But that’s not all the music for this season. You can hear more music at:

ISO Symphony, Concert Orchestra, and Carnegie Hill Orchestra perform on May 7 at 7:00.

Symphonic Band and the Morningside, Turtle Bay, and Trinity Florentine Orchestras perform on May 8 at 7:00.

Dress Rehearsal Times

May 7th
Carnegie Hill Orchestra – 3:45-4:30pm
Concert Orchestra – 4:25-5:15pm
ISO Symphony – 5:25-6:15pm
*All students should return before the concert by 6:30pm

May 8th
ISO Trinity Florentine, Morningside, and ISO at Turtle Bay Orchestras – 3:45-5:20pm
ISO Symphonic Band – 5:15pm
*All students should return before the concert by 6:30pm

And a special treat…on June 3, ISO’s chamber music program will be featured at a free concert in Symphony Space’s Thalia Theatre at 1:30.

Purchase your tickets today!

Those are my new favorite words in the English language, and what a thrill it was to see them on the ISO poster outside Carnegie Hall! From seeing that banner until I left the reception near midnight, the evening was one unforgettable moment after the other. My other personal highlights were:

• Walking out onto the great Carnegie Hall stage and seeing a full auditorium of ISO supporters
• The awe in the faces of some of the youngest members of ISO when they first walked out onto that stage
• Claudius Agrippa’s dialog with Midge Woolsey
• The beautiful full string sound in Finlandia
• The brilliant brass and the fluid clarinet solos in Festive Overture
• The smiles I saw on everyone’s faces the entire evening.

What were your special moments at Carnegie Hall? Share them with us below in the comments section.

Photos from the evening are now available for viewing at ISO’s Flickr page, http://www.flickr.com/photos/interschoolorchestras_ny/collections/72157629263197226/.  All photography from the event is by Adam Hume.

Waddy Thompson, Executive Director

The InterSchool Orchestras of New York will celebrate its service to two generations of New York’s young musicians by presenting a gala benefit concert at Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall on Thursday, February 2, 2012, at 7:00 p.m.

The concert will feature all seven of the ISO ensembles including the ISO Symphony, the elite all-scholarship orchestra under the baton of Artistic Director Jeffrey Grogan; the ISO Symphonic Band, an advanced-level wind symphony, conducted by Brian Worsdale; the Concert Orchestra led by Eric Dudley; and the Carnegie Hill Orchestra conducted by Steven Rochen. ISO’s three beginner orchestras; the Morningside Orchestra, ISO at Turtle Bay and ISO Trinity Florentine will perform together under the direction of Robert Johnston and Amelia Hollander Ames. They will be joined by the Trinity Youth Chorus.

A highlight of the concert will be the world premiere of a new work for flute and orchestra by Lowell Liebermann with the Metropolitan Opera’s principal flute Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson as soloist accompanied by the ISO Symphony.

ISO 40th Anniversary Online Auction

Come check out our 40th Anniversary Online Auction at http://www.biddingforgood.com/isorch!! All proceeds benefit ISO’s scholarships and programs. Items include concert tickets, dining, music lessons, fine art, gift cards, and much more at prices from $15 to $4000!!!

Featuring “New Fourcast for Spring” by Charley Gerard, a new take on Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” with jazz influences for sax quartet, solo viola and strings.

October 14th, 2011 at 8 pm

Christ & St. Stephen’s Church, 120 West 69th Street
New York, NY 10023 (Broadway and Columbus)

Find a list of grant recipients here to see who was awarded funding (including ISO)!

Tickets for Monday, May 16
Tickets for Tuesday, May 17

Peter Jay Sharp Theatre
2537 Broadway at 95th Street
New York, NY