If you go
› What: CSO-CSOYO Side-By-Side Concert.› When: 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26; doors open at 2 p.m.› Where: Tivoli Theatre, 709 Broad St.› Admission: $15 adults, $7 children and students.› Phone: 423-267-8583 (tickets), 423-267-9011 (information).› Websites: www.chattanoogasymphony.org, www.csoyo.chattanoogasymphony.org.ProgramCSOYO Philharmonic› Bizet: L’Arlésienne Suite No. 2CSOYO Symphony› Gershwin: Selections from “Porgy and Bess”CSO Orchestra› Saint-Saens: Concerto No. 1 in A Minor for Violoncello and Orchestra, featuring soloist Juliette Blais› Kabalevsky: Concerto No. 1 for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 48, 1st movement, featuring soloist Hayden DanielCSO Orchestra/SOYO Symphony› Dvorak: Slavonic Dances, Op. 72, No. 7› Von Suppé: Overture to Dichter und Bauer (Poet and Peasant)
Juliette Blais
Hayden DanielThe Chattanooga Symphony & Opera and the CSO Youth Orchestras will come together Sunday, Feb. 26, for their annual Side-By-Side Concert at the Tivoli Theatre.
The CSOYO will present the two most advanced of its four youth orchestras, the Symphony and Philharmonic, in separate selections, as well as in combination with the professional musicians of the CSO.
In a news release, organizers explain that the event gives the CSOYO's aspiring students "a chance to learn more about their craft by working alongside the CSO musicians and gives the audience a chance to hear the huge sound of 150 musicians together on the Tivoli stage."
The program features the top two winners of the 2016 CSOYO Concerto Competition in performances of their winning pieces with the CSO Orchestra. Violin soloist Hayden Daniel appears in Concerto No. 1 for Violin by Kabalevsky. Cello soloist Juliette Blais appears in Concerto No. 1 for Cello by Saint-Saens.
The afternoon also includes works by Bizet, Gershwin, Dvorak and Von Suppe.
The CSO orchestra will be under the baton of Music Director Kayoko Dan.
Gary Wilkes leads the CSOYO Symphony, the premiere orchestra of the CSOYO, representing some of the best middle and high school talent in the Chattanooga area.
Sandy Morris is conductor of the CSOYO Philharmonic, the second orchestra of the CSOYO, representing up-and-coming middle and high school talent.
Their younger counterparts in the CSOYO are the Etude and Prelude, for intermediate- and beginner-level string players, respectively, from area elementary and middle schools. Both of the younger ensembles are conducted by Floy Wang.
About the soloists
Juliette Blais› Attends Collegiate High at Chattanooga State Community College, where she is enrolled in dual-enrollment classes while pursuing her high school diploma.› Plans to pursue music with a double major in educational policy at college.› Has been principal cellist of the CSOYO’s Symphony orchestra under Gary Wilkes since 2013 and also participated in the Philharmonic Orchestra under Sandy Morris for two years.› Studies under Dr. Wesley Baldwin at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville and previously with Jenny Wilkes-Hibbard for several years.› Has played cello since 2010, winning two CSOYO scholarships last spring and her first competition with the CSOYO this year.› Performs in her free time with an informal youth chamber group composed of members from three Chattanooga high schools.Hayden Daniel› Is a junior at Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences, where he plays in the orchestra, also directed by his CSOYO conductor, Gary Wilkes.› Has studied violin since age 7 and currently studies under Dr. Josh Holritz, associate concertmaster of the CSO and a CSOYO alum.› Has been a member of the CSOYO for six seasons and a member of the Chattanooga Boys Choir for eight years.› Attended the Tennessee Governor’s School for the Arts last summer.› Has performed at several notable venues including the Duke University Chapel and Emory University’s Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts.