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A
youth orchestra from France
will present a musical fireside Sunday, Aug. 29, in the Barrus
Concert Hall of the Eliza R.
Snow Center
for the Performing Arts at 7:30 p.m.
The Orchestre des Jeunes
de Haute Bretagne based in Rennes, the capital city of Brittany,
will also work with students at Madison
High School in Rexburg Aug. 27
and present a free outdoor concert at the Yellowstone
Historic Center
in West Yellowstone, Mont., Aug. 28 at 6
p.m.
The orchestra was founded in 1985
under the name of The Rennes Youth Orchestra by
parents of young musicians in Rennes,
since there were no youth orchestras in the area at the time. It quickly
grew, and in 1992, its name was changed to Orchestre
des Jeunes de Haute Bretagne
(The Brittany Youth Orchestra) to reflect its ever widening influence in
the surrounding areas.
A French/American collaboration began in 1998 when the
orchestra hosted the Rocky Mountain Youth Camerata,
an orchestra of high school and college age students from Utah
and Idaho directed by Ted
Ashton from BYU-Idaho and his brother, Jack Ashton of the Utah Symphony in Salt
Lake City.
The
young musicians come from the Rennes
Conservatoire and other music schools of Ille et Vilaine. Though only some are training to become
professionals, all are drawn together to share the pleasure and desire to
play as a group.
The symphony orchestra is composed of 62 musicians, ranging in
age from 12 to 23 years. The
guitar ensemble has 14 musicians, from 12
to 20 years old. All make room for our orchestra in their busy lives, which
include school, musical studies and participation in one or more
orchestras.
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