The Grand Rapids Youth Symphony thanks all who participated in the 2018-2019 GRYS Piano Competition. We are pleased to announce this year’s winners: 1st PlaceHope Chun – Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1Hope will perform this piece with the GRYS at … Continued
The 2018-19 season will begin with an all-day retreat on September 8. Music for the first concert has been emailed to members by our Conductor, John Varineau so you can begin practicing. Passwords will be emailed to members in the last … Continued
The audition results are in and letters have been sent to all members of the 2018-19 Youth Symphony and Classical Orchestra. If you were invited into one of these ensembles, be sure to complete your membership by August 1, 2018. … Continued
Photos from the May concert are available here.
Audio and video recordings of the October, March and May concerts are now available. The concerts include both the Classical Orchestra and Youth Symphony performances. Recordings from these concerts and from previous seasons can be accessed under the “Recordings tab” above.
We are pleased to announce the results of this years piano concerto competition. 1st place: Mara Logan — Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue 2nd place: Daniel Cushman — MacDowell Piano Concerto 3rd place: Maya Boone — Grieg … Continued
The Youth Symphony and Classical Orchestra will perform in three concerts this season October 30 in the DeVos Center for Arts and Worship at Grand Rapids Christian High School March 5 in DeVos Hall in downtown Grand Rapids May 14 in DeVos Hall … Continued
Online The videos from the November and March concerts are now available. The concerts include both the Classical Orchestra and Youth Symphony performances. Also, the videos from the past couple of years can now be accessed under the “recordings tab” above. … Continued
Another great performance to wrap up the 2015 concert season. Here is the May 3rd, 2015 concert from the Grand Rapids Youth Symphony and Classical Orchestra, conducted by John Varineau.
It was a spectacular concert and now you can relive it again! Here is the March 1st GRYS and CO concert featuring Haydn’s “44th Symphony,” and Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Scheherazade”, along with other great music along the way.