Local Young Musicians to Perform Next Month in Free Concert

MANCHESTER, MA – Students from Lynnfield and Peabody will be among those performing at the Northeast Massachusetts Youth Orchestras Afternoon of Winter Concerts on Dec. 11.

Violinists Lauren Lim, Anthony Zhang, and Nickolas Zhang are some of the local performers included in the event.

The 2:30 p.m. concert features the NMYO Prelude and Overture String Ensembles, Intermezzo Orchestra, Junior Flute Choir, and Flute Choir. The 5 p.m. concert features NMYO’s advanced ensembles: the Symphony Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, and Select Flute Choir.

The concert will also include the performance of a new, contemporary work by Vessela Stoyanova. Stoyanova is an acclaimed Boston-based composer and professor at Berklee College of Music. The musicians of NMYO’s Symphony Orchestra have had the opportunity to be coached by Stoyanova, who will be present at the concert. In addition to this not-to-be missed performance, the Afternoon of Winter Concerts will include music by Mussorgsky, Debussy, Dvorak, Beethoven, and more.

"This is a great concert for our musicians to show all the work made during the first semester at NMYO," says NMYO Music Director Gerald Dolan in a news release. "This free-to-the-public concert ushers in the holiday season and has become a wonderful tradition for concert goers of all ages."

Images courtesy of Kathy Joyce