Barbara Scowcroft, Music Director & Conductor

 


got Bach?


J.S. on J.S.

a Master Class with   


Joseph Silverstein

demonstration and lecture on the solo works of J.S. Bach 

sponsored by 
Utah Youth Symphony Orchestras & Ensembles
Barbara Scowcroft, Music Director & Conductor
 

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

4:00 - 6:30

West Institute Building
 290 So. University Street
on the University of Utah campus

FREE admission - open to the public





Big Band Jazz Concert

Utah Youth Symphony Orchestra & Philharmonic

under the direction of Music Director Barbara Scowcroft

featuring members of the Salt Lake City Jazz Orchestra

November 3, 2008

7:30 p.m. in Libby Gardner Concert Hall

Admission is free






 

High School Musical

UYSO Featured in - High School Musical 3: Senior Year

We are now movie stars! Don’t miss the UYSO featured as the East High orchestra in Disney’s major motion picture High School Musical 3: Senior year scheduled for release in theaters       October 24, 2008.  Click on Concerts/Event Details for the inside scoop on the filming, the actors, and more!




Spectacular Concert October 7, 2008

Jenny Oaks Baker
                              

Don't miss this benefit concert featuring
Utah Youth Symphony Orchestra, Jenny Oaks Baker, and
Music Director/Conductor, Barbara Scowcroft

Libby Gardner Concert Hall on U of U campus
                             Tuesday, October 7, 2008      7:00 pm
$7.00 for students / $20.00 for adults 
                           (service fees not included)                              

Utah Youth Symphony Orchestra and former UYSO concertmaster, Jenny Oaks Baker, will perform a thrilling concert together on stage under the baton of Conductor Barbara Scowcroft. The concert features orchestral music selections from Jenny's newest CD Silver Screen Serenade with classical music recognizable from popular Hollywood movies. Arrangements by Utah's own Kurt Bestor.

Tickets available at:  www.kingtix.com or call the box office at (801) 581-7100 
 
Tickets are 100% tax-deductible; all proceeds will benefit 
Utah Youth Symphony Orchestras & Ensembles 
community youth music programs.

Violin virtuoso Jenny Oaks Baker, a Utah native and a recently-retired member of the National Symphony in Washington, D.C., will give a special concert performance with the Utah Youth Symphony October 7 at Libby Gardner Hall on the University of Utah campus. Jenny Oaks Baker was the Utah Youth Symphony's former concertmistress in the early 1990s; Her “Silver Screen Serenade” CD features music from memorable movies such as Young Frankenstein, Wizard of Oz, An American in Paris, Memoirs of a Geisha, and Romeo and Juliet.  Following the concert Baker will autograph copies of her new CD.

Please click on Concerts/Events for additional information. 

Noteworthy

 



 

Gifted UYSO&E musicians, professional conductors, and professional musician/coaches strive for beauty, integrity, and artistic excellence through musical expression.

UYSO&E musicians collaborate to create balance and harmony while promoting these ideals throughout the community.

UYSO&E enhances lives by contributing to an enduring legacy of joyful, passionate, musical distinction and music appreciation across all generations, especially among future generations of musicians, audiences, and patrons of the arts.

 

 

 

Our special thanks to the University of Utah for generously allowing UYSO&E to practice in their outstanding facilities.