It’s an opportunity not even all professional musicians encounter—a chance to take their music on the road (or in this case—in the air for 13+ hours), but that’s exactly the reward waiting for Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra at the end of their 2015-16 season!
Departing Orange County on June 24, approximately 75 students, Assistant Conductor and PSYO Music Director Roger Kalia, about 20 accompanying family members, and a handful of Symphony staff members, embark on this once-in-a-lifetime experience, as they bring their music to China.
Over the course of the 10-day tour, the students will visit two of the major metropolitan hubs, Beijing and Shanghai, and perform three concerts in some of the country’s most iconic venues: Beijing’s National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing’s Forbidden City Concert Hall and Shanghai’s Oriental Arts Centre.
By the time they return on July 3, PSYO students will also have taken part in a cultural exchange with the Shanghai Nanyang Model School Orchestra, as well as be some of the first Americans to visit the brand new Shanghai Disney Resort, which opens just one week before their arrival.
For more information on Pacific Symphony Youth Ensembles, call (714) 755-5788 or visit www.PacificSymphony.org/PSYE.
Janelle Kruly
Public Relations and Social Media Manager
