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From: Dzigbodi Akyea <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, November 3, 2004 9:14 am
Subject: Five WYSO members compose for TV
> WYSO MEMBERS COMPOSE FOR TV
> What do you have to show for your summer break? Five enterprising
> WYSO Youth Orchestra members got their names in the credits for a
> TV series. Akornefa Akyea, Divya Kamath, T.J. Terrien, Britta
> Nordberg, and Nick Anderson worked collaboratively to compose
> original music for the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board's
> (WECB) series democracy it is! This 12-part series of educational
> programs being produced for students Kindergarten through 12th
> grade will focus on young people actively participating in the
> democratic process, so it seemed fitting that the program's theme
> music, too, should reflect a similar process. Working together,
> and with the help of facilitator Diedre Buckley (WYSO coach and
> outreach teacher), the group created original instrumental music
> which captures the diverse, edgy quality the WECB project seeks to
> express. After several meetings to create the music, Akornefa
> (flute), Divya (violin), T.J. (piano), Britta (marimba and congas),
> and Nick (string bass)
> went into the studio and recorded the music in August. The WECB
> project facilitators are pleased with the results: " The different
> voices all juxtaposed in ways that so eloquently achieve exactly
> what we're looking for." Not surprisingly, everyone from the
> recording engineer to the producer remarked on the concentration
> and professionalism displayed by these young performers throughout
> the process. Special thanks to Amy Wiegand and the WYSO office
> staff, UW-Madison Percussion Professor Anthony DiSanza and UW
> School of Music Facilities Manager Justin Richardson for their
> invaluable help providing equipment and rehearsal space for this
> project. Great work, everyone!
> For more information on the Wisconsin Educational Communications
> Board and/or the series democracy it is! check out the website at
> www.ecb.org/democracy.
> You are all invited to Youth Orchestra's concert on Sunday, Nov. 6
> at 4:00 pm (Mills Hall).
> "In honor of James Smith's 20th anniversary as WYSO's Music
> Director, WYSO alumni who have gone on to become professional
> musicians will be featured during the season. Joining the Youth
> Orchestra for this concert will be Ken Woods conducting the first
> movement of Dvorak's Symphony No. 6 and Horn player Anne Scharer
> performing Camille Saint-Saens' Morceau de Concert."
>
> cheers: dzigbodi
>
>
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