2021-2022 SEASON
Live audience concerts – Subject to pandemic restrictions
Yonkers Philharmonic Orchestra (YPO)
Sponsored by the Fine Arts Orchestral Society (FAOS)
YPL presents YPO
Yonkers Public Library presents the
Yonkers Philharmonic Orchestra Featuring YPO Ensembles
- Sunday afternoon – November 28, 2pm
Location: Grinton I. Will Library Auditorium
Socially distanced, limited seating (60)
- Sunday afternoon – December 19, 2pm
Location: Grinton I. Will Library Auditorium
Socially distanced, limited seating (60)
YPO Concerts - 8th Annual Beethoven Festival
March, 2022, Location: TBD
- 43rd Annual Young Artists Concerto Competition
May, 2022, Location: TBD
Previous Events
Sunday June 14, 2020: @ Home With Tong – From the Podium
Music Director – Tong Chen and other conductors recount their experiences with her Queens College Copland School of Music mentor Maurice Peress – Leonard Bernstein’s first assistant conductor at the New York Philharmonic, international conductor, collaborator with Duke Ellington on his jazz symphony: Black, Brown and Beige.
Sunday June 28, 2020: Conversations with Bob Sherman – Flutist Adam Ray
WQXR radio personality Robert (Bob) Sherman talks with award-winning YPO flutist Adam Ray. In addition to his work with YPO and Lehman College Symphony Orchestra Ray attributes his ability to bring diversity to his music to his father Michel Ray (known for his work with Kool & The Gang and the Sun Ra Arkestra).
Sunday July 12, 2020: YPO Special – Behind the Scenes
YPO Music Director Tong Chen and selected YPO musicians conduct master classes with this year’s YPO Concerto Competition winners.
Sunday August 23, 2020: YPO Garden Party
Live-streamed and live in-person concert (social distancing permitting). YPO, under the baton of Maestra Tong Chen, performs Broadway show tunes and dance music in a garden setting. Hosts and location of live concert to be announced.
Sunday September 27, 2020: Fairy Tale Music Appreciation
Fairy tales play a significant role in classical music. Learn which instruments or sounds stir imaginations and conjure up warm memories in preparation for our October concert featuring Scheherazade (1001 Arabian Nights).
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ArtsWestchester
Yonkers Philharmonic Orchestra is proud to be supported by ArtsWestchester and Westchester County Government.
ArtsWestchester Community Service Award
Established in 1965 as the Council for the Arts in Westchester, we are New York State’s largest private, not-for-profit service organization, working to ensure the availability and accessibility of the arts for all of the county’s residents. In 1975, we were named by Westchester County government as the County’s designated arts council and we became one of several united arts funds in the country, providing grants and technical support to cultural organizations and artist residencies in the community.
ArtsWestchester gave the Yonkers Philharmonic Orchestra an award for Community Service in 2012.
Westchester Community Foundation
THE WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION’S (WCF) http://www.wcf-ny.org mission is to connect generous people to the causes they care about and invest in transformative ideas and organizations to improve lives and strengthen our community. WCF is a division of the New York City Community Trust, one of the largest community foundations in the country with assets of approximately $2.6 billion.
