LKN-YO: Lake Norman Youth Orchestra

Aug. 25, 2010 - PRLog -- Eduardo Cedeño is increasing the tempo in teaching by assembling Mecklenburg’s newest community youth orchestra.

Cedeño has an unending passion for teaching and conducting music. He has been a driving force in building and developing youth musicians during his career as a conductor, educator and professional musician.  

Drawing on his years of music background stemming from his time spent conducting, teaching, and performing internationally and playing in orchestras throughout Europe and America, Cedeño knows what it takes to takes to recruit and teach community youth, ultimately preparing orchestra students for quality performances.  

Eduardo has performed as a conductor, soloist and collaborative artist in the United States, Europe, and South America.  As a founding member of the Simon Bolivar Orchestra, Director and Conductor of the Merida Symphony Orchestra and as a Founding Member of the Philharmonic Choral Group of Caracas, Venezuela, he has worked with the founder of El Sistema and the Orquesta Nacional Juvenil de Venezuela. Cedeño has collaborated with numerous performing organizations including the Philharmonic Orchestra of Indianapolis, the Indianapolis Opera, and Charlotte Civic Orchestra; UNCC Opera and Carolina Voices, as well as various orchestras in Caracas, Venezuela.  

Cedeño conducts the Lake Norman Orchestra in Mooresville.  He served as Orchestra Director at Cannon School in Concord for 5 years.  Presently, he is Adjunct Music Faculty at Mitchell Community College in Statesville, and Chorus/Band Director at  Community School of Davidson High School in Davidson, NC.

Music instruction and orchestra training rehearsals will be offered after school hours to accommodate area family’s busy schedules every Tuesday evening, and Cedeño plans to offer an engaging, interdisciplinary and multicultural approach to learning and performing music.  

Cedeño’s orchestra rehearsals will start September 14 at 6:30 PM.  Students ages 6 – 18, or grades 1 to 12, with more than one year of music instruction are invited to participate.    Enrollment information is available online at  http://www.lknyo.com.

Location:
Lake Norman Youth Orchestra
Community School of Davidson High School
404 Armour Road
Davidson, NC  28036
Visit http://www.lknyo.com for details
Email: lknyouthorchestra@gmail.com
$125 per semester, per student

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The Lake Norman Youth Orchestra (“LKN-YO”) is a non-profit, music organization inspired by the concept that music is for everyone, and especially for every child. The LKN-YO is dedicated to providing cultural enrichment, musical instruction and performance opportunities for community youth through a unique and independent orchestral program.

Under the direction of Maestro Eduardo Cedeno, the LKN-YO provides instrumental music instruction and group performance opportunities to community youth, intended as a supplement to school and/or private instruction. The program includes sectional instruction from qualified music instructors, and group orchestral rehearsals on a weekly basis, culminating in community performances. Membership is open to all area youth ages 6 - 18 with one year or more of music experience.