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👏🎉👏When they’re not in GTCYS rehearsals

👏🎉👏When they’re not in GTCYS rehearsals, our students are busy taking their talents out into their communities (and beyond!). Congratulations to Symphony cellist Summer Liu who spent her July playing with the Minnesota Sinfonia Orchestra and traveling to Chicago to participate in the Chicago International Music Competition, where she won first prize in her age group! Way to go, Summer! 🤩🤩

If you have your own GTCYS student/alum accomplishments to share (musical or otherwise) we’d love to know about it! Send us a DM or an email at info@gtcys.org

#gtcys #youthorchestra #cello #minnesotasinfonia #gtcyssymphony

🍂🍁☀️There’s no better way to start the

🍂🍁☀️There’s no better way to start the season than fall retreats! Philharmonic, Camerata Con Brio, Concertino East, and Sinfonia East students gathered at Camp St. Croix and Ted Mann Concert Hall last Sunday for a day of team building, icebreakers, food, and *MOST* importantly, music making!

Retreats are an amazing way to build community and develop team building skills that will help students both on and off stage. Stay tuned for another round of retreats this weekend 😎

#gtcys #youthorchestra #fallretreat #teambuilding

🙌 Week one of our season is off to an amazing s

🙌 Week one of our season is off to an amazing start! Camera Vivace (our newest orchestra!!) and Concertino East kicked off their season on Thursday with their first rehearsals. Students are eager to dig into new music (including some movie classics and a new work by composer Adrian Gordon 👀) and make new friends - we’re ready for an incredible year of musical growth ahead! 🎶🎶

#gtcys #youthorchestra #newseason #growthmindset

🎉🎉🎉 And we’re off! GTCYS’ 53rd season

GTCYS Symphony brass players have been staying bus

GTCYS Symphony brass players have been staying busy this summer by forming their own brass quintet! Suburban Brass Quintet made their debut performance last month as part of Edina’s Music on the Plaza series. Congratulations on their first performance and we can’t wait to see them and the rest of our Symphony musicians at their first rehearsal of the season tonight!

Christian Garner and John Linden, trumpets
Alex Lundgren, horn
Ezra Kusa, trombone
Ryan Vecchio, tuba

PC: Bradley Linden

#youthorchestra #gtcys #brass #brassquintet #gtcyssymphony

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