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.
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.
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.
