LKN-YO: Lake Norman Youth Orchestra - Classes Forming

Aug. 9, 2011 - PRLog -- The Lake Norman Youth Orchestra is happy to announce it is pre-registering youth musicians for its Fall  2011 Program!    Beginning August 30, rehearsals are on Tuesdays from 6:30 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. at the Community School of Davidson High School, located at 404 Armour St., Davidson, North Carolina.  

Available to students ages 6 - 18, this program includes sectional instruction and group orchestra rehearsal culminating in community performances at the end of the semester.  Students with more than one year of instrumental music instruction are encouraged to pre-register at  http://www.lknyo.com/  

Under the direction of Maestro Eduardo Cedeño, classes are engaging and use an interdisciplinary and multicultural approach to learning and performing music.   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. Currently he is Chorus/Band Director at  Community School of Davidson High School in Davidson, Orchestra Conductor at Gaston School of the Arts in Gastonia, and also serves as Adjunct Music Faculty at Mitchell Community College in Statesville. North Carolina

Fees are $125 per semester, per student,  with a discount for those families enrolling multiple students.  For additional program information, or to pre-register, please visit us at www.lknyo.com or contact us at (704) 795-6122.    Habla Español: (317) 289-4984  

IF YOU GO:

Lake Norman Youth Orchestra
Community School of Davidson High School
404 Armour St.
Davidson, NC  28036
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LKNYO Website:  http://www.lknyo.com
Email:  lknyouthorchestra@gmail.com

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The Lake Norman Youth Orchestra (“LKNYO”) is a non-profit, educational music organization inspired by the concept that music is for everyone, and especially for every child. The LKNYO 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 LKNYO 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 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.