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Noel Pointer Foundation Announces Open Audition Call for Youth Orchestra

Auditions are open now for students 10-18 years old with 3-5 years of music training experience in a string instrument

The Noel Pointer Foundation is thrilled to announce an opportunity for your musically inclined New York audience to join our Youth Orchestra!

Students from 10-18 years old, with 3-5 years of training in a string-based instrument are eligible to audition. To schedule an audition day and time, contact Jamie Benson at jbenson@noelpointer.org.

This audition-only, performance intensive challenges selected students to achieve their full potential as a young musicians while offering once-in-a-lifetime performance opportunities throughout the city. The Orchestra is lead by acclaimed conductor, Jesse Henkensiefken. Rehearsals are on Saturdays 1pm - 3pm.

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Those participating in the open call audition will receive FREE tickets to NPF's upcoming Collaborative Concert and Fiddlefest.

Collaborative Concert--Friday, March 22, 2013, 6:30 p.m. NPF's Youth Orchestra joins the Brooklyn Conservatory  to perform Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" at St Ann & The Holy Trinity, 157 Montague Street, Brooklyn, NY.

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Fiddlefest-- Saturday, April 27, 2013, 2:00 p.m. Featured performances by NPF's junior musicians and Teaching Artists at Prospect Heights High School, 883 Classon Avenue, Brooklyn, NY.


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