DVORAK'S STRING QUARTET NO. 14.NOVEMBER 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 2019*-GRAND PERFORMANCES AT LAX IN PARTNERSHIP WITH GRAND PERFORMANCES, PERFORMED BY THE AYS BRASS ENSEMBLE. THE ENSEMBLE PERFORMED A SERIES OF SOLOS AND DUETS AT VARIOUS TERMINALS THROUGHOUT THE LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.NOVEMBER 23, 2019*-APOLLO 13 IN CONCERT, COMPLETE SCORE BY JAMES HORNER, PERFORMED LIVE WITH THE FILM AT ROYCE HALL WITH CONDUCTOR CARLOS IZCARAY.DECEMBER 8, 2019*-HOLIDAY CONCERT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH UCLA LOWELL MILKEN FUND FOR AMERICAN JEWISH MUSIC, PERFORMED BY THE AYS WOODWIND QUINTET: ALEXANDER KREIN'S HEBREW SKETCHES; WHITE CHRISTMAS; DARIUS MILHAUD'S CHEMINEE DU ROI RENE; TCHAIKOVSKY'S NUTCRACKER SUITE; PAVEL HAAS' WIND QUINTET, OPUS 10; AND HEBREW HOLIDAY FOR WIND QUINTET.DECEMBER 15, 2019*-LAEMMLE LIVE AT LAEMMLE'S MONICA FILM CENTER WITH THE AYS BRASS ENSEMBLE, NARRATED PROGRAM BY KUSC RADIO HOST, RICH CAPPARELLA: GIOVANNI GABRIELLI'S CANZONA PER SONARE NO. 2; BACH'S CONTRAPUNCTUS I FROM THE ART OF FUGUE; JOHN CHEETHAM'S SCHERZO; VICTOR EWALD'S QUINTET NO. 1; SELECTIONS FROM WEST SIDE STORY; AND HOLIDAY TUNES.FEBRUARY 8, 2020*-LA PHIL PRESENTS SOUNDS ABOUT TOWN AT THE WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL, WITH CARLOS IZCARAY CONDUCTING: MAURICE RAVEL'S ALBORADA DEL GRACIOSO; JENNIFER HIGDON'S ALL THINGS MAJESTIC; KRIS BOWERS' FOR A YOUNGER SELF VIOLIN CONCERTO, WORLD PREMIERE FEATURING SOLOIST CHARLES YANG; AND CAMILLE SAINT-SANS' SYMPHONY NO. 3.MARCH 1, 2020*-JEWISH AMERICAN MUSIC FESTIVAL AT UCLA SCHOENBERG MUSIC BUILDING WITH THE AYS BRASS ENSEMBLE: PAUL DUKAS' FANFARE FOR PERI; VICTOR EWALD'S BRASS QUINTET NO. 2, OP. 6; SALAMONE ROSSI'S KADDISH; MOSHE KOUSSEVITZKY'S KADDISH THE HIGH HOLIDAYS; SONNY KOMPANEK'S KILLER TANGO; IRVING BERLIN'S ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND; SELECTIONS FROM WEST SIDE STORY; AND ENRIQUE CRESPO'S SUITE AMERICANA NO. 1. APRIL 4, 2020 (CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19)-AYS SPRING CONCERT WITH CARLOS IZCARAY CONDUCTING: SAMUEL BARBER'S OVERTURE TO THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL; RICHARD DANIELPOUR'S RICORDANZA, U.S. PREMIERE; AND RICHARD STRAUSS' AN ALPINE SYMPHONY.APRIL 23, 2020 (CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19)- CITIZEN MUSICIAN CONCERT AT SOUTH COAST BOTANICAL GARDENS.MAY 3, 2020* (CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19)-55TH ANNUAL GALA CONCERT AT ROYCE HALL, WITH MUSIC DIRECTOR AND CONDUCTOR CARLOS IZCARAY: ALBERTO GINASTERA'S DANCES FROM ESTANCIA, OP. 8A; JIHYUN KIM'S THE YELLOW HOUSE, WORLD PREMIERE, CO-COMMISSION WITH AMERICAN COMPOSERS ORCHESTRA AND ALABAMA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA; AND AARON COPLAND'S SYMPHONY NO. 3.MAY 7, 2020* - AYS 2020 VIRTUAL GALA: CARLOS IZCARAY'S GEOMETRIC UNITY, WORLD PREMIERE; MARCEL GRANDJANY'S RHAPSODIE WITH SOLOIST ALYSSA KATAHARA; ASTOR PIAZZOLLA'S OBLIVION WITH SOLOIST ALEXANDER MANSOUR; CLAUDE DEBUSSY'S ETUDE 6 POUR LES HUIT DOIGTS WITH SOLOIST WAN ROSALIND WONG; AND WAN ROSALIND WONG'S WINTER WITH SOLOIST WAN ROSALIND WONG.AYS IS FIRMLY ESTABLISHED AS A "GATEWAY ORCHESTRA FOR ASPIRING MUSICIANS, AS WELL AS THE FIELD OF CLASSICAL MUSIC AT-LARGE. AYS ALUMNI HAVE JOINED THE FINEST ORCHESTRAS IN THE NATION, INCLUDING THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC, THE CHICAGO SYMPHONY, THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA, AND THE METROPOLITAN OPERA, TO NAME A FEW. THE THREE LEADING ORCHESTRAS IN LOS ANGELES - THE LA PHILHARMONIC, THE LA CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, AND THE LA OPERA - EMPLOY 37 AYS GRADUATES. ADDITIONALLY, PART OF AYS' MISSION IS TO BUILD NEW AUDIENCES FOR ALL CLASSICAL MUSIC. WHAT INITIALLY STARTS OUT AS A FREE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE SOMETHING NEW MORE OFTEN THAN NOT DEVELOPS FROM THERE - VIA THE CALIBER OF AYS PERFORMANCES, A MAJESTIC CONCERT HALL, AND THE INHERENT BEAUTY AND POWER OF THIS MUSIC - INTO A SUBSTANTIVE SYSTEM OF SUPPORT FOR PROFESSIONAL ORCHESTRAS AND ENSEMBLES. SUPPORTERS OF AYS NOT ONLY PROVIDE THE GIFT OF EXCEPTIONAL CONCERTS TO THE LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY, THEY ARE ALSO INVESTING IN THE FUTURE OF THIS BEAUTIFUL ART FORM.

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