MANSFIELD — The talented local youth who make up the Mansfield Symphony Youth Orchestra will give their spring performance entitled “American Salute” at the Renaissance Theatre under the direction of Randy Heidlebaugh on Sunday, May 7, at 3 p.m.
The young musicians will be performing a variety of great American composers, including America The Beautiful, Gershwin’s “An American in Paris,” “Superman Returns” by John Williams, and Morton Gould’s “American Salute.”
Each season, the Mansfield Symphony Youth Orchestra also conducts a concerto competition, and its winners are featured on the spring concert. This year’s winners are cellist Maggie Butler, of Lexington, and trumpet player Liam Shotwell, of Mount Gilead. Shotwell will perform “Concerto for Trumpet,” by Alexander Arutiunian and Butler will perform Saint-Saens’ “Concerto for Cello.”
“The audience will get to hear a wide variety of music by American composers including serious descriptive music, a jazz influenced symphonic poem, movie soundtrack music and patriotic music,” states Heidlebaugh.
Tickets are available at the Renaissance Box Office, by calling 419-522-2726, and online at MansfieldTickets.com. Adult tickets are $10 while student tickets are $5. Mansfield Symphony Youth Orchestra performances are presented as part of the Mechanics Bank Education Series with additional support from the Ohio Arts Council, the Sterkel Fund and the Russell and Mary Gimbel Foundation.
This season’s youth orchestra is primarily made of youth from a 12-county region representing the following schools: Ashland, Clear Fork, Colonel Crawford, Crestview, Galion, Home School, Lexington, Mansfield Senior, Mansfield St. Peter’s, Mt. Gilead, Mt. Vernon, Ontario, River Valley, Shelby Kehoe, Willard Intermediate, and Wooster.
The Mansfield Symphony Youth Orchestra includes: Seth Adkins, Victoria Baker, Justus Bateman, Allison Bauer, Emma Betts, Philip Betts, Wyatt Boggs, Chris Borland, Allison Brandt, Maggie Butler, Wilson Cannon, Hannah Caram, Avery Chambers, Daniel Congdon, Josie Dahlinghaus, Isaac Dean, Caitlin Dennison, Alora Domka, Daniel Domka, Mitch Dummitt, Katie Fanning, Jonathan Ferguson, Hayden Freytag, Elizabeth Gifford, Alyssa Gottschling, Paige Gutai, Colton Haas, Joshua Hamrick, Owen Harsch, Joseph Hedge, Alaina Hill, Luke Howard, Kiersten Kinney, Elyssa Leslie, Leah Lewis, Alexis Link, Mary Longsdorf, Sarah Lord, Matthew MacDonald, Megan McVicker, Isabel Merkel, Kendall Moody, Scott Oliver, Sarah Otto, Bryce Patterson, Ella Schag, Carlee Secrist, Abby Shifley, Liam Shotwell, Aaron Smith, Chesney Smith, Emily Smith, Ann Stallsmith, Reyna Staton, Savannah Stephens, Kaitlin Stuart, Emma Swain, Abbey Tan, Grant Tasseff, Jane Wakefield, Alison Walker, Sarah Walker, Bella Walter, Alexandra Wasylenki, Carolyn Wasylenki, Ilona Webel, Veena Wells, and Maxwell Zywica.
