Yakima Symphony Orchestra Student Concert

This years concert will feature student competitions in dance, music compostition, poetry and the visual arts. For information on the concert click here, Yakima School District click here. The music selections are avaiable below each description.

Performance and Student Competitions:
Cultural Kaleidoscope
Chopin: Grande polonaise brillante (Zitong Wang, Winner of the Virginia Waring International Piano Competition; Junior Division) [10:00]

Ponchielli: “Dance of the Hours” from La Gioconda [8:45] (Dance-Movement)
4th and 5th Grade Dance-Movement Contest: Students and teachers should create a dance and/or movement choreography to the piece “Dance of the Hours” from La Gioconda while listening to the piece in the classroom and then make a video recording of it for submission.

TBD [3:00] (Music Composition) For current or past students participating in the ArtFusion Opus project. The winning composition will be performed by the Yakima Symphony Orchestra.

Debussy, arr. Luck: Clair de Lune (Moonlight) [4:30] (Poetry)
4th and 5th Grade Poetry Contests: Students should write poems on the subject of Clair de lune (Moonlight) while listening to the piece in the classroom.

Mussorgsky: “The Great Gate of Kiev” from Pictures at an Exhibition [6:30] (Visual Art)
4th and 5th Grade Visual Art Contests: Students should draw pictures and/or paintings on the subject of The Great Gate of Kiev while listening to the piece in the classroom.