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Upcoming Events
LDYE is a teaching ensemble for string players from ages 8 to 18. Admission to LDYE is based on audition.
Auditions are Saturday, June 15th from 12:00–5:00 at Foothills
Performing Arts Center on Market Street in Oneonta. Visit our
website at www.ldye.org to download an audition application and for
more information.
Call 607-746-2283 to schedule an audition
or email: littledelawareyouthensemble@yahoo.com.
Interested musicians must be able to read music and to play at least a level
2 NYSMA solo (i.e. Book 2 Suzuki) and a two octave scale. Auditions will
also include assessment of sight reading abilities.
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Delaware Youth Ensemble by returning this form with your contribution to:
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A Special Thanks
Julie would like to thank
Hartwick College for continued use of their performance space.
The LDYE Board of Directors:
Eliza Oursler – President
Owen Kennedy – Vice President
Nancy Althaus – Treasurer
Debby Zahn – Secretary
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Athena Gill – Business Manager and personal motivator.
Julie Signitzer holds a masters degree in violin performance
and did Post-graduate studies at the Mozarteum Conservatory in
Salzburg, Austria. After four years as a member of the Mozarteum
Orchestra, Julie moved to New York City to work as a freelance
violinist. She has performed with dozens of orchestras and opera
companies and has toured extensively with a variety of pop performers,
including Frank Sinatra. Julie was described as “zestful” by the New
York Times in a review of her performance in Hot Klezmer, an
off-Broadway show. She plays regularly with the Cayuga Chamber
Orchestra, Glimmerglass Opera Orchestra, the Albany Symphony
and the Northeast Pennsylvania Philharmonic. Julie is a member
of the Catskill Klezmorim and is founder and director of the Little
Delaware Chamber Players and the Little Delaware Youth Ensemble.
Signitzer is an adjunct professor of violin at SUCO.
The Little Delaware Youth Ensemble is a string
Thank you to the sponsors and parents of our orchestra who
enable us to continue making music together.
orchestra comprised of young musicians ranging in age from 8 to 18,
from communities throughout the region. They rehearse once a week
during the school year in Oneonta. The group presents four public
concerts per season. In addition to performances the ensemble hosts
a two day string workshop with a guest artist from outside our region.
The past workshops have included improvisation master Matt Glaser,
Klezmer violinist Alicia Svigals, Jay Ungar, rock violinist Mark Wood,
Cellist Eugene Friesen, Canadian fiddle champion Ivonne Hernandez
and Bristish Jazz violinist Ben Powell. Tuition is $135 per student
per semester. Anyone interested in joining the group should contact
Julie Signitzer at 607-435-3857 or email jsignitzer@aol.com
And finally thank you to the wonderful members of LDYE for
bringing us all laughter, joy and beautiful music.
Visit our web site: www.ldye.org
Thank you to our alumni who are performing with us today:
Ethan Cypress on bass, Jacob Efthimiou on cello, and Collin
Gill on violin.
Thank you Gretchen Becker for playing bass with us this semester. She is a founding LDYE parent as her daughter, Dara,
was our star violist from 2000 to 2007.
Thank you to the regional string teachers for sending your talented students our way.
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Grad uating S eniors
Jessica Fisher a senior at Walton central school.She has been
playing violin for 9 years under her teacher Carol Erlandson and has
participated in LDYE for 2 years. Jessica will be attending SUNY
Potsdam at the Crane School of Music and will be majoring in
Music Education.
Grad uating Seniors
Sabrina Harrison is a Senior at Cobleskill-Richmondville High
School. She has been involved with the Little Delaware Youth Orchestra for three years. Sabrina has played the violin for eight years and also
enjoys playing the piano and singing. Next year she will be attending The
University of Connecticut to study health sciences. Although she will not
be majoring in music, she plans on continuing to play her instruments.
Sabrina would like to thank Julie Signitzer for giving her the opportunity
to be a part of such an energetic and fun group of musicians. She would
also like to thank Athena Gill for all of the hard work and dedication she
has contributed to the orchestra. Sabrina wants to thank the orchestra
members for making every Monday night so enjoyable. “Good luck in
the future guys! You are all amazing musicians and I’m so glad I got the
chance to work with you.”
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Scenes from January’s winter concerts
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Little Delaware
Youth Ensemble
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Spring 2013
Julie Signitzer
Music Director and Conductor
Entrance of the Queen of Sheba
G.F. Handel
Allegro Moderanto(1685-1759)
Musicians
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Fantasia on ‘Greensleeves’ Adapted from the opera Sir John in Love
Violin 1
Jessica Fisher*—Sabrina Harrison*
Cedric Taylor—Julian Matthews
Heidi Edmonds—Katie Eklund
Elena Brzozowski—Christina Erickson
Lila Oursler
R. Vaughn Williams
(1872–1958)
arranged by Ralph Greaves
Solo Violin 1 – Jessica Fisher
Solo Violin 2 – Sabrina Harrison
arranged by Kim Patterson
Americana Suite
Jefferson and Liberty
Kathleen Mavourneen
Fisher’s Joy, or Soldier’s Hornpipe
Violin 2
Mary Martha Kennedy+—Sam Lytel
Naamah Romero—Olivia Hanbridge
Siobhan Higgins—Katelyn Jackson
Krystal Villanueva—Quinn Lytel
Trent Cooper—Collin Gill (alumn)
Concerto Grosso in D Major, Op. 2, No.4
Andante
Allegro
Andante
Allegro
Viola
Meredith Hammerslag+—Lucien Lytel
Francesco Geminiani
(1687–1762)
Solo Violin 1 – Jessica Fisher • Solo Violin 2 – Sabrina Harrison
Solo Viola – Meredith Hammerslag • Solo Cello – Phillip Wasson
Cello
Philip Wasson+—Jacob Efthimiou (almun)
Scottish Tune
Bass
Gretchen Becker (alumni Parent)
Ethan Cypress (alumn)
Guitar
Gabrielle Eklund
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Concert
Program
Cluck Old Hen
*Co-Concertmaster
+
Section Principal
arranged by Hanneke Cassel & Mike Block
(traditional) arranged by Andy Reiner
This orchestra is funded in part by the A. Lindsay and Olive B. O’Connor Foundation, the North
Pond Foundation, Future for Oneonta Foundation, and the New York State Council on the Arts Decentralization Program administered in Otsego County by the Chenango County Council of the Arts.
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