LA PLATA, Md. – Spend this Saturday with the Charles County Youth Orchestra and enjoy two different concerts. The first concert will be at noon at ArtsFest at the Village Green in Indian Head. Students from all four of CCYO’s ensembles: Prelude Strings, Encore Band, Encore Strings and the CCYO will perform fiddle tunes, the 1812 Overture, Ode to Joy, as well as music by Pachelbel, Handel and music from “The Avengers”.
Then at 3:00 PM, CCYO will hold its 5th annual Concerto Competition Concert at Christ Church, La Plata. Seven of CCYO’s talented students will perform and compete for a chance to perform solo with the orchestra and for cash prizes. Music will include works by Vivaldi, Haydn, Telemann and more.
Upcoming concerts include June 29 at 8 pm at the Alice Ferguson Foundation in Accokeek, and the CCYO Chamber Music Festival concerts July 20 and 27 at 8 pm at Christ Church, La Plata.
Auditions for next season will be held September 14 from 9 to 3 at Christ Church, La Plata. All levels and instruments, except piano, are warmly encouraged to audition!
Recently, CCYO has been spotlighted in an online film by the Charles County Arts Alliance and has been featured on WTOP radio. Also, two CCYO String Quartets were finalists in the prestigious Washington Performing Arts Society Misbin Chamber Music Competition in Washington, D.C.
CCYO presents two large concerts and several smaller concerts each year, a two-week Chamber Music Festival with two additional chamber music concerts, a Concerto Competition Concert as well as masterclasses and sectionals for students in all four of CCYO’s ensembles. This past year CCYO has performed concerts at the Port Tobacco Courthouse, the Maryland Veterans Museum, Kris Kringle at the Fairgrounds, the Village Green in Indian Head, Christ Church, La Plata, and the Alice Ferguson Foundation.
CCYO is one of the largest youth music organizations in Southern Maryland, providing music education and performance opportunities for talented young musicians ages 8 to 18 in Charles, Prince George’s, St. Mary’s, and Calvert counties.