Vaudreuil-Soulanges Youth Symphony Orchestra
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If you play an orchestral instrument, read music, and would like to join the orchestra, please fill out this registration form anytime!
Our rehearsal venue is l'église Saint Clet, an heritage church with beautiful acoustics in downtown Saint Clet (615, route 201, St.-Clet, J0P 1S0) https://goo.gl/maps/hDJvk159EXojPcN88
Our Concerts in 2022-2023
Concert 1:
Saturday, October 1, 2022 at 3pm, St. Clet Church. Demonstration Concert (free admission) for "Les Journées de la culture."(https://www.journeesdelaculture.qc.ca/activites/lorchestre-symphonique-des-jeunes-de-vaudreuil-soulanges-en-concert)
Concert 2:
Saturday, December 10, 2022 at 7:30pm. Xmas Concert at
St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, Hudson, QC. Repertoire: "Little Dance" by Gallant (2021); Sleigh Ride by Anderson; excerpts from "Messiah" by Handel and chamber music!
Concert 3:
Sunday, December 11, 2022 at 7pm; we will play excerpts of Handel's Messiah at Hudson Community Choir's concert at St. James Church in Hudson, QC.
Concert 4:
Saturday, June 10, 2023, 7:30pm. Église Très Ste-Trinité, Vaudreuil-Dorion, QC. "Concerto Project" concert: each of our musicians is assigned for a concerto movement and will be performing as a soloist with the youth orchestra!
Concert 5:
Saturday, July 15, 2023 from noon to 1:30pm. We are invited to play a summer concert at the garden of Maison Félix-Leclerc in Vaudreuil-Dorion, QC!
Objects
- To provide music students who are direct to higher studies, as well as to musicians who wish to gain ensemble experience and skills, the youth orchestra is a meeting place to practice together and to prepare concerts for the communities and general public in the Vaudreuil-Soulanges region
- Learning to play chamber and orchestral music repertoire
- Encouraging students from different cultural communities to share their music
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Past Concerts (2021-2022)
- Orchestral Concert Friday, June 17, 2022 at 7:30PM at Très Sainte-Trinité Church (145 Av. Saint-Charles, Vaudreuil-Dorion, QC). Works by Vaughan Williams, Vivaldi, Bach, Gallant and more! Admission: $5; free for students under 18.
- Un concert printanier / A Spring Concert! Le 14 mai, 13:30-14:30 / May 14, 2022 at 1:30PM Bibliothèque de Vaudreuil-Dorion (51 Jeannotte Rue, Vaudreuil-Dorion, QC)
- Musique de chambre de Noël / Xmas Chamber Music (Reporté à cause du Covid-19/postponed due to Covid-19 ) Mercredi 22 décembre 2021 de 19h à 20h30 ; entrée libre Wednesday, December 22, 2021 from 7pm to 8:30pm; free admission Bibliothèque de Vaudreuil-Dorion / Vaudreuil-Dorion Library
- Musique d’automne ; Sound of Autumn: Saturday, November 6, 2021 at 7:30pm, concert at St-Thomas Aquinas Church, 413 Main St., Hudson, QC J0P 1H0. https://fb.me/e/2zHAWYTtD. Contribution volontaire / Freewill Offering Repertoire/Repertoire: Concertos de Vivaldi pour violon et pour flûte; musique de chambre et première mondiale de Little Finale pour orchestre à cordes de Pierre Gallant; Vivaldi Concertos for Violin and for Flute; various chamber music pieces; Little Finale by Pierre Gallant (world premiere)
- Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021 at 4pm, Les Journées de la Culture Concert at Saint-Clet Church. https://www.journeesdelaculture.qc.ca/activites/concert-de-lorchestre-symphonique-des-jeunes-de-vaudreuil-soulanges
- Saturday Aug. 28, 2021 at 2pm, concert at Boutique Cafexo (358 Saint-Charles, Vaudreuil-Dorion, QC)
- Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021 at 4pm, concert for Villa Beaurepaire residents (23 Fieldfare, Beaconsfield, QC)
Summer Concerts Program in 2021: E. Elgar: Pompe et Circonstance J.S. Bach: concerto pour 2 violons, 1er mov. S. Prokofiev: “La Danse des Chevaliers” de “Roméo & Juliette” J.S. Bach: “Zion hört die Wächter singen” de Cantata, BWV 140 J. Offenbach: “La Barcarolle” de “Les contes d’Hoffmann” G. Handel: Alla Hornpipe et Bourrée de la Suite en fa majeur, HWV 348 G. Frescobaldi: Se l’aura spira G. Bizet: “Les Toreadors” de “Carmen” L’airs folkloriques: “Arthur McBride” et “Star of the County Down” E. Grieg: “Dans l’antre du roi de la montagne” de “Peer Gynt” J. Williams: Mission Impossible.