Founded in 1995 by Liza Grossman, Contemporary Youth Orchestra (CYO) is the only

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in the United States dedicated to the study and performance of contemporary orchestral literature. The orchestra is in residence at

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, United States. Contemporary Youth Orchestra and Liza Grossman are the recipients of several awards including the ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming, the Northern Ohio Live Award of Achievement and the Sunshine Award from Young Audiences for excellence in arts education.

Music

Contemporary Youth Orchestra is a full orchestra that rehearses weekly at Cuyahoga Community College. CYO's regular season consists of 3-4 concerts each year, highlighted by collaborations with internationally recognized performers and composers.

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, Christopher Rouse, and

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have been recently featured on concert programs and recent guest performers include

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and Luca Mundaca. CYO continues to champion up and coming composers by partnering with Kinds of Kings through the Bouman Fellowship that will bring a new work by a fellowship recipient to Cleveland to work directly with CYO musicians. CYO has commissioned and premiered dozens of new works and concerti, all with the composers present. In December, CYO will premiere a ''Triple Concerto'' written by

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for the percussion duo
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and violinist
Barbora Kolarova
Also on that program is the US premiere of

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's ''Concerto for Orchestra.''

Rock the Orchestra

The orchestra's annual series 'Rock the Orchestra' features a different performer or band every year.

References

External links

Contemporary Youth Orchestra Official Website
Kris Morron named CYO Music Director
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Music

Rock the Orchestra

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